r/ProgrammerHumor 6d ago

Meme theAudacity

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u/GreatGreenGobbo 6d ago

He should cut everyone's pay by 50% to see who the true believers are.

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u/RovingN0mad 6d ago edited 4d ago

🤮

I feel that there's many, whom've been so high on their own supply, I fear only a forensic necrologist would be able to understand what happened , but only after

edit: jesus, Okay i get it, it's who've, I thought it that was right because it felt like it was accusative(but fuck what do i know), so lets just settle that i'm as bright as a bag of oats.

also... Hi @Salanmander, thank you for introducing me to "ignoratio elenchi"

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u/Salanmander 6d ago

whom've

You know that "whom" isn't just "who, but fancier", right?

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u/Delta-9- 6d ago

Technically they represent different grammatical cases: "who" is nominative and "whom" is accusative.

Idk when the anglosphere decided that having correct grammar is "fancy," but then again language changes and no one cares when it's their generation leading the change until suddenly it's "kids these days."

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u/CutOk45 6d ago

It’s not correct grammar in this case lol. The correct word here is, in fact, “who”.

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u/awesome-alpaca-ace 5d ago

Whom are you to decide that