• Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        A peeve of mine is the term “pet peeve”. 😅

        If something bothers you so, why the fuck would you keep, nurture, and tend to it as a pet?

        I propose it change to haunting peeve, because you don’t want it, can’t get rid of it, and it exists regardless if you think about it or not.

        😁 (I’m not super serious about this, but “pet peeve” really does low-key bother me)

          • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            1 year ago

            Omg you are an actual person. Every time I see your username under a post I, for whatever reason, think it’s the community name.

            I’ve seen a lot of your posts I think 😅 thanks for what you do! 🫡

            (No it didn’t register that I replied to you until I went back to look.. I don’t really -see- usernames)

              • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                1 year ago

                I like that you like sharing memes, because I’ve come across them enough to think you are a community unto yourself.

                I like sorting by new to report garbage and interact with things that would otherwise die, also to help Lemmy grow! It’s lonely in new but… i get to report a lot of weird stuff.. so there’s that 🫠

        • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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          1 year ago

          it's actually short for petite peeve, because it's something small and unimportant. Or maybe it's not, but you don't know.

        • ElHexo
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          4 months ago

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      • Doug [he/him]@midwest.social
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        1 year ago

        Just because you understand someone well enough to correct them doesn't mean everyone else will

        Just because you understand them well enough today doesn't mean you will tomorrow

        We should all be striving to be better than we are, not breeding resentment from contentment

          • Doug [he/him]@midwest.social
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            1 year ago

            Interesting choice given the way that's been shifting slowly back to the more accurate form in the past however many years.

            If colloquial usage did trump all, irregardless would've been acknowledged as a correct word well before I was born. It may be the driving force but it's hardly the only, or even constantly deciding, factor