This camp counter-argued that the Grammar Police were being performative. They pointed out that the woman was not trying to write a business email; she was reacting emotionally to a broken shelf. Emotion prioritizes speed over enunciation. Furthermore, they noted that the video was not going viral to mock her, but to celebrate her. People weren’t saying “haha, she talks wrong”; they were saying “she is right, and she is iconic.”

Linguists and Pidgin enthusiasts dissected the phrase’s origin. Is it properly conjugated? Does “kand” come from “can’t” or the Yoruba influence on Pidgin?