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youdubdub t1_je3ft1y wrote

Reply to comment by Ismokecr4k in Phoebe Cates 1980s by steroidamoeba

It’s a fair question for someone who doesn’t understand to ask. No, I don’t look at pictures of people in bikinis at work, and yes, I agree with the tag, but it is a fair question, particularly given the state of the internet today. Like, “There isn’t even a butthole in this picture. Why all the fuss.”

We could all do better to understand this, but until you have a job where it matters to know better, I believe this could be confusing, and I also think we could all be polite about it.

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Fuckoffassholes t1_je3fru1 wrote

Reply to comment by pessimistic_platypus in Phoebe Cates 1980s by steroidamoeba

I know the true intended purpose of apostrophes; my comment is unrelated to that. I'm saying I personally have an OCD beef with seeing a numeral touch a letter so I deliberately misuse the apostrophe in a non-possessive way.

If somebody typed "I like turtle's," I'd grind my teeth, but there's no numeral there, so the 80's is a special exception. I know this is wrong and I'm not allowed to make up the rules, but at the same time, can too.

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Fuckoffassholes t1_je3eoct wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Phoebe Cates 1980s by steroidamoeba

I understand the by-the-book purpose of the apostrophe; it's just my personal thing that I do, knowing it's wrong but it looks more "right" to me, in a strictly visual sense, because you don't ever see a number touching a letter anywhere else.

If I wasn't using numerals I'd obviously write "eighties" and not "eighty's."

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