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xkcd #3232: Countdown Standard

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Anyone who is caught counting 'three ... two ... one ... zero ... GO!' will be punished with a lifetime of eating only ISO standard food samples.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3232/

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[–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol, the way that people actually use language holds way more water than the opinions of an expert

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Except a majority of people do use language the way I do, you simply have been misunderstanding a lot of people your whole life. Language experts love to change language with the times. If you were in the majority, they would.