Oh, exploitable!

Don't get me wrong, I have pet peeves, as well. I hate when people make smacking sounds while they eat or drink, hate being interrupted, hate being told I'm understood while I'm blatantly ignored, hate vegetables on burgers, stuff like that. Everyone has the little things that bug them, I'm quite sure, but this pet peeve and the exploitation thereof is one of the funniest damn things...

'My thought is "fewer" relates to units while "less" relates to a quality or state of being. Basically, "If you can count them, use the word 'fewer' and if you can't, it's 'less'".'

This person probably also has a pet peeve of people saying "ATM machine" while ATM stands for "automatic teller machine," or even more picky, they probably get in a bunch upon hearing "LCD monitor," which means "liquid crystal display monitor" and technically you don't need the "monitor" when you've already got the "display," so you can just say "LCD." Fine, pet peeve, whatever, if they're reading this they're probably perturbed by my run-on sentences too. Self-proclaimed grammar nazis are fine in my book, because I know how upsetting some tiny things can be.

Am I a horrible person if I try and understand this person's annoyance at the simple butcheries of English, yet still find this XKCD strip hilarious, and do similar things myself?

http://cu.nniling.us/

Not always similar, though--sometimes I just use words like "irregardless" to get a reaction.