Pet peeves

[pookies]

 

[MsTexas]

Oh and Ekserb, your body is stunning

We are all entitled to our opinions aren't we!!
Is that you in your av?

What does my av have to do with anything?

 

[pookies]

 

[MsTexas]

It was a simple question requiring a yes or no answer. Why so defensive?
Am I not "allowed" to ask you that?

LOL, no one is getting defensive. Just noted the sudden subject change.

No thats not me in my av, is that a problem with you?

 

[pookies]

 

[pink]

Read this thread to see some of my favorite posts. Notice the total lack of punctuation in some of them.

some of the sentences run on and don't seem to come to an end i don't know how people read this stuff wouldn't it be easier to add a few commas so people would know what the fuck you're saying

Are people retarded? Is this site — a site that uses as a foundation for its name the word literature — a haven for high school drop-outs? Learn to use the English language you fucking morons!

my thinking is, if you can't read it, ignore it. It's not that hard.

i do also prefer punctuation, however, i am not mean about it.

 

[pookies]

 

[monique1971]

Read this thread to see some of my favorite posts. Notice the total lack of punctuation in some of them.

some of the sentences run on and don't seem to come to an end i don't know how people read this stuff wouldn't it be easier to add a few commas so people would know what the fuck you're saying

Are people retarded? Is this site — a site that uses as a foundation for its name the word literature — a haven for high school drop-outs? Learn to use the English language you fucking morons!

I posted to that thread, because I didn't have any trouble figuring out what people meant, and I had something to say on the subject. It wasn't all that difficult. It's true that some posts and PM's are truly indecipherable, but for the most part I have no trouble understanding what I read on this site, even if the poor grammar and spelling make me cringe.

Still, since the subject is "pet peeves," I would have to concur that all of these practices are irritating. Then again, because my professional life involves honing others' language, I have to conserve my outrage for the situations in which it may actually have some effect.

 

[MsTexas]

Not at all. I was just curious. It's a very hot pic either way.

Thank you

 

[Shy-n-Sexy]

Hahahahaha. I think some of my cereal milk just came out of my nose.

Interesting that you immediately thought I was referring to you. I didn't mention you or even link to the post where you made this error.

It's not all about you, dear.

I see you're making new friends.

 

[Ekserb]

I type one wrong word and now I'm illiterate?
You really are a pathetic asshole. Get a life already!
PS: You have an ugly body.

Apparently that little tidbit about my body wasn't edited in until after I had started my reply to your post. I'm so sorry I missed that; I would have loved to have been able to address it in my post. Oh, well.

Now, if I were at all spiteful or vengeful, I'd probably do something like follow you around to all the threads you comment on and post some of your pictures with my own comments Photoshopped into the image. Trust me when I say it would be stellar.

Lucky for you I'm not the dick you think I am.

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Back to the topic at hand: One of my pet peeves is the rampant butchering of the English language on these forums. I've commented about it on other threads and when this thread presented itself I thought it was the perfect place to rant.

As usual, the peanut gallery overflows with people who just can't stand to hear the truth, so even here — in a thread dedicated to listing the things that piss us off — I find that some members feel it's absolutely necessary to tell me that I'm wrong. Me! Someone who spells and punctuates correctly.

I can't understand why you can't just sit back and say, "You know what? He's right. I'm going to pay a little bit more attention to what I say and how I say it. I'm going to use the skills I was taught in grade school and make my teachers proud. I am going to be understood, because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and dog-gonnit, people like me!" Instead you attempt to kill the messenger.

I feel about this the same way I feel about some artwork. I don't particularly care for Picasso's later works, but I respect him because I know what he had done early in his career; he proved he was an artist and thus whatever he does after that I can accept as the work of a master. If someone demonstrates that they know how to type like a learned adult, then I forgive them many a typo or miscommunication.

It's when someone repeatedly shoves their head up their ass that I lose patience. First impressions are everything and if you make no effort at all to look good when you first meet someone (either here or in person), then I'm going to either ignore you or call you out for the offense. It's a rare occasion that I will point out an error on someone else's thread (although I have done it ), but in this thread I feel obliged to rail against the inadequacies of lazy typists.

It's not my fault that you don't know the difference between "aloud" and "allowed." I can't make you smarter. I can't type for you. I can only tell you that when you type stupid shit, you look stupid. If you don't want to take my advice and use the spellcheck and a dictionary, I can't do a thing for you.

And by the way, I am fully aware that you think I'm an asshole, but I can turn it on or off at will. I can be a perfect gentleman whenever I want to be. I can pretend to be a nice guy. No teacher is ever going to receive a note from me that reads: "Johnny didn't come to school yesterday cause he was sik the docter says hes better now did he miss any homework" The note I'd send wouldn't indicate I was an asshole, but yours* would surely hint to the teacher that you'd missed a few semesters of English classes.

*indicates the collective "your"

 

[Ekserb]

I see you're making new friends.

Yes, dear. I'm all about the love.

 

[pookies]

 

[monique1971]

On TV, when two individuals seemingly dislike each other this much, it usually means they're secretly in love. See how television has distorted my sense of reality?

Yes, dear. I'm all about the love.

I see someone else has lost touch with reality.

 

[Ekserb]

Apparently that little tidbit about my body wasn't edited in until after I had started my reply to your post. I'm so sorry I missed that; I would have loved to have been able to address it in my post. Oh, well.

Now, if I were at all spiteful or vengeful, I'd probably do something like follow you around to all the threads you comment on and post some of your pictures with my own comments Photoshopped into the image. Trust me when I say it would be stellar.

Lucky for you I'm not the dick you think I am.




Oh please go ahead. Your opinion of me, or my body, is irrelevant to me.

It's not my fault that you don't know the difference between "aloud" and "allowed.

Oh but I do know the difference between "allowed" and "aloud". It was an oversight on my part.

Moving on now.

Wow. You'd think that someone with 13,000+ posts would know how to use the code to build a better looking post, but whatever....

I know you'd love for me to sink down to your level by throwing physical insults, but like I said, I'm better than that.

If you know the difference, why did you leave the error instead of going back and editing the post? There is no way I'd leave a goof like that, especially if someone pointed it out to me. Have you no self respect?

 

[Daizie]

"Ah TV, the cause of and solution to, all of life's problems." -Homer J. Simpson

 

[Shy-n-Sexy]

Lucky for you I'm not the dick you think I am.

Awww, but there's so much potential!

 

[Ekserb]

Oh please go ahead. Your opinion of me, or my body, is irrelevant to me.

It's not my fault that you don't know the difference between "aloud" and "allowed.

Oh but I do know the difference between "allowed" and "aloud". It was an oversight on my part.

Moving on now.

For the record, even I have never told anyone on this site that I thought they had an ugly body. That's a statement you'll never be able to make. Congratulations, Pookies.

 

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[monique1971]

Woohoo..what did I win?

I don't know, but I think it may have been the "stooping a bit low" award.

 

[Daizie]

And now for something completely different.

I offer up this pet peeve which i was forced to suffer through earlier today. Women who have to scrounge around in their pocketbooks for money when they get up to the cashier. As if it's a surprise that they actually have to pay for the item they are holding. And this when the line is long and we've been waiting for a while, it suddenly dawns on them when the cashier tells them the total. "Oh you mean I must pay for this? Hmmm let me root around in here for 5 minutes looking for my wallet and, no that's my lipstick, that's my gum, oh here it is. Sixty cents? I know I have change here somewhere." Then we are forced to wait while this nitwit goes on a scavenger hunt for the change.

 

[Ekserb]

What would be point of me editing it after you pointed it out?

Oh, I don't know ... not looking like a retard?

Seriously, I did make a mistake on a post a week ago and it was pointed out to me, so I went back and edited the post. I also noted in the edit reason why I made the change. No big deal. Just type: "Oops. Made a mistake. Thanks for pointing it out, Ekserb."

 

[Ekserb]

And now for something completely different.

I offer up this pet peeve which i was forced to suffer through earlier today. Women who have to scrounge around in their pocketbooks for money when they get up to the cashier. As if it's a surprise that they actually have to pay for the item they are holding. And this when the line is long and we've been waiting for a while, it suddenly dawns on them when the cashier tells them the total. "Oh you mean I must pay for this? Hmmm let me root around in here for 5 minutes looking for my wallet and, no that's my lipstick, that's my gum, oh here it is. Sixty cents? I know I have change here somewhere." Then we are forced to wait while this nitwit goes on a scavenger hunt for the change.

Oooooo, fuck. That's a good one. (And "nitwit" is a funny word.)

 

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