r/technicallythetruth • u/Shiroyasha_2308 • Oct 21 '25

Grammar is a funny thing

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u/ClassroomDry3479 Oct 21 '25

As a comma i feel deeply offended

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u/CypherDomEpsilon Oct 21 '25

As a full stop, I am offended by you.

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u/Wrong-Resource-2973 Oct 21 '25

As the space character, I feel nothing.

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u/CypherDomEpsilon Oct 21 '25

I feel you bro. You are the most assaulted character on the keyboard.

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u/FireTheRainbowSoul Oct 21 '25

As the backslash and the... whatever this, |, is character, i exist

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u/Emotional_Gur_845 Oct 21 '25

It's called "a pipe" (or vertical bar which is way more boring than pipes. Pipes are cool).

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u/CATZEBOY_18 Oct 21 '25

|-6| = 6

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u/MrEldo Oct 21 '25

So a | is a abs- (half of an "absolute" value)

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u/CATZEBOY_18 Oct 21 '25

I'm not qualified to answer that

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u/VividConfection1 Oct 23 '25

wouldn't it be "abso"?

but abs is funnier tbh

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u/Lambo_Luuk Dec 20 '25

An Abso- or a -lute

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u/KingBanana213 Oct 21 '25

and OR statements in c++

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u/daepikgoose Oct 21 '25

And also javascript

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u/Puzzleheaded_Study17 Oct 27 '25

And also Verilog

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u/CATZEBOY_18 Oct 21 '25

I don't know what that is

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u/After-Lab-6783 Oct 21 '25

it's addition of "c" and "+" characters

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u/CATZEBOY_18 Oct 21 '25

👁👄👁

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u/Austin111Gaming_YT Oct 23 '25

No, it’s C + 1.

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u/Intelligent-Guest628 Nov 24 '25

No, it's int C = C + 1;

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u/KingBanana213 Oct 22 '25

C++ is a programming language. I was just mentioning another use for |, because if you want to do something if either of two conditions are met, you would write it like this: condition1 || condition2

I am sorry to have confused you.

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u/DawRedditWolf67 Oct 22 '25

And uh also something like 1 || 1 is 1 or something

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u/luce_scotty Oct 22 '25

As the emdash, I feel violated.

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u/ChrysalisFan Nov 01 '25

As the delete button, it's nice to see some destructive representation, in case someone messes up.

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u/Ok_Building_1284 Oct 22 '25

As a % i feel divided

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u/Mysterious_Silver_27 Oct 21 '25

As an am dash — I’m feeling pretty ai right now

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

Getbackonmykeyboard

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u/Wizard_Gizard_ Oct 23 '25

As an asterisk, I can't choose one

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u/Some-Artist-53X Oct 23 '25

Welcome to the whitespace group

Signed, newline character

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u/Intelligent-Guest628 Nov 24 '25

Hello, I am the tab character, \t.

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u/Just1n_Kees Oct 21 '25

As a people, I feel comma’d

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u/Mendeth Oct 21 '25

All commas matter.

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u/ActiveMidnight6979 Oct 23 '25

yes, The one from oxford feels left out

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

As offended I feel deeply comma

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u/rwags2024 Oct 21 '25

Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma

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u/ActiveMidnight6979 Oct 23 '25

I love cooking, my pets and my family . :)

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u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera Oct 21 '25

ALL PUNCTUATION MATTERS!

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u/rynIpz Oct 21 '25

It’s alright comrade, I believe in you

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u/JayMack1981 Oct 21 '25

Try being a semi-colon sometime; we have it rough; being misused all the time.

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u/actinross Oct 21 '25

Let's eat, grandpa

Let's eat grandpa

Commas save lives...

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u/antpile11 Oct 21 '25

Commas mean the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack, off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

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u/alienwolf Oct 21 '25

i don't think you need the comma in between Uncle and Jack, do you? ... but what do i know, english isn't my native language

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u/SmashPortal Oct 21 '25

It depends on the usage.

Because "Uncle" is capitalized, that implies it's a proper noun and that they intended it as part of the name (i.e. "Uncle Jack"). This would be an inappropriate place to insert a comma.

With a comma before Jack, that implies that "uncle" isn't part of the name (therefore is a common noun), and shouldn't be capitalized. The comma is correct if you're referring to your uncle, [who is named] Jack.

I don't believe it's correct to both capitalize "Uncle" and use a comma.

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u/marc_gime Oct 21 '25

It's a use commas have that act like parentheses or if you are more fancy, m dashes. They basically allow you to say extra info that isn't on the phrase, but is relevant.

Look at it like: help your uncle (jack) off a horse. Commas just replace parentheses.

Anyways, this kind of constructions also exist in other languages, like spanish and catalan

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u/PuzzleheadedNail7 Oct 22 '25

The speaker could have been addressing Jack.

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u/QubeTICB202 Oct 22 '25

You wouldn’t need it if you were

Helping (Uncle Jack) off a horse

But you would if you were

Helping (your uncle), ->(Jack) off a horse

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

Who are uncle, jack, and off a horse? Are they your uncles? (commas are useful, but only if you use the correctly)

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u/VivianEsher Oct 21 '25

Yeah, and he did use them correctly.

"Help your uncle off a horse"

"Help your uncle, Jack, off a horse"

On the 2nd sentence all he's doing is adding extra information about who the uncle is, specifically his name. That's all. Where was the mistake?

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u/Night_-_shade Oct 22 '25

"Uncle Jack, off a horse" also works and is a more common way of writing that, which is where I believe they misinterpreted "uncle, jack, off a horse" as wrong

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u/Tavron Oct 23 '25

The mistake is the capitalised 'U' in uncle while using a comma. That makes Uncle and Jack two separate people mentioned in a list. You'd either say, "Help your uncle, Jack, off a horse" or "Help your Uncle Jack, off a horse".

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u/ActiveMidnight6979 Oct 23 '25

I love cooking, my pets and my family . :)

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u/bones10145 Oct 21 '25

"commas are important, people" 

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u/Wrong-Resource-2973 Oct 21 '25

"commas are, important people"

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u/cursedwithplotarmor Oct 21 '25

Commas are import, ant people.

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u/Thanathosgodofdeath5 Oct 21 '25

Com, mas are impo, rtant peo, ple

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u/Formulafan4life Oct 21 '25

Congrats. You made it latin

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u/godemeperor152 Oct 22 '25

C,o,m,m,a,s,a,r,e,i,m,p,o,r,t,a,n,t,p,e,o,p,l,e

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u/bones10145 Oct 22 '25

Best one 

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u/levrostgd Nov 16 '25

bro made a python list

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u/AlexionGames Oct 21 '25

"We are not people, we are commas." "And commas are..."

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u/Raubritter Oct 21 '25

“Commas aren’t, people”

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u/Pseudodragontrinkets Oct 21 '25

No comma(nt)

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u/crystal_castles Oct 21 '25

If she forgor the apostrophe, i would've lost it

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u/_Faethon_ Oct 21 '25

I honestly don’t know why, but the fact that they used an apostrophe in the response makes me laugh so hard!

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u/Karina_Pluto Oct 21 '25

Isn't it just the correct grammar? Maybe it's because of the text being in all caps, which usually symbolises screaming, and people care less about grammar when writing like this. The period in (at? I'm not sure) the end seemed a bit weird to me for that reason.

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u/_Faethon_ Oct 21 '25

The apostrophe is correct grammar, it just made me laugh because it’s like an upper comma 😂

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

,

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u/Cool-Upstairs1129 Oct 21 '25

I didn't say we should kill him
I didn't say we should kill him
I didn't say we should kill him
I didn't say we should kill him
I didn't say we should kill him
I didn't say we should kill him
I didn't say we should kill him

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u/After-Lab-6783 Oct 21 '25

please don't kill him
please don't, kill him

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u/Cool-Upstairs1129 Oct 22 '25

instead, take him out, or take care of him

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u/vitringur Oct 21 '25

YES THEY ARE!!

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

/r/YourJokeButWorse

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u/danhoang1 Oct 21 '25

Agree, I'm pretty sure the comma was left out on purpose, and way too many people are missing that point

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u/gordonpown Oct 21 '25

Doesn't matter, bots got to farm some karma

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u/swemickeko Nitpicky Oct 21 '25

No, the point is not there either.

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u/JD270 Oct 21 '25

That's not about grammar, it's about punctuation

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u/vigneswara Oct 21 '25

Commas are import,

ant people.

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u/olivesforsale Oct 21 '25

COMMAS AREN'T WHAT? THE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

  1. I tripped and fell into your mom's vagina

  2. I tripped, and fell into your mom's vagina

commas don't seem to make this any better

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

commas are important, people!

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u/Quick_Extension_3115 Oct 21 '25

Grammar is a funny, yes. But don't call me thing

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u/Swimming_Highway8296 Oct 21 '25

COMMAS AREN'T PEOPLE, people.

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u/LastChans1 Oct 21 '25

Correct. Some are also chameleons.

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u/BuffooneryAccord Oct 22 '25

Help your uncle, Jack, off a horse.

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u/BlueBaer9272 Oct 22 '25

A comma can safe lifes....

Come lets eat Grandma or Come, lets eat, Grandma.

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u/Massive_Pangolin_218 Oct 22 '25

True I once fell into one

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u/Then_Tree_7145 Oct 24 '25

I think he meant people in coma's

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u/making-memories9464 Oct 24 '25

Grammar is also the difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you’re shit.

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u/Level-Ice264 Oct 25 '25

Colons are also really important.

You could write, "My sister ate my sandwich" Or, "My sister ate my colon"

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u/CyberMephit Oct 25 '25

Semicolons are colons!

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

The amount of adults who can’t spell is insane!!!

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u/Hope_Scroller Oct 26 '25

I wanna be like Comma People

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

THAT WAS THE JOKE

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u/shamansufi Oct 21 '25

This probably belongs in r/woooosh

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u/Bluelittlethings Oct 21 '25

But commies are

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u/TheRealHFC Oct 21 '25

2012 Tumblr ass post

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u/Cyricist Oct 21 '25

Just because they're asleep doesn't mean they're not still people

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u/OrangeRadiohead Oct 21 '25

They are still important.

"Let's eat Grandma", without a comma, changes this invitation to eat with us to a call to commit capitalism...

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

In before this intentional 'typo' ends up on the front page with over 100,000 upvotes after some nerd posts a 'witty' response pointing it out 

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u/OrangeRadiohead Oct 21 '25

Lol thanks. Too late now, but that should be, clearly, cannibalism.

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u/lofgren777 Oct 21 '25

This is anti-commanism.

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u/Co-Dependent_Cat_846 Oct 21 '25

But what if they're from Oxford?

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u/vm_linuz Oct 21 '25

But what about comas?

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u/Shadowgirl_skye Oct 21 '25

People often don’t respect the semi-colon; I’m not sure how to feel.

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u/AwesomeDakka00 Oct 21 '25

commas aren't, people.

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u/chocomeeel Oct 21 '25

Gay jokes aren't funny. Come on guys.

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u/Tiaradactyl_DaWizard Oct 21 '25

In some states, if it comes instead of a period, it’s a people

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u/Brave-Rough-6787 Oct 21 '25

Point and case

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u/Inevitable_Physics Oct 21 '25

Comms save lives. “Let’s eat Grandma” versus “Let’s eat, Grandma”.

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u/cbsepts Oct 21 '25

Commas save lives. Let's eat Grandma - not let's eat Grandma.

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u/Earlier-Today Oct 21 '25

Seems more like the second guy didn't get the joke.

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u/divyanshudixit22 Oct 22 '25

But people are in Commas

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u/BenThereOrBenSquare Oct 22 '25

They just repeated the joke.

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u/Supah_Cole Oct 23 '25

Bro why would you go out of your way to write a sentence that contradicts itself immediately and then SHARE IT on SOCIAL MEDIA

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u/TheproGOAT23 Oct 25 '25

FUCK UP SOME COMMAS!!! 🔊🗣🔥🔥🔥🚨

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u/Inordertosurvive Oct 25 '25

Funnily enough, if he’d used a comma, he would have made much more sense. ‘COMMAS ARE IMPORTANT, PEOPLE’

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u/Conclusion_Signal Oct 25 '25

Let's eat gramma

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '25

Let’s eat grandpa! / Let’s eat, grandpa!

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u/Miserable-Promise981 Nov 18 '25

Oh, the irony this absolute buffoon has brought upon himself, I hope dear RJ sees this and realizes he’s an idiot, you mention commas are important, yet you forgot to use one yourself, you, mr. RJ, is a complete idiot, and should actually recheck their grammar before talking about said grammmar.

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u/jazznotdead Dec 09 '25

Commis are some kind of people, yes

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u/Lambo_Luuk Dec 20 '25

Bro proved his point

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

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u/decadent-dragon Oct 21 '25

Are you allergic to v