The subreddit r/IhadAstroke is a perfect example of how even minor errors can turn simple phrases into confusing or hilarious gibberish. As the name suggests, the stuff that gets featured here is so bad that there must have been something seriously wrong with the author while they were typing! The researchers invited 83 participants and asked them all to read email responses to an ad for a housemate, which either contained no errors or had been altered to include typos (e.g. “teh” instead of “the”) or grammatical mix-ups, such as too/to or it’s/its. At the end of the experiment, they were also asked whether or not they’d spotted any grammatical errors or typos in the emails, and, if so, how much it had bothered them. For instance, extroverts were generally much more likely to overlook their mistakes, whereas introverts were more likely to judge the applicants negatively because of them. “Perhaps because less agreeable people are less tolerant of deviations from convention,” the research team said. Yes, the sample size wasn’t the biggest and we need to take the results with a grain of salt. However, the results couldn’t be explained by people’s age or education, which suggests that personality traits were actually playing a role. And if you want to continue playing the grammar police officer, fire up our first publication on r/IhadAstroke! It also has plenty of inexcusable crimes. Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
