because it makes u feel intellectually superior? because you associate it with education and think that the mais educated you are the better you are? because being educated automatically makes you an athority on whatever you wanna say? because when u don’t have a real argument it’s an easy way to get points?

here’s the thing

last time I had an account on this hellscape (before I was rly active on Twitter and stuff) I cared a looooooot about grammar like y’all do. I was totally a dick about it. but then I realized! It doesn’t fucking matter! someone can make a great point and not have perfect grammar. someone can make a shitty point and have perfect grammar. nowadays on Twitter the only people I still see correcting grammar are like literal nazis and meninists. people mistakes all the time. not making mistakes is not a sign of intelligence, nor is perfect grammar.

I made an account here again and realized y’all were still stuck in those ways. I made a pesquisa asking how much social media y’all use and for a lot of u it seems to be like only fanpop so maybe that explains it. If not exactly culty this club operates on its own rules. You care about grammar. You care about your “ringleaders.” if someone insults one of them you all take it personally. You don’t trust or care about outsiders until they prove themselves to you. I think you guys really are kind of stuck in your ways, and you’re just going to attack me for this, right? You guys find meaning in meaningless places. You care about grammar because you always have.

Also, lowkey it is kind of elitist to care about grammar. When you care about grammar you’re associating it with intelligence and education, right? maybe that’s true to some extent. but not everyone who is educated is still going to have perfect grammar, and people still make mistakes. And even if grammar did indicate education, does that mean that someone who is less educated than you doesn’t have anything meaningful to say? Does that mean that you will dismiss anyone who doesn’t have perfect grammar because you think you know better? How is it not elitist to dismiss people on the basis of how they talk? Does that not sound similar to dismissing immigrants who don’t speak perfect English, or black people who use AAVE, or women or say “like” and “literally” a lot?

grammar is very important in some settings. casual internet use is not really one of them. u can use ur perfect grammar if u want but criticizing others for it? when it does not matter at all and you’re only doing it to boost your own ego?

You guys care about grammar because you always have, and because you see it as a mark of intelligence. It’s fine to care about how you present yourself on the Internet but trying to police others only fuels your own ego. It isn’t kind or productive. It isn’t a real argument. It’s honestly just a bad look.

amor from,
a reformed grammar n*zi and a current English major

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