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[-] Decoy321@lemmy.world 340 points 1 year ago

Just as the phrase is "for God's sake," the proper grammar is "for fuck's sake." It's possessive. The fuck is the subject here, it's for their sake. For the sake of the fuck.

[-] vsis@feddit.cl 127 points 1 year ago

For the sake of the Fuck!

** rides into battle

[-] ColonelSanders@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

They may take our lives, but they can never take... OUR FUCKS!!!!

[-] aksdb@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Unless they are given. But typically in these constellations they aren't.

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[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] far_university1990@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

And with you, old friend

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[-] h_ramus@lemm.ee 56 points 1 year ago

Correct. The sake brewed by the fuck is the best sake. Fuck's sake is the best sake (Japanese rice wine for the uninitiated).

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

Technically, the Japanese word "sake" can refer to pretty much any alcohol, although its use in English refers exclusively to the alcohol called nihonshu in Japan.

Also, while you're correct that it is also colloquially referred to as "Japanese rice wine," the drink is actually brewed in a manner closer to beer than wine.

Lastly, while Fuck's sake is great, I'm sure, the best is Bink's sake. Yohohoho

[-] odium@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

But I can't taste it because I don't have a tongue

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[-] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

I also think for fucks' sake is correct. For the sake of all the fucks previously and all the ones to come.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Could it not also be the plural possessive? "For the sake of all fucks"? In that case, it would be "For fucks' sake."

[-] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago
[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dear Sir/Madam/Gamer

For the sake of fuck!

Yours faithfully

/BOJ

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Should then Fuck’s be capitalized? It’s his sake!

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[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 207 points 1 year ago

Neither are correct for a work email. If you want to say "for fuck's sakes", instead say "as per our earlier discussion".

Follow for more tips on how to insult people professionally in a work environment.

[-] aard@kyu.de 58 points 1 year ago

For the usual candidates I either keep detailed notes, or make sure I can quickly find an earlier conversation (chat, email, whatever).

So in that case I'm then just answering "As we've discussed on 14.04. at 13:39, 17.04 14:30 and 20.04 at 14:15 already..."

They typically get the hint that when I'm capable of remembering in detail when we discussed it they maybe should make an effort of remembering what we discussed.

[-] Cringe2793@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

These bastards tend to refuse to put anything down in writing and insist on calling or meeting face to face because "it's faster". But we all know it's so they have no accountability on what they say.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Then the trick is to immediately do the “follow up” email to recap what was discussed. And CC some folks who weren’t there.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

Oh but they will neither confirm, nor correct you and then they will say that the recap was all wrong because reasons and they never even saw your email because too busy doing work or something

But that's a good idea, actually, I'll try that in my team interactions

[-] notabot@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

The important part is to include something alongs the lines of "Please let me know if this is not correct by xx/yy/zzzz, otherwise we will proceed on the assumption it is.' That way their ignoring your message becomes agreement and it is much harder for them to gi back on it.

Use their inaction to get the result you need.

[-] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Just send an email afterwards with the meeting notes. CC all participants and/or relevant people. They almost never contend the notes, and if they do, I invite more people to the meeting next time so they can’t pull that again.

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[-] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 121 points 1 year ago

The phrase orginated from "for God's sake". Therefore, it should be "for fuck's sake".

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

Exactly, ownership.

For the sake of the fuck.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

And to that point, it is most definitely not "For God Sakes".

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 78 points 1 year ago

Here's one for you: "an apron" used to be "a napron".

Linguists call this sort of change Rebracketing

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago
[-] lugal@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Wait until you find out that a nickname used to be an ickname

[-] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Some of them still are.

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[-] thurmite@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Also “a norange” > “an orange” (in Spanish it’s “naranja”)

And it went backwards with napkin. “An apkin” > “a napkin”

[-] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yes, but no. It was never a norange in english. English directly adopted the word orange from french, so that's the no, but yes, it was the word naranja from spanish, who took it from arab, and arancia from italian, and maybe from the word gold in french, which is "or".

[-] thurmite@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

I’ve never been so delighted to be wrong. Thank you—that’s fascinating.

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[-] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 50 points 1 year ago
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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

People still use Quora??? That's kind of like asking a dog or cat for advice... And not a particularly smart dog or cat for that matter

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago

Asking strangers for advice online is so unreliable you might as well ask ChatGPT every time now.

That's what I've been doing and it's been brilliant

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

Where do you think ChatGPT scraped in the first place?

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

That's exactly why I said "you might as well". Because it's the same shit but faster

[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Quora results show up way more often than "that other website" now when I Google stuff. Google really took that exodus to heart lmao

But yeah fuck quora and their "sign in to see answers" and then it's just more questions half the page. But sometimes it's useful

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[-] NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Disclaimer: I have never posted anything on Quora. However, on rather specific subjects, especially things relative to cultures and communities, I've had limited good luck there after Google searches... Even a trash pile at times has more value than we attribute it.

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[-] DagonPie@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago

I always say “for fucks sake” but now im realizing makes its “for fuck’s sake”? Not sure who fuck is though.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 15 points 1 year ago

For the sake of the fuck, for fuck's sake.

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

The fuck is not a who or we it would be for Fuck's sake.

Oh, maybe Fuck is what the merry men called Friar Tuck when they were drunk!

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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago

It reminds me of a local translation of Borderlands 2 in russian that added an edgy description to one weapon. Since we are a host of such a thing as orthodox christianity, with holy trinity to top it all, there is a common wording like 'In the name of the God, the Son, the Holy Spirit'. They took it and themed it after pigs: 'In the name of the oats, the hay, the piggy ear'. Here are original and remix:

Во имя Отца, и Сына, и Святого Духа

Во имя Овса, и Сена, и Свиного Уха

As you can see, most letters match, and they sound very close. There's no reason for me to remember it for ten+ years, and now you know it too.

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know how to sound professional. Maybe try "on behalf of fuck's sake"?

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

In this reading "behalf" and "sake" are doing the same thing for "fuck" so that usage read a little redundant to me. If you're looking for the "on behalf of" structure you could go with:

"I you've told me you don't give a fuck, but I do. On behalf of fuck, I'm communicating to you that the action requested needs to be completed by you and your team."

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Image Transcription: Quora


Is it "for fucks sake" or "for fuck sake"? It's for a work email so it has to sound professional.

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago
[-] nicman24@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

ky jelly is pretty good for that

[-] JoYo@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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