Apart from the adverbs, I also enjoyed the “pale and blackened” hand.
DDG: Shane MacGowan was the lead singer for the Irish folk-punk group, The Pogues. Simply put, The Pogues were the greatest musical group ever. (I’m kinda a fan. Could you guess?)
Brother Miller, would you also address you august self to the the use of commas, egregiously? Even if one were to contemplate contemplitavely, why would one contemplate (comma) contemplitavely?
Jodi, typing expertly – NOT “typing, expertly”
Lolly, lolly, lo… OUCH!
Tragically, our society has slid so far into perdition that the proper use of commas and apostrophes is simply a lost cause. As well try to bail out the ocean with a thimble as teach someone the difference between “its” and “it’s”.
Jodi considers the point, consideringly. She gazes out the window, distractedly, and wonders, sadly, if the cause is truly lost. No! she cries, emotionally. We must rage against the tide, grimly! We must hold the line, steadfastly! We must ne’er cede the battle, tiredly. Let us combat written idiocy, consistently, and pray for a better day, devotedly. And hopefully. And reverently. (And thriftily and cleanly and generally Boy-Scoutedly.)
No offense, jodi, but even as hard as you’re trying you can’t write as bad as Victoria Mary Clarke. Dear God, that sort of crap would be inexcusable in high school. Reads more like a collection of atrocious quotes left on the cutting room floor at a bad high school literary journal’s office than anything which could possibly get published.
Greatest Gods of Writing, smite this accursed author, mightily!
WHAT IS BUISNESS???
AND WHAT IS “IT IF”???
To me, it comes down to simple politeness. The people who take the time to read what you write are basically doing you a favor. They’re taking the time out of their day to give thought and attention to your opinions. It just seems polite to me to make it as easy as possible for your audience to follow what you’re saying.
AND THAT GOES FOR SPELLING AND EDITING, DON’T YOU THINK?
AND BACK TO THE OP, I DOUBT IF THEY WERE SERIOUS.
EXACTLY!
LOOK WHAT THIS GUY WROTE IN ONE OF MY POSTS…
SHOULD IT NOT HAVE BEEN “IT’S A GOOD IDEA”???
“Also, from a practical standpoint, its a good idea to practice good writing skills now, before you learn a bunch of bad habits.”
YOU ARE SO RIGHT. OUR SOCIETY IS DOOMED!
::covers ears::
Yeesh.
All right, who is shouting his head off in here?
I woke up this morning in a very good mood. Yesterday, I had my final fitting for a bridesmaid’s dress, and it looks great on me. My children behaved very well all day, even at the bridal shop. My four-year-old daughter has been noodling on her electric keyboard, and taught herself how to play “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” in octaves. My 19-month-old son didn’t break anything. All in all, a darn good day.
So I get up this morning, get the coffee started, turn on the computer, come to the message board…and find this. This…this…filth polluting my screen! I didn’t even have a chance to put up a barrier of caffeine as protection before that flaming shit could rip a jagged, gaping hole into my brain! Now my poor children are terified, wondering why Mommy is curled up in a fetal position, banging her head into the monitor and flinging the contents of the baby’s diaper against the wall.
I’ll get you for this, Miller, if it’s the last thing I do!
I AM, BECAUSE IT IS (IT’S) EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO READ ALL LARGE LETTERS.
Think again, djf750.
Check out my message to you in this thread.
Contrary to what you seem to believe, typing in all caps does not make your message easier to read.
Your response indicates that you are aware that typing in all caps is Internet shorthand for shouting. It really doesn’t make your posts easier to read. It just makes them obnoxious. Since people tend to judge other board members by what they write, this means that if you post messages written in an obnoxious fashion, you will likely be regarded as an obnoxious manner.
Plus, hijacking Miller’s thread was in extremely poor taste.
Convert “obnoxious manner” to “obnoxious member” in that sentence. I was re-typing that whole last sentence, and some parts got left behind.
Persephone: Oh, sure. Shoot the messenger.
I must simply observe that that was easily one of the funniest OP rants I’ve seen recently. Certainly all the funnier for its avoidance of profanity. Who says the Pit cannot be literate?
I applaud, fuckily.
Thanks, Cervaise. That made my day.
Although, in all fairness, my days are easily made.
Miller, you owe me a new pair of glasses. Those… quotes… hit my eyes like 50-grit Angular Steel Blasting Abrasive.
Good thing I was wearing my safety glasses at the time. I’ll miss them much less than I would’ve missed my eyes, had I not been protected.
I read, intently, the OP, and I laughed, snortingly, cried, abundantly, and it became part of me, verily. Who writes, actually, like that? The mind staggers, hopelessly and with great sorrow. It is with great fright that I realize, fretfully, that this is addictive. O Miller, what hath thou wrought, inadvertly? Think, ponderously, of the children!