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[–]Geordash 121 points122 points ago

Knowing the proper use of 'you're' and 'your' seems to be the gold standard of intelligence round these parts.

[–]Antka 41 points42 points ago

Why not just ask the question directly in the status?

[–]WonkaKnowsBest 75 points76 points ago

Cuz guyz i needs to know if this girl likes me and i cant have like everyone no'in.

[–]Forhavu 44 points45 points ago

*ha've, dumbass

[–]sundbergftw 23 points24 points ago

*Dumass, dumass

[–]GoKickYourself 10 points11 points ago

Meeds moar gorilla warfare.

[–]Mr_Papagiorgio 12 points13 points ago

Nbx me n 3 scnds if yur smrt

[–]therealjoshuad 56 points57 points ago

The term inbox me should die.

[–]ngregge 34 points35 points ago

I find it perfectly acceptable as a noun. As a verb it can go fuck itself.

[–]Sean1708 36 points37 points ago

Inbox me with why you think that.

[–]Lamamannen 6 points7 points ago

So.. Did he?

[–]Sean1708 1 point2 points ago

No but some other guy did, he said it was because I was an idiot.

[–]survivalrate 1 point2 points ago

Your smart enuf. Why dont you inbox them ?

[–]lolroflqwerty 11 points12 points ago

How is it different than PM me, on Reddit?

[–]ProtoKun7 21 points22 points ago

At least you can make it mean "privately message". Inbox has no place in the land of verbs.

[–]lolroflqwerty 4 points5 points ago

Ah, I see. I agree, but was curious of the difference.

[–]JIZZING_ON_REDDIT 3 points4 points ago

The way I see it, languages evolve. If the other person knows what you mean, unless its in academic writing, I never correct anyone's grammar or syntax. If it gets their point across easily, it's part of language. Resisting linguistic evolution is silly.

A good example, "He texted me last night," would generally be seen as 'improper English' about 20 years ago, but "text" has evolved. It's now both a noun as well as a verb.

[–]ProtoKun7 1 point2 points ago

"Texting" as a verb I have no problem with. On the other hand, phrases or terms which actually mean the opposite of what they're used for, I hate. Terms like "I could care less" (which suggests that the person saying it actually does care about the topic) or the use of "literally" instead of "figuratively".

[–]p00p00train 1 point2 points ago

What exactly is the difference between "text me" and "inbox me"? Seems to be the same concept.

[–]buriedInPixels 2 points3 points ago

It's called a message on facebook. And you can message someone. Inboxing someone sounds painful.

[–]meliaesc 13 points14 points ago

Got him!!!

Middle schoolers are so rough on each other.

[–]tubefox 10 points11 points ago

This just goes to support one of my laws of the internet.

Tubefox's Law of the Internet, #1:

As the level of insult in a sentence increases, the odds that the insulter will make a stupid grammatical error increases at an equal rate.

[–]Cthulhus_Brother 2 points3 points ago

fk u.

[–]tubefox 2 points3 points ago

Precisely.

[–]buriedInPixels 0 points1 point ago

Precisely!*

[–]JamesAQuintero 1 point2 points ago

You corrected his correctness?

[–]FancySack 11 points12 points ago

My respect for people that say inbox that way goes into the trashbox.

[–]TempoRiver 6 points7 points ago

What? Turning a noun into a verb?

[–]FancySack 3 points4 points ago

Oh don't you rib me on this topic. =)

[–]TempoRiver 10 points11 points ago

I don't get the problem. It's a common thing to happen in the evolution of language. Shakespeare, who is praised for his helping English involved did just that. He tabled this, he chaired that, Shakespeare could not give two flying fucks about whether a word was a noun, verb, adjective, etc. If you don't like the way language is evolving, you're going to have a hard time changing it, anyway. So, shh... let it happen.

[–]Zandemonium 0 points1 point ago

Oh look Stephen fry is here

[–]TempoRiver 0 points1 point ago

If I were Stephen Fry, I'd be a lot wittier about it. Sadly I'm not.

[–]FancySack 1 point2 points ago

sigh I know...YOLO right?

[–]I_Eat_Toothpaste 8 points9 points ago

He said let it happen. Not help it.

[–]prophetoffun -1 points0 points ago

Scrapbooking. shivers

[–]K_A_R_M_A 3 points4 points ago

HAHA YOU SURE GOT THEM!

[–]kelustu 4 points5 points ago

Not a huge facepalm. He was asking for someone smarter than he was, meaning it's not unreasonable for him to not understand grammar. Knowing the difference between "you're" and "your" is not the great measure of intelligence that Reddit would have you believe it is.

[–]I_Eat_Toothpaste 1 point2 points ago

Then why would he tell someone smarter that they're too dumb?

[–]kelustu 0 points1 point ago

...Because they're too dumb for the information you need to get help with? If I need help with Calc 201 as a non-math major and some kid comes in to correct a spelling mistake that I happen to know is not particularly intelligent, I'm not going to take his help.

[–]curse10 2 points3 points ago

I honestly hate these. Haha, he is sooo dumb because he didn't spell you're on a social networking site. It's not clever, it's just being an obnoxious smart ass.

[–]I_Eat_Toothpaste -2 points-1 points ago

He is dumb though. OP may be an ass, but atleast he's a smart ass.

[–]curse10 0 points1 point ago

facepalm should be funny. This is not funny.

[–]Farvamus_prime 0 points1 point ago

I have never understood why you don't just inbox the question directly then you don't have ANYONE but the intended party in on anything.

[–]An_Average_Commenter -1 points0 points ago

This should really be in /r/facebookwins

[–]kitty_meow5 -1 points0 points ago

oh the irony!

[–]alcakd 0 points1 point ago

What does she need a "smart" person for?

I mean surely there are various specialties, like if she needs somebody who is good with relationships, or computers, or medical advice.

[–]Aiken_Drumn 1 point2 points ago

Considering how close the comments were, an the screen shot. I'm calling fake on this...

[–]brianbrianbrian 1 point2 points ago

OOOH SHIT YOU DONE TOLDT HIM GOOD SON!

[–]minimission 0 points1 point ago

why didn't you wait for a response?

[–]droxile 0 points1 point ago

He said "smart" not "smug". OP misread the post.

[–]Kronized 0 points1 point ago

Shouldn't this be under /r/facebookwins?

[–]buriedInPixels 0 points1 point ago

I'm tired of these 2 seconds ago posts. Especially when the reply is something as dumb as this.

You sure showed that big mean 8th grader didn't you!

[–]mindsnare 0 points1 point ago

Right, fuck this, unsubscribing to this subreddit. I can't imagine any one having so many retarded friends unless they're under the age of 15. And I'm too old for that shit.

[–]DoctorPiggey 1 point2 points ago

"your too dumb" What about my too dumb?

[–]DownvotesKarmaSluts 1 point2 points ago

2 seconds ago

Guys look how cool I am!