I can't take you seriously.

[Todderbob]

I just can't. It's your fault, but I don't blame you for it. You're probably not that stupid, you might even be intelligent. But when you type without punctuation, and randomly hit the enter key to skip to the next line, you seem like a moron.

It probably doesn't help that you refuse to even attempt proper punctuation, and your grammar is poorer than my six year old cousins. Yeah, English might be your second language, and I'm willing to make some concessions on proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, but to not attempt it, while trying to be clever or witty, makes you look like a moron.

Really, I promise, it's not me, it's you. And you know who you are. I feel no urge to "name names," because I don't want to make you feel bad, but c'mon... You really can't tell that everyone else on a forum is typing in a certain way, and you're typing like a jackass?


ETA: Not aimed at anyone specific, but in general. There are a few.

[AClockworkMelon]

hey ,jerk

thats what i thought

[Lobohan]

I just can't. It's your fault, but I don't blame you for it. You're probably not that stupid, you might even be intelligent. But when you type without punctuation, and randomly hit the enter key to skip to the next line, you seem like a moron.

It probably doesn't help that you refuse to even attempt proper punctuation, and your grammar is poorer than my six year old cousins. Yeah, English might be your second language, and I'm willing to make some concessions on proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, but to not attempt it, while trying to be clever or witty, makes you look like a moron.

Really, I promise, it's not me, it's you. And you know who you are. I feel no urge to "name names," because I don't want to make you feel bad, but c'mon... You really can't tell that everyone else on a forum is typing in a certain way, and you're typing like a jackass?


ETA: Not aimed at anyone specific, but in general. There are a few.
no U!!!1



C'mon, who is it?:D

[Hal Briston]

C'mon, who is it?:DA good half of my facebook friends.

No, wait...not the good half...

[billfish678]

phuk yo

eye no fisics an shit

watt you got goen fur u?

[Chimera]

NoideawaturtalkinaboutdumbassmotherfuckerMydialectofIngleshispurfectlyvalid&urjustanelitistasshole.

rly.

;)

[BigT]

YEAH THAT RLY IS ANNOYlNG DO THEY TYPE LIKE THIS TO

[DiosaBellissima]

I don't think it's very nice to make fun of your poverty-stricken, six year old cousins.

[kingbighair]

Yeah, English might be your second language, and I'm willing to make some concessions on proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, but to not attempt it, while trying to be clever or witty, makes you look like a moron.


Is this a comma splice, thus making it a run-on sentence? Just wondering. ;)

[Really Not All That Bright]

wHaTeVa.

[Eyebrows 0f Doom]

There is also no need to use 10 separate ellipses in one paragraph (something I've seen in another thread), it makes what you are saying sound weak and halting.

[cckerberos]

Yeah, English might be your second language
I was with you until here.

[Todderbob]

I don't think it's very nice to make fun of your poverty-stricken, six year old cousins.I make fun of them to their face all of the time, why wouldn't I make fun of them online?

Is this a comma splice, thus making it a run-on sentence? Just wondering. ;)It's a conversational sentence. It's not proper English, but it's conversational English which is acceptable in pretty much any scenario that isn't formal -- namely, a forum.

It's also an attempt at decent English, even if it's not perfect. Which is all that I ask for in the OP. Not perfection, but the attempt at semi-legible non-garbage.

I was with you until here.Why aren't you with me there?

[DiosaBellissima]

I make fun of them to their face all of the time, why wouldn't I make fun of them online?

Er....whoosh?

[Todderbob]

Er....whoosh?Oh, no, I understood the woosh. I just wanted to include the fact that I make fun of my family on a regular basis.

If you knew my family, you'd understand why.

[Bryan Ekers]

ETA: Not aimed at anyone specific, but in general. There are a few.

It's the Pit, mofo. Grow a spine and name names.

[Todderbob]

It's the Pit, mofo. Grow a spine and name names.Most of them aren't even on SDMB.

A few of them are real life friends, family or (former) coworkers, a few from other forums, and one or two from this forum that I typically skip over when they post because I don't feel like deciphering their shit.

[Bryan Ekers]

Oh, if it's your family... fuck 'em.

[jjimm]

It probably doesn't help that you refuse to even attempt proper punctuation, and your grammar is poorer than my six year old cousins.That'd be "cousin's". Unless you have more than one of them aged six, in which case, "cousins'".

Shame - I was taking you seriously until that point.

[Todderbob]

That'd be "cousin's". Unless you have more than one of them aged six, in which case, "cousins'".

Shame - I was taking you seriously until that point.Since I don't have any six year old cousins, currently, we can assume they're plenty plural.

[crowmanyclouds]

Ooh, can I add one?

See that key marked shift?
9There's one on both sides of the keyboard, on the line above the space bar.0
Well, sometimes, it really does make a difference!
9Yeah, I do have someone in mind.0
(Given that there's a perfectly good number pad on 'puter keyboards, there should be some box to check somewhere so that top row would require hitting the shift key to get numbers. I eagerly await one of y'all telling me there is an easy way to do it!)

CMC fnord!
BTW, I'll freely cop to my, somewhat, excessive use of the comma. Everyone should have a favorite punctuation mark, the comma, is mine.

[BigT]

That'd be "cousin's". Unless you have more than one of them aged six, in which case, "cousins'".

Shame - I was taking you seriously until that point.

Naw, his hypothetical cousins could just be really poor.

[jjimm]

Naw, his hypothetical cousins could just be really poor.Damn.

[campp]

...and shit

[Shot From Guns]

Is this a comma splice, thus making it a run-on sentence? Just wondering. ;)

No. A comma splice is when you join two complete sentences with a comma but no conjunction. The only grammatical problem with that sentence was that it should have said "attempt them" instead of "attempt it."

There is also no need to use 10 separate ellipses in one paragraph (something I've seen in another thread), it makes what you are saying sound weak and halting.

Or ominous.

Also: Now that's a comma splice.

[jjimm]

Or ominous.Or ominous...

[Tapioca Dextrin]

I just can't. It's your fault, but I don't blame you for it. You're probably not that stupid, you might even be intelligent. But when you type without punctuation, and randomly hit the enter key to skip to the next line, you seem like a moron.

It probably doesn't help that you refuse to even attempt proper punctuation, and your grammar is poorer than my six year old cousins. Yeah, English might be your second language, and I'm willing to make some concessions on proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, but to not attempt it, while trying to be clever or witty, makes you look like a moron.

Really, I promise, it's not me, it's you. And you know who you are. I feel no urge to "name names," because I don't want to make you feel bad, but c'mon... You really can't tell that everyone else on a forum is typing in a certain way, and you're typing like a jackass?


ETA: Not aimed at anyone specific, but in general. There are a few.

+1

[ElvisL1ves]

I agree!

[Autolycus]

This.

[descamisado]

deleted.

[Mr. Duality]

Would someone please tell me what +1 means?

[Chimera]

I was told there would be no math.

[Todderbob]

Would someone please tell me what +1 means?+1 post for this message.

Consider your message, as stated, echoed here.

[Mr. Duality]

So it's the equivalent of "what he said". I was thinking maybe it meant "adds one to the post count but doesn't contribute anything else".

[Rysto]

So it's the equivalent of "what he said". I was thinking maybe it meant "adds one to the post count but doesn't contribute anything else".

There are some sites where other posts can "rank" each other's posts. If you like a post, you give it +1 point, and if you don't like it you give it -1 point. The idea is that trolls and spam get a lot of minuses, and people can set thresholds so that they only see posts with a certain number of points,and thus avoid the trolls and spam.

[BigT]

There are some sites where other posts can "rank" each other's posts. If you like a post, you give it +1 point, and if you don't like it you give it -1 point. The idea is that trolls and spam get a lot of minuses, and people can set thresholds so that they only see posts with a certain number of points,and thus avoid the trolls and spam.

A common example is YouTube.

[XT]

That was my take on what +1 meant as well. I never understood it to mean 'ditto what the poster I'm giving the +1 to said'.

As for the grammar thingy in the OP...personally I go more on the content than on how it's written. I've seen some folks who write very well who I don't take particularly seriously, while some folks who don't writs parti'clar goodly who have interesting things to say from time to time. What I can't stand is when someone (naming no names here) comes into a thread, drops a couple of (poorly written) cryptic lines and a drive by link. Not only is that hard to take seriously, it positively drives me batty (not that I have so far to go these days).

-XT

[Mosier]

sometimes reading the internet feels like 1984

[Stink Fish Pot]

It's a conversational sentence. It's not proper English, but it's conversational English which is acceptable in pretty much any scenario that isn't formal -- namely, a forum.

It's also an attempt at decent English, even if it's not perfect. Which is all that I ask for in the OP. Not perfection, but the attempt at semi-legible non-garbage.

Why aren't you with me there?

Hmm. I am shocked... SHOCKED! that you have not been called on your shit yet. Based on this post, (and the knee-jerk reacting on this board - and you know who YOU are), you are a racist, bigot, xenophobe, nazi, and oppressor of brown (or black, yellow, red, or any other crayola color other than white) people.

Who are you to expect decent English? or for that matter, a semi-legible, non-garbage OP?

You need to practice your goose-stepping.
:cool:

[kaylasdad99]

Would someone please tell me what +1 means?

+1 post for this message.

Consider your message, as stated, echoed here."+1" means "I concur with the message above. Please consider this an added vote for the sentiment."

Todderbob, I find it somewhat ironic that you needed it explained too, expecially when you used it perfectly. :D

[Todderbob]

"+1" means "I concur with the message above. Please consider this an added vote for the sentiment."

Todderbob, I find it somewhat ironic that you needed it explained too, expecially when you used it perfectly. :D

Am I being wooshed?

[kaylasdad99]

Well, technically, if you recognize it, it's not a whoosh. :D

And I do know how to spell "especially," for what it's worth. :o

[XT]

Based on what I generally hear, it's spelled 'expecially'....

-XT

[MTCicero]

Since I don't have any six year old cousins, currently, we can assume they're plenty plural.

There still should've been an apostrophe in there somewhere, as you were meaning signifying possession (e.g., cousin's or cousins' [grammar]).

So close.