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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

@pathfinder @darrellpf @murdoc @Still_Evolving @actuallyautistic

#OldPerson’s perspective here.

Since leaving work with chronic #burnout 12 years ago I have worked hard on learning how to heal. I have been fortunate to be able to curate my home as a #SensorySafeSpace with cats, garden, books, music, food, occasional visitors & all the things that bring me joy. I have learned to recognise & be kind to the denial & shame I learned about my difficulties & accept & forgive myself for the strategies I used to navigate them. I am ‘out’ to & accepted & loved by my family & friends & present in public as my autistic self (tiny 👵🏻 with grey teeth, overalls, home haircut, unmodified body, headphones, mask, stims. Cute AF).

BUT HERE’S THE THING. I just took this test & my score is 142. The reason? It measures not how well I accept myself but how I choose, still, to (try to) adapt my behaviour to circumstances when I am with others in order to interact comfortably with them.

Interacting with my #neurodivergent peers is a whole other dynamic, with much more comfort inhabiting communication styles (aka mutual #InfoGifting) that suit our autistic selves.

Sometimes masking is just good manners. Let’s give ourselves credit for all the ways we’ve learned to live gently with ourselves & others 💜

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

https://youtu.be/I0F3aA9_68M

@ai6yr My brain made it halfway through the first part of that sentence and expected it to end with "and now I have a shelf full of how-to books I'm never going to read."

(Tooted for the unlikely person to see this and have any idea what I'm talking about.)

Also, thanks for the reminder. Haven't participated in Field Day in years. I'll make a point to try and visit some stations this year.

#OldPerson #GetOffOfMyLawn

#Chips used to be one of my kryptonite foods...couldn't resist them if my life depended on it.

Explain to me how, now, just about every damn bag I open is low key nasty to me.

#Snacks #JunkFood #Aging #OldPerson

@analgesicsleep @MatthewTitus88 I usually start to feel normal after 3rd cup of coffee #OldPerson #ActionMatinee

Installer le client Java pour un programme JNLP sur le PC d'un de mes collaborateurs pour répondre à un appel d'offre public ce matin... J'étais pas prêt 😀 Souvenirs, souvenirs, début de ma carrière, 2010, tout ça... 😅 #java #oldperson #servicepublic

#OldPerson

It shows that I'm ancient before my time because I'm excited to be watching the Countdown final we missed - and recorded - last week. On a Friday. As entertainment.

#countdown #oldPerson #WerthersOriginals

lovely woodland colours 😍 What do you plan to make?

Hang on... what's that...
YOU HAVE TALISMAN!
I love that game. OH doesn't like it as much so we don't play it these days, but I have expansion packs and EVERYTHING.
I was sorting out a cupboard last week and found Warlock too...

I would have loved to play live D&D but I didn't have the confidence to find a group. Now, I don't go out of an evening so I might never join one.
#oldPerson #sigh

My oldest is in pep band so I have attended a number of high school basketball games this season and I've learned the following:
1. the backboard doesn't exist.
2. the bounce pass doesn't exist.
3. if you've got the ball deep in the lane with a shot you should immediately pass it up to the top of the key instead.
#sports #basketball #oldperson #imherefortheband