Linguistic battles I have lost (American English) because people can't figure this shit out so now wrong is right:

The subjunctive case is dead: "I would prefer you not do that" has become "I would prefer you don't do that," and "He suggested we go quickly" has become "He suggested we went quickly" (or something even sillier).

How much I care: 7/10 (tooth-grinding level)

The past perfect tense: "If I had done that..." is now "If I would have done that", etc.

How much I care: 6/10 (hard grimace level)

Step foot: "I have never set foot in that house" is now "I have never stepped foot in that house".

How much I care: 9/10 (choked-down swear words level)

Based off of: This is deeply stupid and should never be used, ever. The correct form is "based on."

How much I care: 113/10 (will correct the fucking president in the middle of his fucking State of the Union if I'm in the room)

Edit: Yes, I know I've lost these battles and more. That doesn't mean I'm happy about it.

#english #language #grammar #pedantic #oldperson #GetOffMyLawn #IKNOW #descriptive

Still using #chromebrowser. This Tuesday they deactivated my uBlock origin. I found an acceptable replacement for that.

What I am still missing terribly though, is a replacement for #imagus. I use it A LOT (or I did until they deactivated it, too). I don't download images from the web, but I depended on it to enlarge images on mouseover--so that I could read text or see the larger image.

All the suggestions I'm finding for replacing it are for people who want to download photos on a webpage. Not my intent or desire. I used it to enlarge (for viewing) the small images I see in posts here and all over the web.

If you know of another tool that will perform similarly, I would greatly appreciate a reply, or #boosting for visibility. I'm really lost without my #imagus.
#help #techhelp #oldperson #boostplease

Journalists need to stop beginning sentences with "Yet, ..." Undergrads do it, okay, fine. You're supposed to have learned something since then.

#language #punctuation #grammar #GetOffMyLawn #OldPerson

My university's registrar has decided, in their online forms and in emails, that "withdraw" is a noun.

Students are requesting a withdraw from the course.

Yes. like that.

They need to get off my fucking lawn. For one thing, it is crowded out there.

#language #descriptive #prescriptive #oldperson #getoffmylawn #fuckingNo

Speaking as a genuine old person, the use of sidechain/ducking in dance music has gotten very old over the course of the last two hours.

#oldperson #oldasfuck #whyarentyoudead #youoldfuck

Decided to drive into Anchorage to see a show. Had to go by myself as the wife is busy with a community theater thing. I haven’t felt this awkward since high school.

#oldperson #reallyold #embarrassinglyold

What “Old Person” Things Do You Do?

#CriticalQuesitons #Quiz #PubQuiz #Old #OldPerson #StayHome #StaySafe #StayHomeStaySafe

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