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Linguistic prescriptivism disgusts me.
Dismissal of context and nuance for intentionally less comprehensive and accurate communication disgusts me.
*fewer
You'll be okay. We all have our pet peeves, and none of us can expect the world to abide by them.
You'll be ok. Sometimes you'll be wrong, and someone will have the right to point that out, but you'll be ok.
People who use words like "prescriptivism" to sneer at others disgust me.
Hypocrite! /s