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[–] pirateKaiser@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Don't apologise to the grammar police, they are more afraid of you then you are from them.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's spelling, not grammar.

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 2 points 15 hours ago

Don't apologise to the grammar police*;* they are more afraid of you ~~then~~ than you are ~~from~~ of them.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

...yes I'm AFRAID of unclear communication.

Than*

[–] Hammerheart@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not about unclear communication. You know exactly what they meant.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes if I can figure it out with extra effort then I'm evil for saying anything

[–] MagisterSieran@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If you genuinely didn’t understand, there are nicer ways to ask for clarification than “wat”.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No one said I couldn't understand. If it were up to people like you, we'd not even have standard spelling because you pretend that the ability to eventually understand something is all that matters.

[–] MagisterSieran@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

...Alright then.

If you genuinely had difficulty understanding, there are nicer ways to ask for clarification than “wat”.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

How are you not getting this? For a moment I was trying to understand what they took the sides off of. Because they wrote "desided". I then figured it out via context but it was confusing where they even got that spelling from, especially given that spell check is a basic feature on every device.

I have absolutely no idea why you think I am claiming it was incomprehensible or that I owe randos online some arbitrary amount of being polite that you define. "Wat" has been a meme for, what, 15 years? And many would've taken it as playful, which it was. Get off my back, jfc