@[email protected] to [email protected] • 6 months agoOn the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square501fedilinkarrow-up1692arrow-down121
arrow-up1671arrow-down1imageOn the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid?lemmy.ml@[email protected] to [email protected] • 6 months agomessage-square501fedilink
minus-square@YouAreLiterallyAnNPClink19•6 months agoThis one has been easy for me lately: They spell ‘lose’ as ‘loose’.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•6 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•6 months agoYou could also just send them a link to the song “loose yourself” by snoop dawg
minus-square@bitchkatlinkEnglish1•6 months agoI just reply that whatever we’re talking about is secure.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•6 months agoI do this. All. The. Time. Did it today. I tend to notice it and fix before send.
minus-square@hydrospannerlink3•6 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 just reply that whatever we’re talking about is secure.
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.