Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square569linkfedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square569linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretangonov@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·10 days agoFor the love of god just ask me if I would do something rather than ask me if I can. Yes, I can pass the salt. But WILL I? 😑
minus-squareObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 days agoTo be even more pedantic, “would” and “will” don’t mean the same thing, either. 🤓
minus-squaretangonov@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 days agoWould is the hypothetical polite request. Will is the expectation that I’ll do it. They are more interchangeable than my being capable of doing it.
For the love of god just ask me if I would do something rather than ask me if I can.
Yes, I can pass the salt. But WILL I? 😑
To be even more pedantic, “would” and “will” don’t mean the same thing, either. 🤓
Would is the hypothetical polite request. Will is the expectation that I’ll do it. They are more interchangeable than my being capable of doing it.
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