Yeah, but that's a lot of extra typing and this is the internet. Footnotes in books will always stay proper, but the internet is constantly evolving grammatically. The trend of using an asterisk as a footnote for grammar started with *FTFY (fixed that for you), and evolved to drop the FTFY while keeping the asterisk. Generally speaking, most understand what its intention is in the context and wouldn't use it out of context when/where the situation applies. Also, making the, "but omg the millennials" argument out of the gate over grammar is a bit immature, don't you think? Attempting to shame an entire generation for using an evolutionary path over a beaten path won't get anyone anywhere.
The vast majority of people born after 1980 have a better education than 90% of anyone born before them, thanks to the internet that was basically built for them. Sure the standardized system is bullshit, but self-education isn't non-existent. Evolution can also be more than just slow, incremental changes. There's quantum leaps in evolution as well. Your argument against footnotes is as mundane as the argument teachers used to have about the word "ain't," which is now in the dictionary. Language changes. People get bored of "standards that have been used for centuries." Things die, new life forms. Tis the way.
Also, of course I have little to no respect for a generation that blames everything on the people that supposedly know nothing. "Our children suck, it must be their own fault. We couldn't have messed up as parents. That's just not possible." Not everyone in that generation, mind you. I realize most may not even think that way. However, if you're that offended, you're probably one of the ones I have no respect for.
I care little to have a sense of humor in a situation where someone is stereotyping a mass group just because they didn't get what they want out of life and have grown bitter. To assume I'm an "entitled shithead" because I don't know a latin phrase... That's very high and mighty of you.
To finish off, your generation may have laid the foundation for the internet, but my generation built all the walls, topped the roofs, added decor, and went as far as stained glass with how much we've done. The next generation will build a town. The generation after that will build cities from it. And so on. I won't shame them for all the grammar prototypes that ease their conversations on the way. Nor will I beg for thanks and appreciation for adding to the foundation. That's just being petty when you look at everything else in the world that we've done and that we can do.
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What did non-millennial idiots use?
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Yeah, but that's a lot of extra typing and this is the internet. Footnotes in books will always stay proper, but the internet is constantly evolving grammatically. The trend of using an asterisk as a footnote for grammar started with *FTFY (fixed that for you), and evolved to drop the FTFY while keeping the asterisk. Generally speaking, most understand what its intention is in the context and wouldn't use it out of context when/where the situation applies. Also, making the, "but omg the millennials" argument out of the gate over grammar is a bit immature, don't you think? Attempting to shame an entire generation for using an evolutionary path over a beaten path won't get anyone anywhere.
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The vast majority of people born after 1980 have a better education than 90% of anyone born before them, thanks to the internet that was basically built for them. Sure the standardized system is bullshit, but self-education isn't non-existent. Evolution can also be more than just slow, incremental changes. There's quantum leaps in evolution as well. Your argument against footnotes is as mundane as the argument teachers used to have about the word "ain't," which is now in the dictionary. Language changes. People get bored of "standards that have been used for centuries." Things die, new life forms. Tis the way.
Also, of course I have little to no respect for a generation that blames everything on the people that supposedly know nothing. "Our children suck, it must be their own fault. We couldn't have messed up as parents. That's just not possible." Not everyone in that generation, mind you. I realize most may not even think that way. However, if you're that offended, you're probably one of the ones I have no respect for.
I care little to have a sense of humor in a situation where someone is stereotyping a mass group just because they didn't get what they want out of life and have grown bitter. To assume I'm an "entitled shithead" because I don't know a latin phrase... That's very high and mighty of you.
To finish off, your generation may have laid the foundation for the internet, but my generation built all the walls, topped the roofs, added decor, and went as far as stained glass with how much we've done. The next generation will build a town. The generation after that will build cities from it. And so on. I won't shame them for all the grammar prototypes that ease their conversations on the way. Nor will I beg for thanks and appreciation for adding to the foundation. That's just being petty when you look at everything else in the world that we've done and that we can do.
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Na, I'd stick to my electric wahl trimmer I used yesterday that me, my brother and dad can share without getting razor burns
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