# Boyo Jim and other prose Nazis: get the fuck over yourselves. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 15, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411 "2013-05-15T15:44:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/61 "2013-05-16T00:56:42Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Oh geeze. That is surprisingly evocative. I don’t know, I found it choppy. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/62 "2013-05-16T01:10:01Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Sure. The essay lacks subordination and relies on simple sentences and sentence fragments to carry the brunt of the narrative. I would suggest using conjunctive words and phrases to lengthen the average sentence length which will provide a more satisfying rhythm. \ Yeah, that’s what I meant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/63 "2013-05-16T01:22:49Z")
I used to like Boyo’s posts but the last few months he seems to be getting more crotchity. As mentioned above, it’s all some people have. I feel he’s starting to become _that guy_. In context (message board post) that OP was fine. More broadly I agree with the OP, it is a shitty way to treat new-comers > [@BigT](#): > > Kudos, dude. Kudos? I don’t think so. Maybe he’s smart enough to know he was wrong and any defense would likely make it worse. If he comes in and admits he was being a dick, then kudos. . ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/64 "2013-05-16T03:03:32Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > You’re not a true grammar Nazi until you call yourself a grammar Nazi while interviewing for a communications position at a Jewish community center. > > Of course, that’s, uh, just a hypothetical situation. It never happened to me. Wasn’t that a Seinfeld episode? The one where Jerry has a date with a Native American woman (same actress from _Legends of the Fall_), and she asks him how he was able to get tickets to a Knicks game on such short notice… ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/65 "2013-05-16T03:17:32Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Roses are red > Violets are blue. > Most poems rhyme. > But this one doesn’t. > > Regards, > Shodan We’re tards to ban Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/66 "2013-05-16T03:58:39Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > … But yeah, I couldn’t read “storytelling has never been my forte” without thinking of the famous last line in Saki’s Open Window, for some reason. Tangent: I read that story as a very young kid. To further blow my prepubescent mind, I read it in an Alfred Hitchcock anthology, so I expected a supernatural twist… If you haven’t read it, go do so. We’ll wait here. [/Tangent] ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/67 "2013-05-16T06:29:12Z")
You fuck ONE goat, and what do they call you? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/68 "2013-05-16T10:09:58Z")
Hal? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/69 "2013-05-16T11:14:39Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Sure. The essay lacks subordination and relies on simple sentences and sentence fragments to carry the brunt of the narrative. I would suggest using conjunctive words and phrases to lengthen the average sentence length which will provide a more satisfying rhythm. May I suggest either “… to lengthen the average sentence which…” or “… to increase the average sentence length which…”? What, we’re not preparing a book on how to critique writing? Damn! Now you tell me! ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/70 "2013-05-16T13:41:59Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > You fuck ONE goat, and what do they call you? Depends on if theirs any kids involved. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/71 "2013-05-16T14:04:03Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Depends on if theirs any kids involved. Can’t tell if this is a typo or if you’re being ironic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/72 "2013-05-16T14:05:15Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > What, we’re not preparing a book on how to critique writing? Damn! Now you tell me! Believe me, you will never find me writing any sort of manual on proper ways to write. I just don’t care enough. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/73 "2013-05-16T14:12:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > You fuck ONE goat, and what do they call you? To be fair, **Jim** , this was less a pitting about that one instance in my OP (you got your lumps for it, so I consider it a closed matter) and more about a phenomenon in this board’s culture where we are desperate to prove to the internet that we are the smartest people on the planet. We basically come off as very exclusionary and snotty and I’m sure we’ve lost quite a few potential members who otherwise would have added great things to the discussions here. I merely made an example out of you. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/74 "2013-05-16T15:01:18Z")
> [@Asking This Girl Out After Her Breakup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-this-girl-out-after-her-breakup/658291/33): > > The OP could pass a spelling and grammar test, but as a storyteller he sucks. He reads like a bright 12 year old rather than an adult. Perhaps I was overly critical given that it is considerably better than many first time posters. But I was really surprised to read that he is about to leave college rather than enter it. Boyo Jim Critiqued a post With fervor and with unction His main complaint The OP’s screed Showed narrative dysfunction Alas for Jim His own post has Its own special malfunction His last line starts Incorrectly with A coordinating conjunction ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/75 "2013-05-16T15:57:06Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Can’t tell if this is a typo or if you’re being ironic. 🙂 Not a typo. Being clever. Yes. That’s what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/76 "2013-05-16T16:56:10Z")
> [@Suil\_Dubh](#): > > Boyo Jim > Critiqued a post > With fervor and with unction > His main complaint > The OP’s screed > Showed narrative dysfunction > Alas for Jim > His own post has > Its own special malfunction > His last line starts > Incorrectly with > A coordinating conjunction Not bad; I do find it a bit choppy (kidding! I’m kidding!). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/77 "2013-05-16T16:57:45Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You want positive stuff? Okay. At least **Boyo Jim** isn’t all righteously indignant in this thread, like most Dopers (including myself at times) would be. Kudos, dude. Hey, dude, like, take all that negative energy and go cure cancer or something, man. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411/78 "2013-05-16T17:25:43Z")
[Quote=Boyo Jim] The OP could pass a spelling and grammar test, but as a storyteller he sucks. [/QUOTE] On your knees, **Boy**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boyo-jim-and-other-prose-nazis-get-the-fuck-over-yourselves/658411.md?page=3)