i'm so glad we've decided as a species that the subjunctive mood is too much effort. why bother with if i were when if i was is right there, waiting to make everyone sound like a toddler with a head injury. it's not like nuanced expression of hypothetical states matters or anything. let's just flatten the whole language into a series of grunts and brand names. itll save us all the trouble of having to think about what we're saying.