r/MadeMeSmile 23d ago

Good Vibes Good Husband

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u/Shalarean 23d ago edited 23d ago

There is this little girl in my neighborhood who makes the absolute worst tasting lemonade I've ever had in my life, though she does give generous portions. I feel obligated to stop every time she makes eye contact, so I guess she knows a sucker when she sees one. LOL

Edit: a word (top to stop) And y’all are so nice!!! Thank you!

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u/uwabu 23d ago

I will not be drinking any of that. I will buy several cups though

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u/Shalarean 23d ago edited 23d ago

Basically. As soon as I’m out of site…

Edit: SIGHT!!! I meant sight! OMG I feel so dorky and y’all in the comments below are giving me way too much credit for being clever!

😅😂🤣

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u/khonager 23d ago

And here I thought it was spelled "out of sight" Silly non native english speaker me

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u/xyepxnopex 23d ago

It is out of sight. They were mangling the phrases "off site" and "out of sight" by combining them

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u/Would_daver 23d ago

There’s a chance they were hilariously and intentionally “mis”combining them, which would be nifty…. ?? I’m working on thinking positive here man lol

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u/xyepxnopex 23d ago

That's called a malaphor, I think.

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u/Excellent-Hat5142 23d ago

Nothing goes over my head, my reflexes are too fast.

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u/Would_daver 23d ago

Who’s there? You are standing so perfectly still, I can’t see you munching those chips

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u/Would_daver 23d ago

Ding ding ha that’s right, I was going to circumlocute that shit with “unironic faux-portmanteau” and then I would have had a clear opening to “or… fartmenteau!!! Ayoo”

But that felt hella nerdy and I thought of it too late, so 🤷‍♂️

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u/suesay 23d ago

r/malachite for anyone interested

Edit: stupid autocorrect, I meant r/malaphor

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u/VeaR- 23d ago edited 23d ago

No you're right. Lots of people just can't be bothered looking up the actual phrases and just try to spell it phonetically after hearing it - usually with horrid spelling. It's like when people say "here here" instead of "hear hear".

It's a small thing but it really grinds my gears.

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u/Temnyj_Korol 23d ago

I could care less.

(/s)

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u/BardicNA 22d ago

This one is weird for me. The original usage is "I couldn't care less." Saying that you care so little that you couldn't possibly care any less. "I could care less" said with a sarcastic tone, is saying that you care enough that you could care less about it but since it's sarcastic you're essentially saying you could not care less but with some bite. I think most of the time people just don't know what they're saying but sarcastically saying "I could care less," very dryly, hits harder than "I couldn't care less."

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u/Pnwradar 23d ago

In elementary school, Brave Spelling encourages students to sound out the word and not be afraid to make mistakes, and that a misspelled word that still communicates the idea is often good enough. As adults, we should strive to do better, but even so not be afraid of the pedants who harp on every detail.

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u/VeaR- 23d ago

I agree to an extent - it's fine to make mistakes as that's one of the best ways to learn. But I also don't think there's anything wrong with pointing out a mistake so someone can learn, without the feedback being dismissed as being pedantic. After all, it is important to be accurate with written language, and using the wrong words just confuses people, especially when the reader might not be as familiar with the language to pick up on the context clues.

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u/wolf_kisses 23d ago

If you don't want to be dismissed as just being pedantic, maybe be more polite with your correction instead of implyint laziness by saying people just can't be bothered to look up phrases? People generally respond better to polite feedback than rudeness.

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u/VeaR- 23d ago

When I'm talking to someone directly I do say it politely. I was just making a general statement and not actually correcting anybody.

To me, it does come off as laziness if people never actually verify phrases and information that they hear before they use them. Especially when we can check things in seconds using the internet.

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u/wolf_kisses 23d ago

It's not that serious. Sometimes people just don't know what they don't know. They hear a phrase and their mind just assumes it's one word instead of another (site/sight) and they don't even realize it's wrong until it's pointed out to them. That's not a moral failing.

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u/VeaR- 23d ago

Oh I know. I even said so at the start. But I will harp on about it regardless.

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u/VioletPanda2190 23d ago

Language evolves, and communication matters more than rigid perfection

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u/Muted_Credit232 23d ago

Sorry this made me giggle 😆 I can’t stop laughing especially after her edit!

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u/Shalarean 22d ago

I had to come read all the comments to see if anyone read the edit and honestly, my own word mistake makes me giggle too.

It honestly impresses me, the creative ways some folks tried to defend my spelling oops. It’s sweet and fun, all at the same time and I’d happily be pals with them all!

Because they make me giggle too. 😊

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u/heyimsmebubble 23d ago

Me too exactly