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submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I still see blue checks in Twitter that need to reply with "*you're" kinda bullshit. I do reread some of my posts and I see them littered with mobile edits or just bullshit language that only made sense to my brain at 2am. Thanks everybody for being chill about language. I still (wrongly) imagine that I'm very good with writing, and seeing my own writing some time after it's been published is a nice kick of humility.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

A couple accounts ago on reddit-logo , I was arguing with a lib and called their beliefs "inane".

They proceeded to correct me with "*insane, and they're not".

This is an American with English as their first and only language, I'm Chinese and English is my second language. Libs with vibes based politics absolutely get psychic healing from feeling "correct" even when they're objectively incorrect. They need to get one over whomever they're arguing with so they can feel superior. This leads to debate bro brain worms.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

There's a great pair of scenes in Django Unchained that summarize those types of redditors. In the first scene the slaver Calvin Candie bullies and ridicules one of his slaves for not knowing the word "reimburse." Because he's a cruel dickhead.

Later on when Dr. Schultz (who admits English is not his first language!) drops the word "panache" in conversation Candie can't define it, making Candie look like a bozo.

Smug reddit types are the bad guys in a Tarantino movie.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's even funnier because Candie likes to boast that he's a huge francophile, but when asked about a French word he's caught up in his lies. Same with reddit guys who love to feel smarter than everyone else but fail to show basic intelligence.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

“Don’t speak French you’ll embarrass him”

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