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fedimemes·Fediverse memesbykabi

Trying to hold it in

::: spoiler Alt text Guy trying to hold a fart in meme template with the text "POV: you just mentioned you use Boost instead of the myriad FOSS alternatives" :::

::: spoiler on-topic rant Use Jerboa if you want simple, go Voyager if you want modern and feature rich. Explore others if you want to find the best experience. Just stop supporting the only proprietary, ad-infested client. :::

::: spoiler off-topic rant If you have trouble parsing the meme, this is a rare use of "POV" where the meme is actually from your POV and those three letters aren't just slapped there like "nobody:" might be. :::

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fedimemes·Fediverse memesbykabi

This is a Blaze appreciation post.

::: spoiler Alt A screenshot shows Blaze making a post in ![email protected] with the title and text: "[Meta] Please don't mind me, just making sure this community is visible on all instances

I would usually use https://lemmy-federate.com/, but this instance isn't registered.

I'll delete this post when I'm done"

The screenshot also shows comments on the post made by alts of Blaze on a number of instances, checking in to note that the community is federated to the given instance. :::

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goodoffmychest·Off My Chestbykabi

*You* are using "let alone" wrong. [CW: prescriptivism]

I've seen "let alone" used on Lemmy a good number of times now and, at least when I noticed it, it was always used incorrectly. It's come to a point where I still feel like I'm being gaslit even after looking up examples, just because of the sheer amount of times I've seen it used outright wrong.

What I'm talking about is people switching up the first and last part. In "X, let alone Y" Y is supposed to be the more extreme case, the one that is less likely to happen, or could only happen if X also did first.

The correct usage: "That spaghetti must have been months old. I did not even open the box, let alone eat it."

How I see it used constantly: "That spaghetti must have been months old. I did not eat it, let alone open the box."

Other wrong usage: "Nobody checks out books anymore, let alone visits the library."

Why does this bug me so much? I don't know. One reason I came up with is that it's boring. The "wrong" way the excitement always ramps down with the second sentence, so why even include it?

I am prepared to be shouted down for still somehow being incorrect about this. Do your worst. At least I'll know I keep shifting between dimensions where "let alone" is always used differently or something.

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