# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/241 "2013-09-25T00:04:13Z")
> [@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 Do you write here because you want other people to read it? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/242 "2013-09-25T00:35:30Z")
> [@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? See? That wasn’t so difficult, now was it? I’ll even forgive the incorrect ellipsis use, the misspelling of “complete” and the lack of an apostrophe in “don’t”, if you continue to use complete sentences with actual words in them. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/243 "2013-09-25T00:44:21Z")
Like everyone else, I’m baffled why you would join this message board instead of one of the eleventy billion forums on the internet where no one cares about the composition of your post. You must like the community we’ve built; you must enjoy the content of our posts and conversations. Why choose this community and then refuse to participate in one of the elements that make it what it is? It’s hard to focus on the value of the message when the presentation is so poor that it’s like you’re opening every sentence with “As the village idiot, I think…”. More accurately, text speak to me comes across like baby talk, and no matter how intelligent, insightful and clever someone is, I just don’t want to converse with an adult who speaks wike a widdle baby. The presentation cheapens the content. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/244 "2013-09-25T05:25:05Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > i think im gonna chill off this thread 4 now as obviously everyone reading is kind So - you wanted an angry reaction and alot of noise? the very definition of a troll if I ever heard one. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/245 "2013-09-25T05:36:06Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Sorry, not going to even try to read the OP. Don’t even bother. I tried, but the OP violates the Board’s English-only rule. I haven’t the foggiest notion what this kid is trying to say or even what language he might be using. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/246 "2013-09-25T06:04:21Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > Im 24 actually 🙂 Seriously? And you cannot compose a correctly-spelled, grammatically-correct sentence in English? “Ur,” as you used above? That made me think of “[Ur of the Chaldees](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur_of_the_Chaldees),” but your context made no sense. Perhaps you meant “your.” Or perhaps “you’re.” But I’d suggest that on this board, “Ur” is simply a place from ancient history. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/247 "2013-09-25T06:18:38Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > So to sum up the OP: > “I didn’t get enough attention the last time I tried this.” _looks at username_ Hmmm. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/248 "2013-09-25T08:36:28Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > This person has to be a troll, right? I don’t believe anyone could write in, er, text-speak(?) so thoroughly without doing it on purpose to piss people off. Oh, no, trust me. I’ve been in college recently, any class that had a required online discussion as part of the grade would invariably have at least 5% of the class write like the OP. Hell, like the OP except without capitalization or punctuation. I’ve never seen it myself but I’ve **heard tales** from teachers that occasionally students will turn in 5 page papers written entirely like that. (Then again, the mere fact that my papers get glowing grades well above the abysmal average is proof enough that undergrads apparently couldn’t write their way out of a paper bag. I do not deserve A’s in English classes) Yes. In college. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/249 "2013-09-25T08:59:27Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > Second cousin, I think. No, your second cousins are the children of your parents’ first cousins. You own first cousin’s children are first cousins once removed. (As are your parents’ first cousins.) ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/250 "2013-09-25T10:55:28Z")
Don’t worry **Gateway** - I judge people by the content of their message, not their spelling. The sad news is, that still means I think you’re a tool. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/251 "2013-09-25T10:56:46Z")
Every time Gateway posts, I instantly think of [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYL5H46QnQ). I’M AN ADULT. I’M NOT PART OF YOUR SYSTEM. ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/252 "2013-09-25T11:05:54Z")
edited ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/253 "2013-09-25T11:08:51Z")
You can write however you want. By the same token, I can form whatever opinion of you that I want. If you don’t like it, too bad, yo. ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/254 "2013-09-25T11:10:35Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > You can write however you want. By the same token, I can form whatever opinion of you that I want. If you don’t like it, too bad, yo. y should i care bout ur opinion? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/255 "2013-09-25T11:12:36Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > It was sincere. I had another change of heart tho: If i am not hurting anyone, it doesnt much matter if i prefer to post like that. I therefore retract what i said. If i choose to post in that way, offended people are reading into it way too much. as far as the ppl who think i am stupid go: y would i want to change myself 4 ppl who think its fine to bash people for being less intelligent then them? I am not trying to please them, and am glad it pisses em off. I don’t think you’re pissing anyone off, and your spelling likely isn’t the thing people are calling you dumb for. It’s your… um… intensity. Your insistence that you’re FREE and people need to GET OVER IT and RARGH and I’M NOT A PART OF YOUR FASCIST GRAMMAR NAZI SYSTEM. Yes, you do have the RIGHT(!!!1111!!!eleven!!) to post however you want, but your ridiculous mundane misapplication of the concepts of freedom, rights, and conformity are far more egregious sins. The spelling thing is just a symptom – see also the “females” thread where you insist that you’re FREE to call women WHATEVER YOU WANT even when the advice, while harsh, was **answering the question you asked to begin with**. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/256 "2013-09-25T11:13:49Z")
Interesting that you edited out a reasonably well written and thoughtful post, and then added the textspeak ‘up yours’ message. Do I think you’re stupid (which was what you said in your edited message)? No. I do think that you are lazy and arrogant though. Good luck with your life. (So glad Jragon copied your message, so now it’s saved for posterity…) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/257 "2013-09-25T11:43:48Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > y should i care bout ur opinion? Because while your mommy and daddy love you just the way you are and let you live in their basement for free until you can find a minimum wage job at WalMart (just as soon as they finish spell checking your resume), we don’t give a flying rat’s ass what kind of precious little snow flake you think you are. So our opinion of you with respect to what you post on this board and how you post it is the only thing that matters here. And since you post stupid shit just to get a reaction, don’t get all butthurt that our opinion is that you’re a moron. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/258 "2013-09-25T11:52:30Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > How about we don’t do this again. > [Dudes of straight dope, if I type in proper english... - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=702341) Well, we _thought_ he got it, after that one, but I guess not. I look forward to his banning. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/259 "2013-09-25T12:10:47Z")
> [@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). > [@Ethilrist](#): > > He claims to be using a _ **PS2** _ on-screen keyboard with a game controller, so his style of posting may be simpler than whole sentences. This may also not be the ideal discussion board for him. **Hal** ’s got a bigger [del]dick[/del] PlayStation than the OP! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/260 "2013-09-25T12:22:02Z")
Paraphrasing everything the OP has ever said; _ **You’re all a bunch of assholes! Why can’t everyone love me just the way I am!** _ Coming up next, the Goth phase of his life… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=14)