So, my guess is that you're probably clicking on this post thinking that I'm going to gripe about all those ignoramuses who say things in their profiles like "your the kind of person who . . .". Sorry to disappoint you, because I'm actually going to gripe about YOU.
What's with everybody saying in their "what am I looking for" box that whomever they meet must be able to differentiate 'you're' and 'your' (and actually deploy the correct forms)?
What I'm curious about is what exactly you think this demonstrates. By way of example, I know some ultra-right-brained artists whom I'd consider smarter than most people on Nerve, but yet who cannot spell to save their lives, and who can't be bothered with 'your' versus 'you're'.
Here's what I think is going on. In essence, it's like you're waving your arms and screaming "Hey, look at me! I'm a grammar Nazi! Isn't it impressive how pedantic I can be!"
You're seizing on what may very well be an arbitrary phaenomenon in order to belittle somebody you don't know, which helps to buttress your arrogant belief that you're actually smarter than God.
Time to rise above, kids. It's petty.
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