The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 7 months ago/r/theoryofreddit post asking why reddit seems deadlemmy.worldimagemessage-square254fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down127
arrow-up11.18Karrow-down1image/r/theoryofreddit post asking why reddit seems deadlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square254fedilink
minus-squareCustoslibera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·7 months agoLemmy really has increased in traffic over the time I’ve been here. For all intents and purposes it’s the exact same experience as the other place for me.
minus-square5in1k@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·7 months agoI see less repeated jokes as top level comments here.
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoThere are fewer kids here.
minus-square5in1k@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoMeh, whatever you say oh arbiter of casual conversation.
minus-squarecurrent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agosorry buddy but you’re wrong the notion of “correct” and “incorrect” made up language is silly
minus-squarecorymbia@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·7 months ago‘Less’ is for stuff that isn’t individually countable, like milk, or bulk rice. ‘Fewer’ is for things that one could count individually; glasses of milk, or grains of rice. It’s ok to use language accurately. Don’t be afraid.
minus-square5in1k@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoDeterminer less Now chiefly of numbers or dimensions) comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser. [from 11th c.] A smaller amount of; not as much. [from 12th c.] No less than eight pints of beer.
Lemmy really has increased in traffic over the time I’ve been here.
For all intents and purposes it’s the exact same experience as the other place for me.
I see less repeated jokes as top level comments here.
There are fewer kids here.
‘Fewer’
Potato/potuber
pootuber
No. Wrong / correct.
Meh, whatever you say oh arbiter of casual conversation.
Kissies
sorry buddy but you’re wrong
the notion of “correct” and “incorrect” made up language is silly
‘Less’ is for stuff that isn’t individually countable, like milk, or bulk rice. ‘Fewer’ is for things that one could count individually; glasses of milk, or grains of rice.
It’s ok to use language accurately. Don’t be afraid.
Determiner
less
Now chiefly of numbers or dimensions) comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser. [from 11th c.]
A smaller amount of; not as much. [from 12th c.] No less than eight pints of beer.