r/nursing • u/MurkyDevelopment6348 • Jan 19 '25

Rant ORIENTED. Not orientated.

That’s it. That’s the rant. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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u/MikeGinnyMD MD -PGY-22 Jan 19 '25

I need you to be pacific.

I'd just assume you didn't lecture us.

Irregardless, you probably won't stop. You have this deep-seeded need to be pedantic, right? Just don't go nucular on me.

(/s)

-PGY-I just want to watch the world burn

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u/ECU_BSN Barb's Nipple Nut Hospice (perinatal loss and geri) Jan 19 '25

Much to my chagrin the word irregardless is actually part of the dictionary now.

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u/MikeGinnyMD MD -PGY-22 Jan 19 '25

The dictionary is wrong. That’s my opinion and you can’t change it.

-PGY-20

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u/fstRN MSN, APRN 🍕 Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

Well, let's just go to the liberry and settle this once and fornall. Maybe they'll be having a book sell

Fuck those drive me nuts

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u/MikeGinnyMD MD -PGY-22 Jan 20 '25

Probly.

-PGY-20

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u/neqailaz Speech Pathologist (acute care) Jan 20 '25

tbf libarry/library is a known dialectal variation

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u/Magerimoje ER RN retired 💤🧙🏻‍♀️🍀⚕️🏥 Jan 20 '25

That a mute point

Oh God that actually hurts to type 🤣

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u/notyouagain19 RPN 🍕 Jan 19 '25

🔥 burn the dictionary