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Started by Kalahari Inkantation, July 15, 2017, 11:23:44 PM

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Kalahari Inkantation

What petty things are you perhaps unreasonably pedantic about? y/n

for example, i screech whenever i see someone use 2k to mean 2.5k (as in, the 1440p video resolution)

also, the sm*rtasses who pluralize octopuses """octopi""" because it sounds correct

it isn't smithicide;

TooB

When people get triggered by what I say, and then tell me I'm the one being petty.

Thyme

literally vs. figuratively
affect vs. effect
should of
could care less

people who horizontally stretch something originally in 4:3 on a 16:9 screen

"so what is it you listen to, heavy metal?" nah fam that subgenre of metal has been dead since the late 80's

TooB

Quote from: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on July 15, 2017, 11:30:56 PM
literally vs. figuratively
affect vs. effect
should of
could care less

people who horizontally stretch something originally in 4:3 on a 16:9 screen

"so what is it you listen to, heavy metal?" nah fam that subgenre of metal has been dead since the late 80's
^^^

Yep

Kalahari Inkantation

Quote from: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on July 15, 2017, 11:30:56 PM
literally vs. figuratively
affect vs. effect
should of
could care less

people who horizontally stretch something originally in 4:3 on a 16:9 screen

"so what is it you listen to, heavy metal?" nah fam that subgenre of metal has been dead since the late 80's


i will admit to abusing the word literally a lot 5thgrade;

i would argue that your other three grammatical examples are all too practical to be considered pedantic, but then again, i'm extremely pedantic

i could see myself irritating a hrdxxre music person to figurative death out of ignorance with little mistakes like that last one lol

Daddy


snoorkel

the whole "have been" thing, when you're talking about a locale or a destination and someone says they "have been" with no other words after that. I am highly averse to British-isms and infiltration of Euro culture in general so I always make a point to look confused/offended and prompt the individual to explain what they have been, exactly...?

We won't even go into other Britishisms

YPrrrr

As in I have been there? Is that what you mean? Befuddlement

Hiro

Quote from: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on July 15, 2017, 11:30:56 PM
literally vs. figuratively
should of
people who horizontally stretch something originally in 4:3 on a 16:9 screen
these ones get me
also when people refer to any Disney park as "Disney" instead of saying "Disneyland", "Disney World" etc

Mando Pandango

i'll use any excuse i can to get pedantic as fuck tbh

I most often find myself biting my tongue on "less" vs. "fewer" though.
Quote from: Magyarorszag on August 22, 2018, 10:27:46 PMjesus absolute shitdicking christ, nu-boyah

Hiro

i couldn't care fewer

snoorkel

Quote from: YPargh on July 17, 2017, 02:16:46 PM
As in I have been there? Is that what you mean? Befuddlement


I have been THERE, correct

silvertone

  it bothers me that we dunt use grunts and moans. well we do but they have 'meaning' or some dumb shit.

Kalahari Inkantation

Quote from: Dream Dood: A Dood Dating Simulator on July 15, 2017, 11:30:56 PM
people who horizontally stretch something originally in 4:3 on a 16:9 screen


also every time i see the wrong resolution being used on a family member's tv i always have to offer to fix it, otherwise i can't sleep knowing that the image is so badly distorted smithicide;

TooB

What about a 16:9 image on a 4:3 screen?

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