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[–] 348 points 2 years ago (31 children)

Just as the phrase is "for God's sake," the proper grammar is "for fuck's sake." It's possessive. The fuck is the subject here, it's for their sake. For the sake of the fuck.

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  • [–] [S] 130 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    For the sake of the Fuck!

    ** rides into battle

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  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Correct. The sake brewed by the fuck is the best sake. Fuck's sake is the best sake (Japanese rice wine for the uninitiated).

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Technically, the Japanese word "sake" can refer to pretty much any alcohol, although its use in English refers exclusively to the alcohol called nihonshu in Japan.

    Also, while you're correct that it is also colloquially referred to as "Japanese rice wine," the drink is actually brewed in a manner closer to beer than wine.

    Lastly, while Fuck's sake is great, I'm sure, the best is Bink's sake. Yohohoho

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    [–] 213 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Neither are correct for a work email. If you want to say "for fuck's sakes", instead say "as per our earlier discussion".

    Follow for more tips on how to insult people professionally in a work environment.

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  • [–] 58 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    For the usual candidates I either keep detailed notes, or make sure I can quickly find an earlier conversation (chat, email, whatever).

    So in that case I'm then just answering "As we've discussed on 14.04. at 13:39, 17.04 14:30 and 20.04 at 14:15 already..."

    They typically get the hint that when I'm capable of remembering in detail when we discussed it they maybe should make an effort of remembering what we discussed.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    These bastards tend to refuse to put anything down in writing and insist on calling or meeting face to face because "it's faster". But we all know it's so they have no accountability on what they say.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Then the trick is to immediately do the “follow up” email to recap what was discussed. And CC some folks who weren’t there.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh but they will neither confirm, nor correct you and then they will say that the recap was all wrong because reasons and they never even saw your email because too busy doing work or something

    But that's a good idea, actually, I'll try that in my team interactions

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    The important part is to include something alongs the lines of "Please let me know if this is not correct by xx/yy/zzzz, otherwise we will proceed on the assumption it is.' That way their ignoring your message becomes agreement and it is much harder for them to gi back on it.

    Use their inaction to get the result you need.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Just send an email afterwards with the meeting notes. CC all participants and/or relevant people. They almost never contend the notes, and if they do, I invite more people to the meeting next time so they can’t pull that again.

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    [–] 121 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The phrase orginated from "for God's sake". Therefore, it should be "for fuck's sake".

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  • [–] 80 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    Here's one for you: "an apron" used to be "a napron".

    Linguists call this sort of change Rebracketing

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Also “a norange” > “an orange” (in Spanish it’s “naranja”)

    And it went backwards with napkin. “An apkin” > “a napkin”

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, but no. It was never a norange in english. English directly adopted the word orange from french, so that's the no, but yes, it was the word naranja from spanish, who took it from arab, and arancia from italian, and maybe from the word gold in french, which is "or".

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    People still use Quora??? That's kind of like asking a dog or cat for advice... And not a particularly smart dog or cat for that matter

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Asking strangers for advice online is so unreliable you might as well ask ChatGPT every time now.

    That's what I've been doing and it's been brilliant

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I always say “for fucks sake” but now im realizing makes its “for fuck’s sake”? Not sure who fuck is though.

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    [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    It reminds me of a local translation of Borderlands 2 in russian that added an edgy description to one weapon. Since we are a host of such a thing as orthodox christianity, with holy trinity to top it all, there is a common wording like 'In the name of the God, the Son, the Holy Spirit'. They took it and themed it after pigs: 'In the name of the oats, the hay, the piggy ear'. Here are original and remix:

    Во имя Отца, и Сына, и Святого Духа

    Во имя Овса, и Сена, и Свиного Уха

    As you can see, most letters match, and they sound very close. There's no reason for me to remember it for ten+ years, and now you know it too.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I don't know how to sound professional. Maybe try "on behalf of fuck's sake"?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    In this reading "behalf" and "sake" are doing the same thing for "fuck" so that usage read a little redundant to me. If you're looking for the "on behalf of" structure you could go with:

    "I you've told me you don't give a fuck, but I do. On behalf of fuck, I'm communicating to you that the action requested needs to be completed by you and your team."

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Image Transcription: Quora


    Is it "for fucks sake" or "for fuck sake"? It's for a work email so it has to sound professional.

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