# Dudes of straight dope, if I type in proper english... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899 "2013-09-15T08:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/221 "2013-09-24T21:44:36Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Wow - 14 years and I’ve just done my first Ignore. > > StG Only a few years for me, but I found the control panel. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/222 "2013-09-24T21:55:00Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > its not a moral obligation for me to conform to ur writing standards. u would think that a debate forum…, well i guess people wouldnt b butthurt if other people typed different from u. if u dont like it hit the ‘back’ button It’s not a moral obligation for me to take you seriously; especially if you TRY to be serious. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/223 "2013-09-24T22:06:56Z")
Can we just ban this ignorant troll and be done with it? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/224 "2013-09-24T22:12:03Z")
> [@kobal2](#): > > afaik the overwhelming majority of usb keyboards will work with a ps3 - you can get one for 10 bucks or so, less if used. You won’t need any adaptator, special cords or any of that crap, it’s just plug and type. > > In any event, thank you for making the effort. > [@asterion](#): > > the little specialized keyboard is pretty nice as well, especially if you’re better at thumb-typing than i am. It’s handy for browsing, for things like code entry in the playstation store, and of course for gaming. More expensive, but a pretty good use of $50. > [@gateway](#): > > hey, thanks for letting me know, and you too asterion. And you guys are welcome too. > [@gateway](#): > > i think i’m about to log off for the night, but thank you all for letting me know where my blind spots were. You’re welcome to those who thanked me. Take care, and hopefully we can have some awesome discussions in the future 🙂 :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/225 "2013-09-24T22:18:01Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > You all: dont care if you think i m immature but: I realized i will post on this forum NEway i want. if you have beef with that, well, too bad. > > 2 those who r respectful bout this and not oversensitive twits, then: its not bout hurting u. i feel its retarded 2 even have to say that > > its not a moral obligation for me to conform to ur writing standards. u would think that a debate forum…, well i guess people wouldnt b butthurt if other people typed different from u. if u dont like it hit the ‘back’ button I’m sorry to hear this, since you seemed to have seen sense in the other thread. Oh well. Expect all of your threads to go off topic by page 2, because that’s what always happens in cases like this. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/226 "2013-09-24T22:23:59Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > Im 24 actually 🙂 Good luck finding a career that doesn’t care about how you communicate. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/227 "2013-09-24T22:25:03Z")
Translation: “Writing like an adult is hard. I’d rather stick with my comfort zone than communicate effectively.” **Gateway** , it’s not just this message board. It’s also employers and university admissions staff and a whole bunch of other people you’ll actually want to reach in order to get what you want. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with the way you write if you’re using it among friends. You’d come across as a giant dork if you wrote any other way. But when writing to adults you don’t already know, you come across as an immature brat. I doubt if that’s who you really are, but when you don’t get into the university / job you want, don’t blame us here—we tried to help. (And if you’re really 24 and you **don’t** know this, then you are, in fact, an idiot, and not worth the time.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/228 "2013-09-24T22:40:15Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > …you are, in fact, an idiot, and not worth the time.) That was pretty much a given from the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/229 "2013-09-24T22:43:49Z")
I think the first post in text-speak should get a mod note, the second a warning, the third a final warning and the fourth a ban. It’s obnoxious behaviour we don’t need here. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/230 "2013-09-24T22:45:28Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > You all: dont care if you think i m immature but: I realized i will post on this forum NEway i want. if you have beef with that, well, too bad. > > 2 those who r respectful bout this and not oversensitive twits, then: its not bout hurting u. i feel its retarded 2 even have to say that > > its not a moral obligation for me to conform to ur writing standards. u would think that a debate forum…, well i guess people wouldnt b butthurt if other people typed different from u. if u dont like it hit the ‘back’ button Well, this is a very surprising development. I was so certain the OP’s last thread and subsequent change of heart was sincere and not at all made up that I assumed he would never find cause to post in an annoying fashion and call attention to it ever again. I am very surprised. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/231 "2013-09-24T22:46:24Z")
As evidenced in his previous twin post, he knows how to write correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/232 "2013-09-24T22:54:57Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > As evidenced in his previous twin post, he knows how to write correctly. No, but you see, he had a change of heart! He was moved by people’s opinions that his provocative OP was annoying and pledged to change his scurrilous ways! Only now he’s realized that he can’t compromise his principles and change who he is! And that’s the sort of epiphany that can only be expressed in attention-seeking thread form. It’s all very beautiful and moving. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/233 "2013-09-24T22:56:56Z")
I had great hopes (well, okay, not really great hopes, but \*some \*hopes) that he’d seen the light with the last one and was poised to be a productive poster and in a few years we’d all laugh together about his rough entry into board culture. There have been a few of those over the years. But then reading even his posts with actual grammar revealed not so much a valuable poster as a permastoned sophomore philosophy minor. Which I’m pretty sure we’ve met our quota on. So, I think just this once, maybe, it ain’t the txtspk that’s the fundamental problem here. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/234 "2013-09-24T23:00:08Z")
I guess it’s nice to see Dopers giving someone what they want (attention). [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5Qf6Sv3A9zs/hqdefault.jpg "Very Interesting But Also Stupid") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qf6Sv3A9zs) You don’t have to play this, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/235 "2013-09-24T23:03:54Z")
Sure, DNFTT has never once worked in any of the first 665,686 threads but maybe this will be the one! Fingers crossed! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/236 "2013-09-24T23:10:12Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I guess it’s nice to see Dopers giving someone what they want (attention). > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qf6Sv3A9zs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qf6Sv3A9zs) > > You don’t have to play this, you know. If you believe that attention is all he wants, and that it’s some game, surely you can do something about it? Trolling is, i assume, still against the rules around here. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/237 "2013-09-24T23:11:50Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > It’s ok everyone - I speak Jive. > > The OP wants you all to know that he has a small penis and that his momma is popular with both sailors _and_ soldiers. But she only does _oral_ sex because when she tried sexting nobody could understand a thing. ---
**Author:** ![LouLou7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LouLou7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouLou7)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/238 "2013-09-24T23:42:04Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > It’s ok everyone - I speak Jive. > > The OP wants you all to know that he has a small penis and that his momma is popular with both sailors _and_ soldiers. This right here made me snort out my nose…😛 ---
**Author:** ![LouLou7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LouLou7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouLou7)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/239 "2013-09-24T23:45:43Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > Its a competely normal reaction to tell me to blow you because you dont like the style of my postings…What is your definition of ignorant drivel? Ignorant drivel: (1) Most of what I’ve read on Facebook. (2) Everything I’ve seen on FOX news. (3) Pretty much everything you’ve posted on SDMB, so far. I’m shocked that you’re 24. You come across as much, much younger. Maybe in the 12 - 14 age range. Oh, and welcome to SDMB. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 24, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/240 "2013-09-24T23:51:35Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > It’d probably be quicker to list those who _didn’t_ (not that that’s a bad thing – seeing multiple notifications come in within a short time is what got me to put the PS3 controller down). Duly noted. 🙂 > [@cochrane](#): > > The OP can read and write whole sentences, too, but he decided to be like the honey badger and not give a shit. We saw a honey badger at the San Diego Zoo - he was one active little mo-fo! > [@elmwood](#): > > Not allowing avatars and inline images has done a splendid job at keeping out the textspeaking teenybopper riff-raff and preserving the intellectual flavor of the SDMB, hasn’t it? Kind of? Maybe? > [@sailor](#): > > But she only does _oral_ sex because when she tried sexting nobody could understand a thing. Nice username/post combo. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=13)