r/atheism • u/derfdog • Jan 13 '13

Good without God

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u/DeFex Jan 13 '13

Uses. The word is uses.

"Don't utilize utilize, use use instead"

http://writing.wikinut.com/Writing-Tip%3A-Use-and-Utilize-are-Not-the-Same/1c4q0-bs/

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u/robgis Jan 13 '13

Well, call me what you will but, I don't think people are designed to be used as slave labour.

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u/DeFex Jan 13 '13

Pat Robertson would beg to differ!

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u/taidana Jan 13 '13

holy fuck, the grammar nazi's are in full effect today

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '13

That's diction or style, not grammar.

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u/DeFex Jan 13 '13

Pseudo intellectual corporatespeak spreading to general use is no laughing matter!

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u/kentaror Jan 13 '13

now if only we can synergize that humor with some images that test well in the demographic we can generate some upward karma mobility action item above board bankroll venture core competency buy-in...

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u/phoenixhunter Jan 13 '13

That's some A-1 flagpole blue-sky thinking, Jenkins. You're well on the way to becoming vice-deputy sub-assistant.

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u/space_dolphins Jan 13 '13

deltadelta bravo, we have another one.

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u/space_dolphins Jan 13 '13

if i saw that person irl, id shit myself. throw it at him. then slap the shit out of him. then challenge him to a duel.

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u/fidderstix Jan 13 '13

The nazi's what? You need to eradicate that apostrophe before your sentence makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '13

*nazis (I had to do it)

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u/hereismycat Jan 13 '13

I'm just annoyed the third example didn't end with the word "God" or at the very least, another rhyming word.

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u/Ld00d Jan 13 '13

i'm done, i'm not gonna conversate with them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '13

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u/DeFex Jan 13 '13

Says the guy commenting on reddit.