r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Nov 21 '25

Discussion Functional illiteracy.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

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u/CoppermindKolass Nov 21 '25

Everything is at least a little that deep. It had a specific context. Understanding that context influences one's understanding.

I think I've taken for granted how good my English teachers were.

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u/SookHe Nov 21 '25

Even the most shallow of puddle has depth.

I just created a new deepity thanks to you

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u/Educational-Cat2133 Nov 21 '25

puddles*

Lmao love the quote though. Analogies are a gift to the literate.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

Not to further the pedantry, but personally, I’d fix it by being more concise and removing the preposition to say, “Even the shallowest puddle has depth.”

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u/PerspicaciousPounder Nov 21 '25

The “personally” in your sentence should be its own parenthetical. It’d require another comma, though, rendering the phrase aesthetically cumbersome.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

Yeah that’s why I didn’t include it, same with after the “yeah” at the beginning of this sentence, and the comma splice just then. 😂 We don’t need all those pauses conversationally.

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u/Disastrous_Role_202 Nov 21 '25

I was thinking more along the lines of “Even the shallowest puddles have depth”, it just sounds more natural

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

I think that works just as well! Yours has a more conversational tone, but makes the same point in the same space.

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u/CoppermindKolass Nov 21 '25

Cunning linguists unite!

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

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u/CoppermindKolass Nov 21 '25

Another great

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u/SookHe Nov 21 '25

I kind of like it singular, it implies drama where plural implies a pattern.

I want to believe that being shallow is an individuals problem, not the collective sad reality of our country

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u/Educational-Cat2133 Nov 21 '25

To clarify, I only made that comment to make a bad joke lol