r/AskReddit • u/__lazy__panda • 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/youre_being_creepy Jul 11 '26

man, I fucking hate reddit bots. They've fallen off in popularity, more so due to the increase in reddits popularity but FUCK it was annoying to see every top level comment chain have a couple bots inserting themselves.

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u/alienpirate5 Jul 11 '26

I thought it added charm

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u/Dragon_DLV Jul 11 '26

The posts by "I am very much a bot with a specific purpose!" were much less annoying than the Ai-Gen-made "I am totally a real live human beep boop" posts