# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/261 "2013-09-25T12:29:45Z")
A saying the OP should take to heart: If one person gives you a hard time, maybe they’re an asshole. If _everyone_ gives you hard time? You’re the asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/262 "2013-09-25T12:53:13Z")
The guy is obviously a troll. Why are we feeding the troll, people? ---
**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, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/263 "2013-09-25T12:53:16Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > 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.) > **[Cousin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin#Cousin_chart)** > > A cousin is a relative that is the child of a parent's sibling; this is more specifically referred to as a first cousin. > More generally, in the kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of relationship in which relatives are two or more generations away from their most recent common ancestor. For this definition degrees and removals are used to further specify the relationship. > Degree measures how distant the relationship is from the most recent common ancestor(s). ... ---
**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, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/264 "2013-09-25T12:55:53Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > y should i care bout ur opinion? No reason you should. You can not care about what anyone thinks about your writing, I won’t care about what you say enough to read it, you won’t care what opinion I form…we’ll form a perfect circle of unending apathy. Nothing wrong with that at all. However, you may have noticed that this conversation is taking place on an internet message board, the whole purpose of which is to allow people to come together and converse. If all you want is an echo chamber where you don’t have to deal with other people and their pesky opinions, well, why are you posting here? What is the point? Why not just stay in your bedroom and talk to yourself? Again - I’m not saying you have to post here. That’s totally up to you. But if you’re so aggressively uninterested in listening to what people have to say, it seems rather a pointless pastime to me. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/265 "2013-09-25T12:58:57Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > The guy is obviously a troll. Why are we feeding the troll, people? More of an attention whore. ---
**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, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/266 "2013-09-25T13:22:53Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > edited You spelled that wrong - the correct spelling is 3dt3d . Idiot can’t even get his own language right. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/267 "2013-09-25T13:36:27Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > y should i care bout ur opinion? You should care because when you grow up, people like me are the ones who hire people like you (or not, in your particular case). ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/268 "2013-09-25T13:45:33Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > y should i care bout ur opinion? “Bout Ur”? Sounds like he’s in a boxing match with a Sumerian city-state. > [@Chimera](#): > > Coming up next, the Goth phase of his life… All the Goths I know use proper grammar and spelling. And purple hair color. ---
**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 25, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/269 "2013-09-25T13:58:27Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > The guy is obviously a troll. Why are we feeding the troll, people? Because when they’re whiny little bitches like **Gateway** they’re fun to mock. ---
**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, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/270 "2013-09-25T14:03:11Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > y should i care bout ur opinion? Because Ur smash! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/271 "2013-09-25T14:03:25Z")
You know, a **Dell** can type in standard English. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/272 "2013-09-25T14:06:45Z")
> [@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) I think the OP has missed some scheduled medication between that thread and this one. ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/273 "2013-09-25T15:08:57Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > edited Luckily, **Jargon** [quoted what had been there:] ([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16696141&postcount=97](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16696141&postcount=97)) > [@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. Apparently in response to: > [@Giraffe](#): > > 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:** ![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, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/274 "2013-09-25T16:01:00Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > The guy is obviously a troll. Why are we feeding the troll, people? Because the more you feed them, the bigger they get. The bigger they get, the more they troll. the more they troll, the quicker they get banned. _ **We wanna see a bannin’!!!one!!!11!!** _ ---
**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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/275 "2013-09-25T16:03:21Z")
I, for one, don’t particularly care if he’s banned or continues to post. FEEL THE APATHY!! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/276 "2013-09-25T16:05:36Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] what’s my first cousin’s kid called? [/QUOTE] In **Gateway** ’s case, “role model”. Regards, Shodan ---
**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, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/277 "2013-09-25T16:07:15Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I, for one, don’t particularly care if he’s banned or continues to post. FEEL THE APATHY!! Well, it’s not like I care about _this particular_ troll, much, either. It’s just that it’s amusing to watch a nice bannin’ every now and then. _Bang bang **Marley** ’s silver hammer came down upon his head. Clang clang **Marley** ’s silver hammer made sure that he was dead._ ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/278 "2013-09-25T16:12:54Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > what’s my first cousin’s kid called? > [@Shodan](#): > > In **Gateway** ’s case, “role model”. > > Regards, > Shodan In Gateway’s case I think it’s more like “son”! ---
**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, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/279 "2013-09-25T16:24:20Z")
Are you implying his father is a [del]sheep[/del] [sub][oops. Sorry **Hal**][/sub] [chicken\*\*\*\*\*](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=foghorn+leghorn+chicken+hawk&oq=foghorn+leghorn+chicken+hawk&gs_l=youtube.3..0l5j0i5l2.2825.2825.0.5287.1.1.0.0.0.0.249.249.2-1.1.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.yOybMtzJpwQ)? [sup]\*\*\*\*\*pick one. plenty of youtube vids of it, here![/sup] ---
**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, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/280 "2013-09-25T16:29:23Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > You know, a **Dell** can type in standard English. ok - that was fuckin’ funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=15)