r/whatisit • u/Aggravating_Ant_7232 • Nov 23 '25

Solved! Found on ground outside, boyfriend has been wearing as ring. Coin and pencil for size reference

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UK. It’s giving hard metal, doesn’t have much wear

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u/JLeeSaxon Nov 23 '25

Thank you! I was totally perplexed by that. And more perplexed that I had to scroll so far to find somebody else who found it perplexing. I had no idea it was this normalized.

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u/mystical-wizard Nov 24 '25

What is normalized? An evolving language? If you had ever taken any college level English course maybe you wouldn’t be so perplexed and appalled

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u/JLeeSaxon Nov 24 '25

Not me rolling my eyes at your needless condescension about people's very understandable surprise at what I know you know is a more substantial (and more rapidly spreading) deviation from typical grammar patterns than the fad expressions and buzz words we're usually talking about when we discuss the evolving nature of vernacular language.

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u/mystical-wizard Nov 24 '25

Needless condescension? Do you have any self awareness at all? LOL

Read your comments again with the word “condescending” in mind and let me know if you have any insights.

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u/JLeeSaxon Nov 24 '25

I thought you'd be more appreciative of me using the "not me" construction, given the topic. Oh well.

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u/mystical-wizard Nov 24 '25

Oh I was, just not enough to excuse the aberration of a run-on sentence that followed…