• alekwithak@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I believe ‘curb’ is what she meant. Honestly the ignorance some full grown voting adults display on the Internet is just completely mind bottling.

    *Ya’ll have no sense of humor; I’m eatin tho. Bone apple tea!

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      11 months ago

      Idk about where you’re from but it’s been curve OR curb for years at this point. How you can somehow make a statement on ignorance out of your own ignorance is poetic in a way.

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        11 months ago

        I’ve never heard someone use curve in this way, and I’ve been on the internet for quite a while.

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          11 months ago

          Surprise! The Internet isn’t the only place people converse and it’s not homogeneous either.

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              11 months ago

              Which is fine. That doesn’t mean one or the other (curve vs curb) is more correct, English is a living language and as such constantly changes.

              Edit: I’d also like to re-emphasize that the internet is not homogeneous.

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                11 months ago

                Or one is wrong and people need to stop using it instead of being ignorant. Like saying I itched myself. Tacky.

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                  11 months ago

                  If that makes you feel better about yourself, I guess? This is much more akin to “flick off” vs “flip off” with regards to the gesture of sticking up your middle finger at someone as an insult. There is no right or wrong as both are widely used and understood to mean the same thing.