max needs to rant

write well, not good

honestly, i'm so freaking triggered right now.

i just did a series of polls on instagram to test people's knowledge on grammar, and the one that disappointed me the most was this:

"There are a few grammar mistakes here, so ____ with me."
Bear | Bare

so far, no one--and i mean no one--got that correct. the correct answer is 'bear.' if you see the result, you can see a small percentage of who answered correctly. yeah, that small percentage is me.

i find it funny that, in the poll, grammar is the main thing of that sentence, and everyone who answered 'bare' for that poll failed at grammar.

i started this grammar poll, because i was fed up at the fact that i hardly see anyone use the phrase 'bear with me' correctly whenever i read author's notes on wattpad. or maybe i have never seen anyone use that phrase correctly ever. i'm the only one i can think of who has used that phrase the right way. go to the very first author's note of My Bad for proof i've used it correctly.

believe it or not, it's not bare. it's bear. don't believe me? look it up. then you can fight me.

call me a grammar nazi, whatever. but let me educate you peeps. 'bear with me' is telling the other person to have patience with you. 'bare with me' is telling the person to get fucking naked with you.

so, whenever i see someone write 'bare with me,' my mind goes to the fact that the author, albeit unintentionally, is asking me to get naked with them, and my answer is a hard, stern 'no. i will not bare with you, you fucking pervert. how dare you tell me to do such a thing.'

even my friend didn't even know it was bear. i got dramatic over it and fell to the ground when i asked her and she told me 'bare.' she felt stupid for not knowing something so simple as the difference between 'bear' and 'bare' and cried. i felt bad afterwards and told her it was (unfortunately) a very common mistake many people make.

'but, max! everyone says 'bare with me' in their writing!' yeah? just because everyone else does it, does not mean it is correct. you can think all you want that it's 'bare with me' and not 'bear with me,' but in the end, i'm right and you're wrong. nothing is going to change my mind about that.

yes, i am being super dramatic about this, but i'm not even sorry about it. the only thing i'm sorry about is the fact that so many people are not educated when it comes to grammar. if you want to be a writer, you better know how to write well, not good.

if you want to piss me off, just tell me that i'm wrong. just don't expect me to take it lightly. nothing pisses me off more than when someone tells me that my correct grammar is wrong. that's a huge pet peeve of mine.

now, for some honorable mentions where people fucked up grammar:

"Do you remember bringing the gift to ___ and __?"
Him and me | Him and I

"The _____ girl danced all night to the best song ever."
Blond | Blonde

"_____ idea was this? Huh?!"
Whose | Who's

"I want to eat pizza _____ ___."
Every day | Everyday  

if you know your basic grammar stuff, congratulations. you're cool and i like you. otherwise, oof. please crack open a grammar book and educate yourself some more. you can get mad at me for being brutal about this topic, but i'm not going to apologize for it. if you have used the wrong words this entire time and complain to me for being mean, you should have used your time to just learn your lesson. use proper grammar next time. 

i think that is all i have to say about this.

max out.