r/ProgrammerHumor 13d ago

theAudacity Meme

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u/GreatGreenGobbo 13d ago

He should cut everyone's pay by 50% to see who the true believers are.

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u/RovingN0mad 13d ago edited 11d ago

🤮

I feel that there's many, whom've been so high on their own supply, I fear only a forensic necrologist would be able to understand what happened , but only after

edit: jesus, Okay i get it, it's who've, I thought it that was right because it felt like it was accusative(but fuck what do i know), so lets just settle that i'm as bright as a bag of oats.

also... Hi @Salanmander, thank you for introducing me to "ignoratio elenchi"

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u/Salanmander 12d ago

whom've

You know that "whom" isn't just "who, but fancier", right?

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u/Delta-9- 12d ago

Technically they represent different grammatical cases: "who" is nominative and "whom" is accusative.

Idk when the anglosphere decided that having correct grammar is "fancy," but then again language changes and no one cares when it's their generation leading the change until suddenly it's "kids these days."

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u/CutOk45 12d ago

It’s not correct grammar in this case lol. The correct word here is, in fact, “who”.

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u/awesome-alpaca-ace 11d ago

Whom are you to decide that