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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

A few that irk me (I think it's the grammar Nazi inside me):

Starting comments with "I mean" or "ngl" - it's completely unnecessary fluff

Mass typos - a typo/bad autocorrect here and there is expected, but when the title/comment is full of them I have to try real hard to understand what they're trying to say... spend a few seconds to proof read what you've typed!

The same regurgitated wit (if you can call it that) - you can almost predict the top comments before going into a thread

Being unable to have a serious discussion on serious topics - going into a news/science/political thread is painful; they're plagued with bitter, short tempered aggressive comments, and repeated misinformation they've heard from other Reddit armchair generals. Just do a little bit of research before stating a fact you've read from a stranger.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ngl, i dun got nothin just wantd to irk you

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean how bad is it really to use a little filler?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's not bad, just a little unnecessary. When communicating verbally it's understandable, similar to using "errm", giving the person time to think of the next thing to say or as a way to interject into a conversation but with text you don't need that.

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