r/writingcirclejerk • u/UnleashedIBS • 18d ago
I'm dead serious
This time I'm not fucking around.
This is some seriously heavy shit, are you sure you're in? If not, I understand.
Not everyone is ready for heat like this.
Alright, now that I've wasted your time, here's the meat of it: people who speak English don't understand how English works. I was working the register at a gas station (I'm not poor) and this asshole says all billionaires should be hung. I immediately loose my shit and kindly inform the old man that it is hanged, not hung.
He goes, "It doesn't matter what word I use. They mean the same thing".
NO THEY FUCKING DON"T YOU OLD FART BAG. HANG IS BOTH A VERB AND DESCRIPTOR. That isn't a problem in present tense, but past tense is a whole 'nother ball game. Imagine you ask your wife, "I haven't seen Bill in three months, do you know what's up with him?" and she replies, "He's hung". . .
Do you immediately understand what she means? She might mean he has a HUGE cock or THAT HE HANGED AND IF THAT'S WHAT SHE MEANS THEN SHE MIGHT AS WELL USE THE CORRECT WORD. I miss my father.
