# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 476
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9503 "2025-12-11T17:50:29Z")
Lol, i almost always check my posts. And yet… I’m convinced autocorrect changes stuff after i look at it. And I’m a crappy proofreader, have been since elementary school, when i would often end up with more mistakes in my second draft than my first. (And that was hand written!) Anyway, i apologize to all of you for my incoherent swypos and auto correct errors ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9504 "2025-12-11T18:16:17Z")
I usually write, check, post, realize there’s a mistake, edit the post, realize there’s another mistake, edit again, come back a few hours later, realize there’s another mistake, find myself unable to fix it because the edit window expired. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9505 "2025-12-11T18:17:35Z")
You are allowed to ask a mod to fix typos, fyi. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9506 "2025-12-11T18:18:13Z")
Usually it’s not worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9507 "2025-12-11T18:36:53Z")
I proofread most of my posts in the preview window, but now and then I’ll whip off a quick one without checking it, if I feel like walking on the wild side. So it’s kind of somewhere between “meticulously” and “sometimes,” for which I didn’t see a good option. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9508 "2025-12-11T18:40:58Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > So it’s kind of somewhere between “meticulously” and “sometimes,” for which I didn’t see a good option. Yes, this is my position. I was going to select “meticulously”, but I new that, if I did, I would probably make an errer and be the laughing stalk of the entire innernet. mmm ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9509 "2025-12-11T18:43:11Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > would probably make an errer and be the laughing stalk of the entire innernet. ISWYDT ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9510 "2025-12-11T18:43:20Z")
Yeah, Gawderds lau would.surely come into playe, without a dout. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9511 "2025-12-11T19:06:24Z")
Wrod! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9512 "2025-12-11T20:45:31Z")
This is exactly my procedure. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9513 "2025-12-11T21:10:10Z")
I tend to write my post, make corrections as I type, proofread and make more corrections, then post. I then notice a few more errors and edit those, only to have the most obvious and embarrassing error pointed out a few posts later. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9514 "2025-12-11T21:12:20Z")
This is actually a really good example of the hyperfixation side of ADHD. I write the post, read it, edit it, read it, edit it, read it. Look up, realize that two hours have passed. Not exaggerating. The longest I ever spent on a post here was nine hours. I didn’t sleep. That preceded one of my longer breaks from here, because I realized I needed help. Something short like this one doesn’t take long at all, but it’s also more likely to have an error. Also I tend to proofread posts like this after I post them, and then edit in corrections. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9515 "2025-12-11T21:14:24Z")
Eh, I once re-read a 700-page book so I could respond to a comment. 9 hours? Pshaw! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9516 "2025-12-11T21:14:48Z")
We are kindred, you and I. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9517 "2025-12-11T21:31:33Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I usually write, check, post, realize there’s a mistake, edit the post, realize there’s another mistake, edit again, come back a few hours later, realize there’s another mistake, find myself unable to fix it because the edit window expired. This is me, too. I think there’s an element of “I can’t see my own mistakes” here, too. I check my post, but in my brain I see what I intended to write, not what is actually there on the screen, so I think everything looks good. Then I come back an hour later and notice the obvious, glaring error, but it’s too late to edit by then. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9518 "2025-12-12T00:44:06Z")
I check my posts thoroughly. Usually they come out all right, or at least I think they do. If they don’t, sometimes I catch it during the edit window, sometimes I don’t. There didn’t seem to be a good option for that. I went with the ‘check thoroughly’ part. Feel free to laugh at whatever I screwed up; especially if it’s in this post. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9519 "2025-12-12T18:43:53Z")
I always proofread (usually after I post because somehow I see the errors better then), but I still miss occasional errors. My biggest problem is saying dumb things – like emailing my doctor if I might have gallbaldder issues because I have pain on the left side, and the dang gallbladder is on the RIGHT. One of the few movie houses I’ve lusted after is the one in _Practical Magic._ But it’s not a real house. It was built on tribal land, so they built it on a kind of platform so that it could be easily disassembled when they were done. I love that house. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9520 "2025-12-12T20:36:52Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I usually write, check, post, realize there’s a mistake, edit the post, realize there’s another mistake, edit again, come back a few hours later, realize there’s another mistake, find myself unable to fix it because the edit window expired. This is very much my style. Technically, as a Mod, I could go back and fix my own typos, but unless it’s an official communication (I realize my note or something was unclear) I don’t. At least so far. It’s very tempting. Of course, the whole “I fixed one typo/mistake and created three others” _does_ happen. So sometimes I’ve gone in to remove redundant language, and leave a partial or incomplete sentence, or one that doesn’t jive with the rest of the paragraph. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9521 "2025-12-13T05:06:00Z")
Light snow has been on the ground since last week. A potentially huge storm is brewing with anywhere from 3 - 6 inches is forecast for this weekend. I am not pleased. Snow removal does not pair well with chronic back pain. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9522 "2025-12-13T13:17:49Z")
No snow on the ground now; that’ll change tonight, though. Yipee! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=475) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=477)