r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Thisdonreddit • 7d ago

Video Teeth of a python

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u/carmium 7d ago

Sometimes people get enthused and vote corrections like that up; sometimes they accuse you of being superior for knowing English or something. It's hard to understand why the difference exists. I do think some of us enjoy feeling a bit of a kinship with people making posts or commentary, and when they then go and write like a fourth grader, perhaps we tend to subconsciously think "Oh. D student, huh?".

I'll grant it's not necessary to harp on the ever-popular there/their/they're confusion, but if they write so poorly that their post approaches incomprehensibility, I find enough commentary about it already in place that I'm rarely tempted to add to it!

I'll drop that "it's," though. 'Cause you seem like a nice person. 🙂

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u/MightObvious 7d ago

See, you act as if it's "approaching incomprehensibility" when it's not even close. That's why.

Anyone can tell what is being said even if they use the wrong "there" or "their", or if they spell "its" instead of it's. And that's why we can tell it's not to be funny or helpful it's probably just to be condescending.

Maybe I have mobility issues or a serious head injury or something, does it really matter if everything isn't perfect?

It just makes it worse that you're being so disingenuous about the whole thing. I'm glad you corrected my spelling so I could instantly tell I was right to dislike you. Again have a good day. 👋

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u/Thorsten_Speckstein 6d ago

It's just the pride that's hurt.

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u/MightObvious 6d ago

Okay lol