Comment on Petty pedantry
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
While we’re on the topic, that’s not how colons work.
not how colons work
You had me scanning the image (of text without alt text: bad, OP! BAD!) for a : pretty hard until I settled on The New York Times message
Breaking News: Susan[…]
for a while. Had me wondering how else The New York Times is supposed to write that, because it looks correct.
This is why quoting exists.
Did you finally find the culprit?
After a while, thus achieving another mild infuriation. 💯
Sure, but: it was right there all along.
Separately, Elon might be on Earth, but he’s also someimes on earth. Although he’s more of an indoors boy.
Yeah. Never managed to properly get the hand of punctuation.
For a person complaining about pedantic language stuff you’re really falling apart 😂
I know precious few rules and when even those don’t matter, I know even less.
‘Kay
Then why make this post in the first place?
Hang of, not hand of.
I don’t know what kind of thread I stumbled into, but I love it.
It’s ok, my colon doesn’t work very well either.
How would you write that, then?
Pretty much the same, but without a colon.
So, “Breaking News Susan Crawford”?
The complaint isn’t about the colon in OP’s image, it’s the colon in OP’s explanation.
Keep looking
but,
Banana@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
When you can smell his colon on your pillow 🥰
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You want pink eye? Cause that’s how you get pink eye
Banana@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Omg pink is such a pretty colour I’d lovvvvvve that
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Even a pink sock?
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sounds like true love to me
Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 4 weeks ago
Hot take I know, but I don’t think he should be shitting on your pillows.
Banana@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
😌