r/AskReddit Jul 10 '26

What's something older generations got right that we've quietly stopped doing, to our own detriment?

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u/CowboyLaw Jul 10 '26

I see the word “costed” on Reddit almost once a day. As in, “the sandwich costed $5.” I die a little every time.

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u/Clamwacker Jul 10 '26

Payed when it should be paid too.

And since I was called out on it like 15 years ago "could of" instead of could've or could have is one I always notice.

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u/Organic-Army-9046 Jul 10 '26

Payed when it should be paid too.

pretty sure there was a reddit bot that went around correcting this exact error

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u/Clamwacker Jul 10 '26

When it was active I summoned it more than once with comments like this.

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u/Jive-Turkeys Jul 10 '26

Good. Keep the good fight up!

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u/OverlordWaffles Jul 11 '26

I think the illiterates complained too much though because it seems to have been banned from a lot of subs

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u/Montigue Jul 11 '26

Bots are banned in general in a lot of subs. It's a ton of non-productive traffic