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[–] scarilog@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Find and replace "I" with "we"? Nah, we adding the kitty

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 98 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Find and replace

a feature typewriters used in 1975 were famous for

[–] scarilog@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and even today

. . . as ~~we~~ I are describing below . . .

[–] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

. . . as we are descrwebweng below . . .

[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was confused at first. Then, I realized that when they replaced ‘mage’ with ‘wizard’, ‘damage’ became ‘dawizard’. It is actually hilarious.

[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago

it's a Scunthorpe problem but even nerdier

[–] pancakesyrupyum@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

On my device that’s one of those websites that don’t allow using the Back button.

Neat.

[–] Mo5560@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Isn't "I" considered poor form? I was taught to always write in passive but "we" is kind of the accepted exception.