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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Sometimes the 4chan kids can come up with some genuinely funny bits. Shame they couldn't turn a legit setup into something better than "Dad An Hero".

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Where'd the "an hero" for

Tap for spoilersuicide

even come from?

[–] Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (5 children)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/an-hero

He was such an hero, to take it all away. We miss him so, That you should know, And we honor him this day. He was an hero, to take that shot, to leave us all behind.

It was 2006: typos made by grieving people had a chance to become memes.

[–] Actual_Idiot@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

isn't "an hero" technically correct? It sounds weird, but it is not grammatically wrong.

[–] ikka@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

What do you mean "not grammatically wrong" ?

"An" is used before words that start with a vowel sound.

An orange. A cop. An easter egg. A yeast overgrowth. An hour. A hero. etc.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ok thank God, I thought I was going crazy for a second. This is the rule I follow and I had a moment where I thought maybe I'd been wrong my entire life. Should be more confident.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

Not unless you’re Dick Van Dyke doing cockney, it’s not.

[–] gnu@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

Depends whether you pronounce the H or not. If the way you say it doesn't differentiate between hero and 'ero then you could use 'an' but it'll appear wrong to others who do pronounce a difference between the two.

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