As a language nerd and pedant, I love this.
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2025
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you can come in whoever you want
"Can" works fine of you are asking if you are able rather than for permission. But, words don't exist anyway.
Let's go with OP's title, where the vampire is asking if anyone's up on grindr.
In a way the vampire is asking both if they're able to and for permisson
when my wife does this to me, i say "yes" and do what i was asking.
#NotAVampire
tried that on my english teacher and suddenly I was "out of class without permission" thankfully it made the VP laugh
Well, in that case, how about you pay me that $10 you owe me?
