Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?

Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by zander312 on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:33AM (#34580017)

For the past 15 years or so, every night before bedtime I would proclaim “Time to hit the shack!” or “I’m going to hit the shack”.

In reality it is a “sack” that you hit, not a “shack”.

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by daveslash on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:38AM (#34580100)

For all intensive purposes, they're the same. (I'd been saying "intensive" instead of "intense and" until my mid 20s)

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by mhandley on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:42AM (#34580145)

Um, https://www.grammarly.com/blog/for-all-intents-and-purposes/

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by circlefavshape on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:43AM (#34580153)

It's actually "intents and"

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by daveslash on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:45AM (#34580178)

oof!! yes, embarrassing on my part for sure... it's still super early on a Monday here. I do know that it's "intents", that was just my fingers typing out the wrong word... corrected my comment.

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by mrguyorama on Monday January 30, 2023 @10:43AM (#34581128)

I thought you did it on purpose as a nod to the OP making the same kind of mistake. Should run with that story

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by daveslash on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:00AM (#34581442)

My original comment was "I'd been saying "intensive" instead of "intense and" until my mid 20s"

I even had the "correct" version wrong! The first was a nod to op, the second was a goof on my part. :-p

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by BryanRamirez on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:14PM (#34582936)

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoneAppleTea/

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by ebjaas_2022 on Monday January 30, 2023 @03:50PM (#34586181)

I had a colleague some years ago, who consistently said 'add hook' instead of 'ad hoc'. I never had the heart to correct him.

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by andrewstuart on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:42PM (#34590170)

The real question is for those people who heard you make this proclamation.

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by rjmunro on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @04:46AM (#34593221)

The best one of these is "Knowledge is power, France is Bacon" https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dxosj/comment/c1...

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