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People who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?

Suggested by Smash Monkey

(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
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People who say "obligated"
It's "obliged" you fucktards...
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:34, 11 replies)
It's used as a legal term
so I'd imagine it's a valid word.
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:38, closed)
Please don't ruin my moment of hatred.
Why use 4 syllables when two will do.
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:40, closed)
I'm sure you mean
"when two will suffice"
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:57, closed)
they are both valid
obligated is used to mean that you don't have a choice. Whereas obliged is a bit looser.
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:40, closed)
Er..
Obligate = "by necessity" so if you're obligated to do something means you're forced to do it by the laws of nature, physics, etc. You're obligated to keep breathing if you want to stay alive, but nobody is forcing you to.

Oblige = "To constrain by physical legal social or moral means" (as well as the meanings to do with being grateful), so if you're obliged to do something you're being forced to do it by someone else. You're obliged to breathe (out, usually) when someone else punches you in the gut when you're holding your breath.

I'll change my handle to Mr. Logic soon.
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:44, closed)
I sense a "Fail" in the Force.....
...like the sound of a million browsers opening up "Fail" images and being linked rapidly.
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:47, closed)
I'd bend over and take it like a man if I were you.

(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:51, closed)
I stand corrected

(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:55, closed)
Nope. Stand your ground.
It's admirably on topic - you can't get a more irrational hatred than one based on exactly the type of fucktarditude you're claiming to despise.
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:58, closed)
Yay!
I feel marginally better for showing my ignorance of vocabulary now.
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:59, closed)
I like where you're headed with this logic.
I will wager it can be applied to lots of posts this week.

*Runs off to check own posts*
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 17:15, closed)

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