This post is moot….
Ok…if you keep reading this site enough, you’ll realize that I think a lot of people are just stupid. There seem to be a lot of stupid out there.
Today is another example. I was talking to a gentleman on the phone who sounded like a Jeff Foxworthy character. He was having problems hearing me so he said “Hang on, let me put the TV on moot.”
Now I’ve got a Mute button on my TV and it makes the sound go silent, it’s pretty handy. But a Moot button…so everything that comes out of the TV is irrelevant? That’s just cool. Reminds me of a George Carlin joke about a light bulb that only shines on things worth looking at.
Are you reading this Sony, I want my TV retrofitted with a Moot button (which obviously would be useless on America’s Next Top Model).
i’m always torn on issues such as this one. much like when someone will write “here is a picture of ryan and i.” you know they’re saying it that way because they’ve heard the “don’t say me, say i” correction so many times. they’re most likely trying their hardest to come across as not stupid-sounding, even though “here is a picture of ryan and me” is actually the correct way to say that.
i’m telling you. a company who DOESN’T hire a linguistic anthropologist to be its editor belongs in your stupid people section. ;)
my favorite, though, is when someone means to write “bear with me,” but misspells it as bare.
sure. i’ll bare with you. right here? in front of all these people?