I have let go of the distinction bewteen nauseous and nauseated.
I have abandoned the original meaning of decimated.
I have long since stopped being a jerk about could/couldn't care less.
I have no problem with imprecise use of "unique."
I am Team Figurative Use Of Literally.
I am now comfortable with the use of "aggravate" as a synonym for "irritate."
I am a convert to the use of "like" as a seasoning.
I still regard the distinction between "disinterested" and "uninterested" as a valuable one, but I'm no longer irked when others don't.
I have even given up the fight on the original definition of "to beg the question."
But there is one prescriptivist rule that I will defend to my dying breath, and it's this one:
THIS GIF REPRESENTS OBSTINATE, BULLHEADED REFUSAL TO ABANDON SUPPORT FOR SOMETHING YOU CAN NO LONGER RATIONALLY DEFEND.
Having laid waste to my mentions, I shall now go play Spit with my younger daughter.
