Submitted 6 days ago by glitching@lemmy.ml to rant@lemmy.sdf.org
there’s a pandemic of idiots doing the “I personally” thing. every fucking post and comment, some mouthbreather wants to sound distinguished and whatnot by inflating their wordcount with nothingness. what’s the fucking opposite of this, “I unpersonally”, what?
“I personally like to…” what the fuck! just say “I like to”, it’s the same sentence, nothing changed, you didn’t add any nuance to your stupid fucking take.
I personally use “I personally” occasionally.
I think it stresses the fact that the statement you are about to make is more deeply rooted in your personal believes and behaviours or even a major part of your personality and not only a random thought that just crossed your mind.
I initially upvoted the post, but just changed that to a downvote when I saw OP had later switched to insulting the commenters in his post instead of interacting with them in the discussion.
There is nothing wrong about the initial rant itself, but that’s just not the proper way to take part in the community.
That’s totally fair and makes sense. I just didn’t like when I initially saw the post sitting at 0 before the multiple edits.
That “personally” emphasises some matter is subjective, that you are not treating it as incontestable truth.
I’m not certain but I also think it’s increasing in usage. And I also think it’s part of a trend where people pre-emptively shield their statements against assumptions others might come up with. You know, people really love to screech at the others not because of what the others said, but because of their assumptions = lies = bullshits over what the others said.
I also believe a few other ongoing trends are basically for the same reason: “though” at the end of sentences, “basically” (eh, self-demonstrating example), the modern usage of “literally”, etc.
I mostly use it when I’m expressing an opinion that I know people will pretend I think is a fact.
Be respectful to others, even if they’re the subject of your rant. Realize that you can be angry at someone without denigrating them.
And yet you criticise other people’s reading comprehension? Also, I personally don’t think that people are using it as wrongly as you think they are. I personally do think it adds nuance to the sentence. I suppose that’s where we differ, in a personal sense.
You are as big as what you love and as small as what you allow to annoy you.
remon@ani.social 6 days ago
I personally think that is a very silly thing to get upset about.
username_1@programming.dev 6 days ago
I personally think that every person can personally select things to be upset about!