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Man, so I randomly had to flick a guy off.

I’ve always had a personal policy against it, and don’t like putting negative energy into the universe, but it just sort of happened as a necessarily reaction.

I was going straight through an intersection when a big SUV with plates from you know where tried to turn left and almost hit me. I had to swerve to avoid a collision, and honked to make him aware I was there. He locks them up and just lays on the horn. Now he’s awkwardly stopped across the middle of the intersection. I work to get around him. As I do he’s still blasting the horn and now giving me a death glare, as if *I* am the one doing something wrong.

Motherfucker I have the right of way! This is where you’re supposed to mouth “sorry” and sheepishly wave. Since humility is apparently not an option, here’s a one finger salute. Peace out y’all.
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ousdahl wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:38 am Man, so I randomly had to flick a guy off.

I’ve always had a personal policy against it, and don’t like putting negative energy into the universe, but it just sort of happened as a necessarily reaction.

I was going straight through an intersection when a big SUV with plates from you know where tried to turn left and almost hit me. I had to swerve to avoid a collision, and honked to make him aware I was there. He locks them up and just lays on the horn. Now he’s awkwardly stopped across the middle of the intersection. I work to get around him. As I do he’s still blasting the horn and now giving me a death glare, as if *I* am the one doing something wrong.

Motherfucker I have the right of way! This is where you’re supposed to mouth “sorry” and sheepishly wave. Since humility is apparently not an option, here’s a one finger salute. Peace out y’all.
"flick off". The incorrect way to say "flip off", which means to give someone the finger.
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Thank you.
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He shouldn't have apologized.
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Feral wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:46 am
ousdahl wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:38 am Man, so I randomly had to flick a guy off.

I’ve always had a personal policy against it, and don’t like putting negative energy into the universe, but it just sort of happened as a necessarily reaction.

I was going straight through an intersection when a big SUV with plates from you know where tried to turn left and almost hit me. I had to swerve to avoid a collision, and honked to make him aware I was there. He locks them up and just lays on the horn. Now he’s awkwardly stopped across the middle of the intersection. I work to get around him. As I do he’s still blasting the horn and now giving me a death glare, as if *I* am the one doing something wrong.

Motherfucker I have the right of way! This is where you’re supposed to mouth “sorry” and sheepishly wave. Since humility is apparently not an option, here’s a one finger salute. Peace out y’all.
"flick off". The incorrect way to say "flip off", which means to give someone the finger.
you mean like this??

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(I cannot confirm nor deny whether this is real life footage of ousdahl driving...)
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My two most annoying and most frequently-encountered malapropisms:

Carmel when one actually means caramel
Calvary when one actually means cavalry

Both make me want to flick someone off when I hear them used.
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Ohhh! Feral’s gonna give you the bird for that one!
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What I find odd is that the word "too" seems to have disappeared from people's vocabulary. I see "to" instead of "too" all the time.
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ousdahl wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:38 am Man, so I randomly had to flick a guy off.

I’ve always had a personal policy against it, and don’t like putting negative energy into the universe, but it just sort of happened as a necessarily reaction.

I was going straight through an intersection when a big SUV with plates from you know where tried to turn left and almost hit me. I had to swerve to avoid a collision, and honked to make him aware I was there. He locks them up and just lays on the horn. Now he’s awkwardly stopped across the middle of the intersection. I work to get around him. As I do he’s still blasting the horn and now giving me a death glare, as if *I* am the one doing something wrong.

Motherfucker I have the right of way! This is where you’re supposed to mouth “sorry” and sheepishly wave. Since humility is apparently not an option, here’s a one finger salute. Peace out y’all.
You did what you had to do.

That's that.
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lobster wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:11 pm What I find odd is that the word "too" seems to have disappeared from people's vocabulary. I see "to" instead of "too" all the time.
Another one I am always telling students: then and than are not interchangeable.
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their/there/they’re

it’s/its
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HouseDivided wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:00 pm
lobster wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:11 pm What I find odd is that the word "too" seems to have disappeared from people's vocabulary. I see "to" instead of "too" all the time.
Another one I am always telling students: then and than are not interchangeable.
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TraditionKU wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:16 pm their/there/they’re

it’s/its
Yes!
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Has moot evolved into that zone where it is correct no matter how one uses it? I get pissy about that . . .
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lobster wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:11 pm What I find odd is that the word "too" seems to have disappeared from people's vocabulary. I see "to" instead of "too" all the time.
That makes too of us!
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defixione wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:25 pm Has moot evolved into that zone where it is correct no matter how one uses it? I get pissy about that . . .
Probably. I only get pissy when people pronounce it “mute”.
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ChalkRocker wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:30 pm
ousdahl wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:38 am Man, so I randomly had to flick a guy off.

I’ve always had a personal policy against it, and don’t like putting negative energy into the universe, but it just sort of happened as a necessarily reaction.

I was going straight through an intersection when a big SUV with plates from you know where tried to turn left and almost hit me. I had to swerve to avoid a collision, and honked to make him aware I was there. He locks them up and just lays on the horn. Now he’s awkwardly stopped across the middle of the intersection. I work to get around him. As I do he’s still blasting the horn and now giving me a death glare, as if *I* am the one doing something wrong.

Motherfucker I have the right of way! This is where you’re supposed to mouth “sorry” and sheepishly wave. Since humility is apparently not an option, here’s a one finger salute. Peace out y’all.
You did what you had to do.

That's that.

I didn’t want to do it.

I felt I owed it to them.

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defixione wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:25 pm Has moot evolved into that zone where it is correct no matter how one uses it? I get pissy about that . . .
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HouseDivided wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:26 pm My two most annoying and most frequently-encountered malapropisms:

Carmel when one actually means caramel
Calvary when one actually means cavalry

Both make me want to flick someone off when I hear them used.
I'm guilty of Carmel. I know its technically "wrong" but I cant stand when people say Ker uh mel.
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