• can@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    For the unaware @quacksalber@sh.itjust.works

    The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people’s grammar. It kind of looks like a cross between a bear, a yak and a pug, and it has provided hours of entertainment for me in a situation where I’d normally be left feeling angry and disillusioned with the world.

    For example, when I read the sentence “I care about this alot,” this is what I imagine:

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      1 day ago

      I need something like this for when people use “loose/loosed/loosing” when they mean “lose/lost/losing”. I feel like I can’t say anything to them because I am a walking collection of typos autocorrect and grammatical errors…