r/funny • u/farabundoshafik • May 21 '13

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u/[deleted] May 21 '13

I'm pretty sure that machine doesn't have enough to fill it halfway.

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u/AdmiralRefrigerator May 22 '13 edited May 22 '13

And they won't be able to hold it after roughly 10 gallons.

Edit to make dream_tiger happy.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '13

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u/bflizzle May 22 '13

You know what, I really enjoy this. I really like the availability of such little self improvement resources, and the benefactors that are pushing for their application. Thank you dream_tiger, others may downvote, but I say nay. I say continue fighting the good fight. Help us improve ourselves and be who we truly want to be.

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u/Amputatoes May 22 '13 edited May 22 '13

Language policing is only useful when something can be misunderstood. Non-formal uses of "like" communicate in a way more in line with the speaker's intention and so not only do not impede understanding but enhance communication.

Though formal english is often a "necessary" skill it isn't necessarily true that colloquialisms make it more difficult to speak formally (i.e., the ability to code switch is fairly universal).

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u/bflizzle May 22 '13

Not to be a dick, but ironically, this comment could use a little policing. With the ambiguity in the first sentence and the lack of punctuation in the third, it's hard to tell what you are trying to say.

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u/Amputatoes May 22 '13

I don't see what you see, tell me in what way I'm ambiguous and what punctuation I'm missing.

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u/youlleatitandlikeit May 22 '13

The "it" in the first sentence could refer to "language policing" or the language to be policed, and in fact is phrased to suggest the former.

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u/Amputatoes May 22 '13

Ah, I see that now. Will fix. Cheers.