TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoOn the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square503fedilinkarrow-up1698arrow-down120
arrow-up1678arrow-down1imageOn the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid?lemmy.mlTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square503fedilink
minus-squareYouAreLiterallyAnNPC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·4 months agoThis one has been easy for me lately: They spell ‘lose’ as ‘loose’.
minus-squareboogetyboo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months agoI know far too many people in their 40s who do this. The way I try to reinforce the difference with people is this mnemonic device: You don’t want a loose noose - or you might lose the extra ‘o’.
minus-squaretwei@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoYou could also just send them a link to the song “loose yourself” by snoop dawg
minus-squarexorollo@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoI do this. All. The. Time. Did it today. I tend to notice it and fix before send.
minus-squarehydrospanner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI associate this with boomers more than kids, but that’s subjective since an old former friend I know always used to do it. They also used “seen” instead of “saw”, as in, “I seen dark clouds so I closed the windows.” which is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
This one has been easy for me lately: They spell ‘lose’ as ‘loose’.
I know far too many people in their 40s who do this.
The way I try to reinforce the difference with people is this mnemonic device:
You don’t want a loose noose - or you might lose the extra ‘o’.
You could also just send them a link to the song “loose yourself” by snoop dawg
I do this. All. The. Time. Did it today. I tend to notice it and fix before send.
I associate this with boomers more than kids, but that’s subjective since an old former friend I know always used to do it.
They also used “seen” instead of “saw”, as in, “I seen dark clouds so I closed the windows.” which is like nails on a chalkboard to me.