Probably one of the few useful bots ever added to Reddit.

We didn’t need a million and one spelling, grammar and whatever other stupid bots the place got infected with. Hopefully Lemmy doesn’t end up with them either.

That one was good. I also liked the one that counted how many times someone has said the n word, but I do not think the n word is allowed here (which is better).

Here on which instance? That’s the nice part about Lemmy, those rules are set per instance.

My favorite was the would of/would’ve bot.

I feel like I haven’t seen a single person use “could of” or “would of” here.

The defense on Reddit was always “NOT EVERY1 ENGLISH FIRST LANGUAGE”

I don’t have the largest sample size, but I’ve never met someone who makes this mistake whose first language isn’t English.

People whose first language isn’t English (and especially people who apologize for their English) almost invariably type perfectly, lol

I kind’ve feel the same way.

I seen alot of people who type the same way. Their so dumb.

I see what you did they’re

Probably one of the few useful bots ever added to Reddit.

My favorite bot was AutoMod. The 3rd party app I used allowed me to block that bot, which was always the top post in every single thread.

wait so you liked it because you could block it? I fucking hated automod BECAUSE i always had to block it.

Personally, I think the grammar bots fit right into Reddit culture.

Everyone is a smarty-pants on Reddit!

I do hope that people respect the instance hosts and go easy on the trivial bots when it comes to Lemmy though.

Personally, I think the grammar bots fit right into Reddit culture.

Everyone is a smarty-pants on Reddit!

I do hope that people respect the instance hosts and go easy on the trivial bots when it comes to Lemmy though.

I mean, I like knowing when I’m saying something incorrectly, and learning the correct way to say it. I value communication through text a lot because I have some issues with communicating verbally, so I like to know how to properly write what I want to say. So I didn’t mind the grammar/spelling bots as long as they were polite about it, they were just providing accessibility to knowledge, at least in my eyes. It was the rude or condescending ones I didn’t like.

I didn’t mind the fact that it was there, I was always just annoyed at how useless the memory hints were. Like yeah, of course I could spell “neither” if I just remember the e comes before the i… that’s the problem.

It’s like saying “if you want to be rich just get more money” or “NASCAR is easy cuz it’s all left turns”

The “I before E” rule is weird.

Yeah… A lot of exceptions to that rule, mainly because of how the English language developed.

I after E, except after C; when it sounds like “ee”.

…or when sounded like “ay” as in “neighbor” or “weigh”.

Actually, let me double check that with my foreign buddies Keith and Heidi, they’ve got eight children who are all cops and busted a major counterfeit heist the other day. Weird, right?

Gimme Newspeak already. The world isn’t cyberpunk enough yet.

I after E, except after C; when it sounds like “ee”.

I always thought it’s funny to see such a spelling bot on linguistics themed subs where everyone was like “fck you descriptivist” and they were downvoted into oblivion

fck you descriptivist

You mean prescriptivist? 😅

(beep boom I’m a human)

I wish there were more. I just found out at work that “deprecated” and “depreciated” are different words, it was so embarrassing.

In your defense they have pretty similar meanings.

A “Showerthought” is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you’re doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
Avoid politics (NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out)
Posts must be original/unique
Adhere to Lemmy’s Code of Conduct

Now no one will ever see all those super long !remindme bot posts set for 5, 10 or 15 years on Reddit

Showerthoughts

!showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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