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		alanh on Oct 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you do... It should be “if I were your cloud provider.” It’s a possibility and a wish of theirs, so it should be expressed in the subjunctive. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/subjunctive-verbs-was-i...

Raphael on Oct 24, 2012 [–]

They were referring to a Justin Bieber lyric, "If I was your boyfriend", which was parodied by the girl who became the Overly Attached Girlfriend meme, which is popular on Reddit.

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