sorry i’m reblogging this again but this just makes me so fucking angry. this reminds me of those dudes running game of thrones who had virtually no experience and were allowed to just. treat a multimillion dollar franchise as their little fuck-around-and-learn-about-tv sandbox. why are white men with no credentials allowed to get away with this over and over again while the rest of us have to fight tooth and nail for literal crumbs. i fucking hate the entertainment industry
tfw you realize you put more thought into your self indulgent fanfic in middle school than someone in charge of a multimillion dollar franchise that employs thousands of people and is watched by millions.
discrete means separate, divided. you might say “Each of my mice has its own discrete personality.”
discreet means careful, subtle. you might say “Xylem was discreet so Dijkstra didn’t notice her eating a sunflower seed.”
i know it truly doesn’t matter, that there’s no point fighting a losing battle against changing usage if they’re blurring together, why be prescriptivist, etc… but i keep seeing this mixed up in otherwise professional text!!
mnemonic: the “e"s are separated in "discrete”, which means “separate”
