Looks innocuous enough at first glance right? Let’s zoom in on the problem:

These don’t go together. If the semicircle on the left is correct, then this is showing moon phases, and the symbol on the right should be of a gibbous moon:

If the cookie-with-a-bite-taken-out in the right is correct, then this is showing an eclipse, and the symbol on the left should be of a 50% partial eclipse:

It drives me crazy every time I look at it.

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    My wife bought a candle with a label stating “I’m glad you’re as weird as me.”

    I try to avoid being the grammar police in general, but it’s right in front of where my eyes usually go when I pee, so it’s hard to ignore.

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      1 month ago

      well, who really says “I’m glad you’re as weird as I” ? Might not be room for an ‘am’.

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        1 month ago

        I 100% have said that exact sentence and other grammatically similar ones.

        I acknowledge, in the spirit of this conversation, that the previous sentence should probably have one to two commas in it. However, I’m not adding them since I’m very tired and the post probably won’t be placed above anyone’s toilet for frequent observation.

        I also acknowledge that typing that was probably a lot more effort than adding one to two commas.

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          1 month ago

          I enjoy using semicolons. They’re very useful. I consider them to be a comma-chameleon.

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      1 month ago

      The worst kind of grammar pedant: the one who is passionate about a “rule” that is actually only a style recommendation.

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        1 month ago

        Well, I don’t disagree with you.

        I’ve never said anything to my wife about it because I don’t want to ruin whatever enjoyment she gets out of it.

        In fact, I’ve never said anything about it outside of my own head (before the above comment) because correcting grammar (or commenting on grammatical style) when the meaning of the statement is clear rarely improves anything or anyone; in this case, I thought it relevant to the conversation, though the court of public opinion appears to disagree.

        Ah well.

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          I don’t know if you realize how condescending it sounds to hear you say you “don’t want to ruin whatever enjoyment she gets out of it” by telling her… what? That you arbitrarily look down on the use of this absolutely grammatical construction?

          The thing that bothers me most about stuff like this is that it is effectively some kind of “gotcha” that makes people feel foolish, like their natural, completely grammatical speech has errors, or something they should feel bad about.