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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm a masochist but I have my limits. Lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think they're calling you out on saying "on accident" rather than "by accident"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are both not acceptable ways of typing that out? I know I'm bad at punctuation, grammar and spelling, but I thought you could say you did something on accident or by accident interchangeably.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, it's just by accident. Must be a certain demographic that seems to have fallen into the habit of saying it as I never hear people use "on" in real life.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://www.juliatomiak.com/grammar-check-on-accident-vs-by-accident/

Apparently "on accident" has been gaining usage and "by accident" is generally used by the older generations.

I'm 93 so I don't know where I picked up "on accident" but until this day I haven't had anyone say anything. How interesting.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Must be just an American thing? I never hear anyone say it here!

Also, could you be on of Lemmy's oldest users?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh no.... I meant 1993 lol.

But I cannot blame you for thinking I meant 93 years old haha. Thats my bad.

I gotta remember to put '93 or just spent the extra few milliseconds to hit the 1 and 9 keys.

Once again my laziness bites me in the ass haha

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You are almost 2000 years old? Wow, how do you keep up with the fashion century to century?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Hahahaha. You know it's been tough. But thankfully jeans haven't gone out of style so I have ol reliable to always fall back on.