# Down with "edit"! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 22, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211 "2007-04-22T22:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/1 "2007-04-22T22:23:33Z")
I hate editing my post. I keep doing it, and it makes me feel weak, like cheating at solitaire. Or eyeballing the teenage (18+ 😛 ) girl down the street. I prefer posting on the edge, that no-holds-barred feeling of the finality of the click. What are we, a bunch of intellectual pussies? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/2 "2007-04-22T22:46:29Z")
So don’t. (Do solutions get any easier that this?) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/3 "2007-04-22T22:50:23Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] I hate editing my post… Or eyeballing the teenage (18+ 😛 ) girl down the street. [/QUOTE] That’s what sunglasses are for 🆒 They work great at a nude beach as well. Forget posting on the edge, I like **edit** so now one will know I don’t spel wel. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/4 "2007-04-23T02:48:27Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] So don’t. (Do solutions get any easier that this?) Stranger [/QUOTE] All that needs to be said. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/5 "2007-04-23T03:08:03Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] So don’t. (Do solutions get any easier that this?) Stranger [/QUOTE] Thanks, oh thee of great will! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/6 "2007-04-23T03:10:49Z")
Buncha freakin’ wusses! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/7 "2007-04-23T04:25:46Z")
[QUOTE=Mikemike2] That’s what sunglasses are for 🆒 They work great at a nude beach as well. [/QUOTE] Well, as long as you’re not lying on your back. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/8 "2007-04-23T04:58:31Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] I hate editing my post. I keep doing it, and it makes me feel weak, like cheating at solitaire. Or eyeballing the teenage (18+ 😛 ) girl down the street. I prefer posting on the edge, that no-holds-barred feeling of the finality of the click. What are we, a bunch of intellectual pussies? Peace, mangeorge [/QUOTE] That’s like saying using a hammer is ‘cheating’ instead of using a rock, like back in the old days. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/9 "2007-04-23T11:36:06Z")
I only have one question: why is the beach nude? Shouldn’t it be wearing something?? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/10 "2007-04-23T11:38:47Z")
You could try wearing a rock, but be very careful putting it on. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/11 "2007-04-23T11:47:55Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] I hate editing my post. I keep doing it, and it makes me feel weak, like cheating at solitaire. Or eyeballing the teenage (18+ 😛 ) girl down the street. [/QUOTE] Dude, no wonder you hate yourself – you’re doing it all wrong! You should be \*eyeballing \*the Solitaire, and \*cheating \*with the teenage (yes, I know, 18+. Right :dubious: ) girl down the street! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/12 "2007-04-23T13:19:42Z")
i r cunt spel gud so eddit iz my besst freind. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/13 "2007-04-23T13:25:36Z")
I abosolutely agree. Now that I can edit, I feel even more beholden to get things corect. If I miss a typo in my profreading, know you all now its cause I’m a dumbass, not because I “hit submit too soon” (Ah, wasn’t that a great excuse, back in teh day\>?) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/14 "2007-04-23T15:11:11Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] Well, as long as you’re not lying on your back. [/QUOTE] On the other hand, it’s an ideal solution if you’re lying on someone else’s back. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/15 "2007-04-25T01:48:47Z")
**Gaudere** is probably irritated, as the edit feature allows us avoid the Law sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/16 "2007-04-25T02:59:18Z")
[QUOTE=Klaatu] **Gaudere** is probably irritated, as the edit feature allows us avoid the Law sometimes. [/QUOTE] Actually, **Gaudere** laughs silently (or not so silently) up a sleeve, given that we now have the ability to edit out spelling errors and such while pointing them out, and **still will fail to cath them.** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/17 "2007-04-25T04:08:43Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] Actually, **Gaudere** laughs silently (or not so silently) up a sleeve, given that we now have the ability to edit out spelling errors and such while pointing them out, and **still will fail to cath them.** 😃 [/QUOTE] Graet point! ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-with-edit/401211/18 "2007-04-25T14:19:15Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] You could try wearing a rock, but be very careful putting it on. [/QUOTE] Especially if it’s a rock lobster.