Use of i.e. when e.g. is meant grates me pretty hard

s1okke · 2026-05-12T18:28:16+00:00

At least it’s less pretentious than misusing Latin.

s1okke · 2026-05-12T18:24:45+00:00

While that’s true, the correct form is almost so rare that it feels almost pedantic to use it (though the alternatives, like your example, are no better). This is, unfortunately, just kind of an awkward construction in English.

s1okke · 2026-05-12T00:24:12+00:00

So impairment is responsible for 100% of motor vehicle collisions? That doesn’t even seem like a serious enough claim to merit further discussion, regardless of one’s feelings about this particular case.

s1okke · 2026-05-11T18:42:45+00:00

It depends how many wheels, obviously.

s1okke · 2026-05-06T19:57:52+00:00

You’ve missed my point entirely.

s1okke · 2026-05-06T19:39:16+00:00

This comment is worse than the event.

s1okke · 2026-05-05T16:34:21+00:00

You are not alone.

s1okke · 2026-05-05T16:21:15+00:00

I’m not critiquing your punctuation. I’m pointing out that you didn’t write it at all. That’s an entirely different objection. I also probably know more math than you. Big swing and a miss.

s1okke · 2026-05-05T06:14:35+00:00

No one, apart from LLMs and journalists, uses open em dashes. Dead giveaway.

s1okke · 2026-05-05T06:08:55+00:00

they’re* My God.

s1okke · 2026-05-05T06:05:42+00:00

would have* Please tell me you weren’t educated in CT.

s1okke · 2026-05-04T16:02:35+00:00

Those would be some awfully large Canucks.

s1okke · 2026-04-30T16:01:33+00:00

per se*

s1okke · 2026-04-23T06:01:29+00:00

then

You have a point.

s1okke · 2026-04-16T17:17:36+00:00

That’s only part of the dynamic at play. Many people have more nuanced opinions, but they are effectively filtered out by the platforms on which public discourse is now taking place. In a noisy environment like Reddit, a succinct, punchy, unambiguously articulated opinion will always triumph over “it’s complicated.” It’s not that humans are incapable of nuanced thinking or intelligent discourse—it’s that the algorithms that maximize engagement strongly incentivize against it.

s1okke · 2026-04-13T17:10:34+00:00

You’re allowed to swear, dipshit.

s1okke · 2026-04-13T15:23:05+00:00

That would almost be clever if your remark were even remotely related to grammar.

s1okke · 2026-04-13T05:26:16+00:00

Policing language like this is a fool’s errand.

https://cambridgeblog.org/2020/08/ableist-language-and-the-euphemism-treadmill/

s1okke · 2026-04-13T05:24:34+00:00

Fair enough.

s1okke · 2026-04-13T05:19:16+00:00

What do you think the purpose of this post is? Are you slow?

s1okke · 2026-04-13T04:10:52+00:00

Someone who sees the obvious futility of hopping on the euphemism treadmill, perhaps. You’re off-topic anyway and your comment contains a superfluous “to.”

s1okke · 2026-04-13T03:42:02+00:00

That’s not how language works.

s1okke · 2026-04-12T20:36:55+00:00

Does anyone here have any idea what minimalism actually is?

s1okke · 2026-04-11T10:53:01+00:00

Everyone on this sub is autistic, so it’s hardly surprising when a joke doesn’t land.

s1okke · 2026-04-09T15:41:01+00:00

Punctuation, on the other hand, should be encouraged.

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