Cats, and apparently capybaras are an invasive species on social media. I don’t hate them or anything but they show up everywhere in places they have new business being.

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    21 days ago

    Okay what happened with capybara’s on the internet, what did I miss?

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      21 days ago

      There have been quite a few cute capybaras on the internet lately, still fewer than cats.

      Btw, the only time to use an apostrophe for a plural is for the plural of a lowercase letter:

      Strawberry is spelled with 3 r’s.

      That’s because otherwise it’s too confusing, especially in a case like:

      Individual is spelled with 3 i’s.

      where is would look like the word is.

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        21 days ago

        Ah shoot, my language (Dutch) always uses an apostrophe for +s plurals if it ends on a vowel (telefoon > telefoons, but auto > auto’s)

        I’ve noticed I use those apostrophes too often in English, maybe because of this.

        Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

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      21 days ago

      They’ve been all over Instagram and TikTok. People have found the most personable and presentable capybaras. I actually came here to post this from that post.

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        21 days ago

        Instagram and TikTok

        Ah, that’s what I’ve missed! I thought it was a Lemmy thing and was wondering where the hell the capybara posts were since I didn’t see any, even on All.

        Thanks for the explanation!