there’s a pandemic of idiots doing the “I personally” thing. every fucking post and comment, some mouthbreather wants to sound distinguished and whatnot by inflating their wordcount with nothingness. what’s the fucking opposite of this, “I unpersonally”, what?

“I personally like to…” what the fuck! just say “I like to”, it’s the same sentence, nothing changed, you didn’t add any nuance to your stupid fucking take.

edit: awesome reading comprehension up in here. it’s not a crusade against the word, it’s a rant against morons using it wrong. as in “I personally like to…” - nothing is added here by using the P-word! you liking shit is the most personal, subjective thing on the planet, you didn’t add anything, you just sound like little carmine.

edit 2: figured out a better title - “personally” is the new “literally”

  • DABDA@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    9·
    1 day ago
    1. This user posted a rant about something that annoys them to the Rant community - you obviously don’t need to agree with their opinion but downvoting it seems misguided.
    2. Nobody could have predicted that nearly every reply would intentionally start with the phrase they were complaining about.
    • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      23 hours ago

      I initially upvoted the post, but just changed that to a downvote when I saw OP had later switched to insulting the commenters in his post instead of interacting with them in the discussion.

      There is nothing wrong about the initial rant itself, but that’s just not the proper way to take part in the community.

      • DABDA@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        23 hours ago

        That’s totally fair and makes sense. I just didn’t like when I initially saw the post sitting at 0 before the multiple edits.