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KennyCason on Dec 25, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. Election Agency Breached by Hackers After Nov...

> People would start to confuse "your" and "you're" or "its" and "it's".

I am genuinely trying to determine if this is a joke. :) People already do confuse those! I have unfortunately seen many arguments on Facebook over the correct usage.

hota_mazi on Dec 25, 2016 [–]

Since I was downvoted, you're not the only one who fails to detect e-sarcasm :-)

jamaicahest on Dec 26, 2016 | | [–]

I think the point is this is not reddit, jokes not very constructive in a debate, however funny.

KennyCason on Dec 28, 2016 | | [–]

:) In hindsight it should have been pretty obvious haha.

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