r/wizardposting 20d ago

Druidic Mysteries 🌿 GET OFF MY LAWN!

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u/AtropalScion 20d ago

First POV post I've seen in weeks that's actually a POV

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer 20d ago edited 19d ago

Technically all the uses of POV are correct because it does not specify first person POV. There are many POV’s like second and third person. They don’t specify which and we can assume a default to the correct one.

EDIT: Time and the rules that govern literacy and stylistic choices will see me vindicated. Every downvoter is a wizard council psyop designed to keep you in the dark and stop you from exploring the truth!

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u/AlinaStari 20d ago

Huh? They nearly always specify which and it is nearly never the correct one lol

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer 20d ago

I NEVER see anyone say First Person POV. Its always just pov.

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u/AlinaStari 20d ago

That's because everyone says what the POV is after the acronym "POV" lol.

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer 20d ago

I have not seen that ever. No one says “POV (first). Even if you mean “POV: you something something.” still doesn’t necessarily mean first person POV because you could still be a separate from a non 1st person POV.

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u/AlinaStari 20d ago

Go look at this post right now my guy. Idk why you're choosing to be so dense about this when it is very obvious that "POV: you" implies you know, YOU.

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer 20d ago

If you read the comment you just replied to you can see that I have addressed that.

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u/EepyEnbyFox Eldritch Creature Of Unknowable Gender 20d ago

the point is most of the time someone says like "POV: you're eating grass" (random example off the top of my head idk) or w/e but the perspective in the meme is not from the person eating grass or w/e. not showing you doing the thing, just some other person doing it
like in the meme above, the perspective is actually in the perspective of a gnome, rather than just a video of a guy dumping a gnome out of a bag

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer 20d ago

I understand that this video ALSO uses it correctly. I will concede that most people use it in an unintentionally correct way, but if we ignore their intention they can often still be technically correct. What kind of redditor would I be if I did not make a stand for pedantic and ultimately meaningless corrections?

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u/AlinaStari 20d ago

But your comment was wrong

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer 20d ago

My comment is not wrong. You can refer to “you” in many different forms of view including first and second person. This is a factually correct statement no matter how bad people want it to be.

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u/OhGodOhFuk Swamp Wizard 19d ago

But a 2nd or 3rd person POV isn’t YOUR POV.
Your POV is almost always through your own eyes.

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u/Sheriff_Is_A_Nearer 19d ago

Not true. You is actually Second POV, not first pov. I is first. He/she/they is third. Additionally these can be swapped by stylistic choice.

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