This was a rage comic meme that someone had made quite a while ago the user here just posted it on facebook when they never actually said that to a teacher.
I also finished high school in ’99. I don’t recall anyone mentioning being the last class before the millennium. Probably because they all knew that, in fact, it would be the year below us who had that distinction.
Double comments all the way…
Personal note: F¡rst check spelling, then click “add comment”; not click , check spelling, correct mistakes and click again…
If this person really knew the meaning of this statement, he/she would know that it’s “modal” not “model.” Don’t use big words if you don’t know what they mean, children.
Modal or not, just because you attempt to change a word to your liking doesn’t make it correct. The correct wording is indeed, “May I use the bathroom?”
After people use a word a certain way for long enough, it becomes correct. Language changes. Keep in mind that 500 years ago, most of the words you just used would have been incorrect.
this kid’s just wrong, the correct usage is may.
look at a court case, they say “may i approach the bench” even though they’re asking for permission
this post is a fail on the kid’s part
Can is actually used improperly there. Using it to ask for permission is grammatically correct. If you look at those who rated thumbs-up, you will see that they think the kid got the better of his teacher. If you look at those who rated thumbs-down are all Grammar Nazis.
Thank you, I was just about to post that myself.
After scrolling trhough all these posts how can this be att the bottom.
The facebooker has obviously never said this to a teacher, just copied it along with the typo.
Thank you Ryan, you have restored my faith in humanity!
Usage Note: Generations of grammarians and teachers have insisted that can should be used only to express the capacity to do something, and that may must be used to express permission. But children do not use can to ask permission out of a desire to be stubbornly perverse. They have learned it as an idiomatic expression from adults: After you clean your room, you can go outside and play. As part of the spoken language, this use of can is perfectly acceptable. This is especially true for negative questions, such as Can’t I have the car tonight? probably because using mayn’t instead of can’t sounds unnatural. Nevertheless, in more formal usage the distinction between can and may still has many adherents. Only 21 percent of the Usage Panel accepts can instead of may in the sentence Can I take another week to submit the application? The heightened formality of may sometimes highlights the speaker’s role in giving permission. You may leave the room when you are finished implies that permission is given by the speaker. You can leave the room when you are finished implies that permission is part of a rule or policy rather than a decision on the speaker’s part. For this reason, may sees considerable use in official announcements: Students may pick up the application forms tomorrow.
I hate this. People just copy and paste this to think they’re smart and hilarious that they backtalk to their stupid teacher. Using “may” is polite. It’s about manners, not some curt explanation about grammar that the person doesn’t even understand.
F!st in you all!
Looks like someone’s got
*puts blast shield over @ss*
a fistful of poo dollars!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
it seems to me like someone spent waaaaaay too much time on memebase…
Exactly what I was thinking :/
Including those who had any idea this was on memebase.
I need to turn off the A/C. It’s cOLD in here.
what you did there, I see it.
I don’t.
Oh wait, yes I do.
you’ll grow into it *pats shoulder*
…someday…
I see what you did tharrr
I didn’t see it either.. haha, it’s punny.
Smart azz kids these days!
Smart A’s azz these days, kids!
That is from meme base…. they are not smart just: ctrl + c, ctrl + v
Yeah, direct copy from memebase.
deytinkdeyarhbuetdeyarhnoht
wut?
They think they are, but they are not.
diswongeetsmeh.eyelykyuh
dey.ahr.noht.smerht…weynohoneuhnderstendhmey?
you must me sore from that
wutarhyuhtreiengtwoseyh?
I understand you, but I have no idea what StarPoop is trying to say either.
dey.ahr.noht.smerht…weynohoneuhnderstendhmey?
they are not smart…why no one understand me?
wutarhyuhtreiengtwoseyh?
what are you trying to say?
You used the space bar…
because you don’t use a “smerht” way of communication?
are you from another galaxy? they’re there *reassuring pat on the back*
sumpeepelseyheyeemdrongossmerhtercuzen.eyeemjuhstayenormelperhsenlykyuh
oh yeah whatever, fvck that
“are you from another galaxy?” and “fvck that”…I assume you’re 12?
There there Mr. Turtle, it’s all right. No need to get uppity.
JAMES DEAN!!! *droooooooool*
sumpeepelseyheyeemdrongossmerhtercuzen. eyeemjuhstayenormelperhsenlykyuh
some people say, “Hey, I’m Drongo’s smarter cousin.” i am just, “I normal person like you”
*there
*there
deezfahelzargeetenwersanwers
these falls are getting worse and worse
fails*
No its definitely falls. Didn’t you notice all of those flights of stairs or did you fall down them too and just can’t remember
This was a rage comic meme that someone had made quite a while ago the user here just posted it on facebook when they never actually said that to a teacher.
Blame the government…ah wait..DON’T!
Not as long as you’re in charge!
Thank you.
That doesnt matter to me… Those words you just used were used before.. bam!
Sense, please start making it.
Humor, please go find some.
So, you like know stuff…and stuff?
eyelykstoof
I like food, it’s all I eat.
*limp cox
Yes I did.
The joke itself is much oder than rage comics. I was in high school over ten years ago and we told this joke. And I doubt it was new then.
So, the true knower of stuff steps forward.
it’s nice to know that i am not the only one on here that’s been out of high school for a decade or so….
I graduated in ’99. We thought it was so cool to be the last class before the new millennium. Nothing cool happened.
Awww…have a cookie.
That is no cookie.
No. It’s not.
*eats anyway*
I also finished high school in ’99. I don’t recall anyone mentioning being the last class before the millennium. Probably because they all knew that, in fact, it would be the year below us who had that distinction.
Congratulations.
I was in the first graduated class of the millenium, and I’m cool.
Except that you weren’t the last class before the new millenium. 2000 was the last year of the second millenium.
Yes, I’m one of *those* pedants.
I give up.
Nothing cool happened because the new millennium started in 2001, so you weren’t actually the last graduating class before the new millennium.
(It sounds silly, but the calender starts at year 1, so each new century and millennium technically doesn’t begin at ??00, but at ??01.)
The first couple were funny. You just seem to be riding coattails.
Or so
= -11 years
(A, are you out of high school? I really have no bearing on your age except that you aren’t under 12 or over 50)
Sky.. I am 24 years of age.
Therefore I have been out of Hike Skool for 6 years.. hence my or so
I can’t wait till I go to hike skool billy
hahaha
well, if you were REALLY slow…
Aw Cebus : ( I only failed 4th grade twice…
24?
………………………………yeah that’s too old for me to try to…………………………..you know………………………
Umm.. whaaaat?
I’m 25. I’m game
Oh blushes Hey there..
I’m a libra, who enjoys long walks on the beach, blazing dank, and a little bleach sippin….
Mmm Bleach
then maybe a girl isn’t the right kind of partner for you?
Are you a gurl?? If not, then I’m just fine. If so.. then I’m just experimenting..
yeah this was actually a reply to snoggles, but somehow i’m a little dumb right know …
*now
…
20 yrs
I finished in something like 86. Thankfully you’re not the only one that rolled their eyes at this one.
I was born in 87.. Good year!
93……………sh*t went through the roof in 93. Literally.
Aww youz just a wittle baybay!! Just effin kiddin.
I was born in 92.. Bridgestone!
Well hellooooo. Someone my age. How are you? Was nirvana good while it lasted? How bout aceofbase? I know I know. I love me too.
I remember making fun of ace of base as a kid.
“I saw your mom… her ugly face scared all the kids away…”
Don’t ask me, I didn’t make it up.
I’m 12 and what is this?
me 2 yay!
I thought we already went over this… but maybe not?
We can’t repeat this frequently enough.
okay i’ll shut it then
“off he went, never to be seen again”
In reply to above^^ will you be my partner?
yes i will
da dadada da dadada da da da daaa da dada da dada
Did you just divorce me and marry snoggles?!?!?!
Fvck you
it’s a devil’s threesome, what’s not to like???
1987 ftw!♫ Cuz I’m a winner, winner, winner ♫
smh in embarassment of myself
As sad it would make me, you shouldn’t nurse me again, I guess. I think it have some negative effects on your mental health.
Double comments all the way…
Personal note: F¡rst check spelling, then click “add comment”; not click , check spelling, correct mistakes and click again…
*has
As sad it would make me, you shouldn’t nurse me again, I guess. I think it has some negative effects on your mental health.
It was only a temporary setback Mr Presidon’t.. I wont do it again.
Thinks Even if I’m only his milk maid, I’m still involved with the Presidon’t..better to be a mistress then a mister..?? Wait, what?
Whatever…I am hungry again…
I’m pretty sure Jibble/Drongo has milk in those moobs
DELICIOUSDELI WHAT?!
*delicious
EEEEEEEEEEW!
9 months after Chernobyl disaster …
Actualy I was born 20 month after Chernobyl.
It was a good harvest, indeed.
That year is awesome..
woo best year out there
Ugh… so was my brother. Lol.
c/o ’97. Hold me?
Or a quarter of a century ago… man I am old!
I resent that. I’ve been out of high school since ’52.
Eeeek
That’s a lie.
I do that a lot.
You too?
I’ll tel you a secret – this isn’t even a picture of me.
I’ll tell you another secret – I can’t even spell.
Go on…..
…
I’ll tell you a secret – I don’t even exist.
Class of 94. Hugs for all my fellow not-so-old peeps.
is high school where you learn how to get high?
This is strangely familiar to me… Hm… Oh yeah, someone totally ripped that off and totally didn’t say it to their teacher.
I hate you
Mouahahahaha
I love you
*May* I stick my finger up your butt and make you sniff it?
Only if I can the all of something that’s if I may
NICE. the teachers are never as smart as they seem.
If this person really knew the meaning of this statement, he/she would know that it’s “modal” not “model.” Don’t use big words if you don’t know what they mean, children.
must be the glasses
or the vampire lovin’
It’s defs the glasses.
What’s this ‘statement’ that you speak of?
yeah who the fvck even still reads the so-called “fails”
I come here for the drinks and the intellectually stimulating conversation.
“modal” is a big word? in that case, i must have a humongous penis.
17 dollars.
ModalModal*
It’s modal with an A as in modal verb.
Luckily they didn’t say “Can I use the can?”, the teacher would’ve been hella-confused.
Or started singing Suzi Quatro.
Smart a@@ kids in every generation.
Modal or not, just because you attempt to change a word to your liking doesn’t make it correct. The correct wording is indeed, “May I use the bathroom?”
After people use a word a certain way for long enough, it becomes correct. Language changes. Keep in mind that 500 years ago, most of the words you just used would have been incorrect.
the teacher could just say no.
Repost from memebase m0ar.
By the way it’s *modal* not model, sweetie
this kid’s just wrong, the correct usage is may.
look at a court case, they say “may i approach the bench” even though they’re asking for permission
this post is a fail on the kid’s part
It’s off Family Guy. Nice try at originality but that’s a fail.
Can is actually used improperly there. Using it to ask for permission is grammatically correct. If you look at those who rated thumbs-up, you will see that they think the kid got the better of his teacher. If you look at those who rated thumbs-down are all Grammar Nazis.
The statement was rather verbose, it would have done to state that in that case the modality was deontic rather than epistemic.
Teacher: *Modal
Thank you, I was just about to post that myself.
After scrolling trhough all these posts how can this be att the bottom.
The facebooker has obviously never said this to a teacher, just copied it along with the typo.
Thank you Ryan, you have restored my faith in humanity!
If kids actually came up with responses like this, I’d be inclined to let them go.
He probably just made this up, got it from memebase… Almost exactly. Loser… Elefantstuntdouble fails at being funny…
this must be sheldon cooper
Regardations.
Usage Note: Generations of grammarians and teachers have insisted that can should be used only to express the capacity to do something, and that may must be used to express permission. But children do not use can to ask permission out of a desire to be stubbornly perverse. They have learned it as an idiomatic expression from adults: After you clean your room, you can go outside and play. As part of the spoken language, this use of can is perfectly acceptable. This is especially true for negative questions, such as Can’t I have the car tonight? probably because using mayn’t instead of can’t sounds unnatural. Nevertheless, in more formal usage the distinction between can and may still has many adherents. Only 21 percent of the Usage Panel accepts can instead of may in the sentence Can I take another week to submit the application? The heightened formality of may sometimes highlights the speaker’s role in giving permission. You may leave the room when you are finished implies that permission is given by the speaker. You can leave the room when you are finished implies that permission is part of a rule or policy rather than a decision on the speaker’s part. For this reason, may sees considerable use in official announcements: Students may pick up the application forms tomorrow.
Is it sad that as soon as I read this I knew this was on Memebase awhile ago? Just a bit, I think.
C’mon, this was on memebase. Who are you trying to impress?
Make up your mind: are you planning to bathe or not? (bathroom vs. restroom)
Why would they want to rest in there? I hope the chairs are comfy; maybe they should bring a book.
this would have been funnier to read, if i hadn’t read it as a like on facebook.
haha! I know the girl who posted this…and the teacher! it is quite hilarious if you know the teacher
I hate this. People just copy and paste this to think they’re smart and hilarious that they backtalk to their stupid teacher. Using “may” is polite. It’s about manners, not some curt explanation about grammar that the person doesn’t even understand.
SMH all of u have take one epic student on teacher burn and utterly killed it have u know shame