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These days there is too much nerve-racking content on Beehaw, we should post less articles and more about the life of the people here! (beehaw.org)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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All this « editorial » content is so unnerving with so much shit happening in the world. It does not feel like a safe place if you doomscroll every time you browse it…

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In the future please don't be dismissive. We have many non-native English speakers on the internet. Providing them feedback that they are saying something incorrectly so that they can correct themselves in the future is feedback that can be helpful, but doing so in a polite way is much nicer than a condescending one 💜

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would even go a step further and say that unless the mistake fundamentally changes the meaning of what they are saying, a correction is not necessary. English is pretty fluid grammar and spelling wise, and sticking to strict rules is not necessary outside academia or professional settings

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Language descriptivism, it's the stuff plants crave!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Electrolytes?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Electrolytes, the stuff English professors crave.