Random Rants LXIV: Who's Acting Like a Child Now?

[Lexicus]

The subject is the one who does something, the object is the one to whom something is done.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Who is whom in this situation? Whom is who that he thinks he can decide language, anyway?

 

[Commodore]

The subject is the one who does something, the object is the one to whom something is done.

This sounds eerily erotic to me.

 

[choxorn]

Would that be because the subject is "I" and the object is "your mom"?

 

[Commodore]

Would that be because the subject is "I" and the object is "your mom"?

Wow, I really did just walk into that one didn't I?

 

[Arakhor]

That has to be one of the most highbrow "your mum" jokes I've heard in a while.

 

[Takhisis]

Ouch, that stung.

 

[sophie]

who/whom is actually fairly low on my list of things that native English speakers regularly do wrong that irk me. Our language has heavily deemphasized declension over the centuries, so it's little surprise when native speakers don't understand how declension works.

"Would of"/"Could of" etc. is top of the list for me at the moment. Followed by people using complicated/technical vocabulary and horribly bungling either the usage or the spelling. Followed by people who rant about other people "misusing" the word literally.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

But aren't their rants literally in the right?

 

[Dachs]

mfw wehraboos continue to walk this Earth

You talking about anybody in particular?

 

[gay_Aleks]

Not really.

 

[Snerk]

Grumble grumble, something rantish, stealth mentioning it's my birthday, something something.

 

[Phrossack]

Grumble grumble, something rantish, stealth mentioning it's my birthday, something something.

Grr rawrr happy birthday growl hiss

 

[Zkribbler]

We weren't really taught formal grammar when I was at school, so that's not actually that helpful in a hurry.

I can still remember my textbook's cartoon of a dog owner, whose dog had the torn shreds of another man's pants in his mouth. The bite victim was furious at the dog owner, and the dog owner had a superior finger lifted into the air was replying, "Bit whom.."

 

[Lohrenswald]

I'm so bloody sick and tired of how bloody inept I am at arguing for my positions

 

[W|M]

You can easily practice here on OT

 

[gay_Aleks]

Well, if bloody mudslinging fights with crazed people is your thing

 

[The_J]

My data is too big, we don't have enough RAM on the servers, and I have again no idea what to do .
(to triple the RAM for 12k is not really an option for something which we need maybe once per year, *grmpf* ; and also then not sure if it'd be enough)

 

[gay_Aleks]

those were the worst 4 hours of my life without CFC

 

[Dachs]

Some dickhead working for Comcast keeps giving out my cell number to his clients. Because he is a dickhead, and because he works for Comcast, he gets a lot of people calling him to complain about late/poor service. And they all call me. And it's been going on for two years.