# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/301 "2013-09-25T18:44:35Z")
> [@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 As was pointed out in the last thread you started about this: People aren’t going to take you seriously because you write like a retard. They will, therefore, assume that you are a retard. Perhaps you’re not. If you’re not, then (again, as has been suggested before), perhaps you shouldn’t act like a retard. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/302 "2013-09-25T18:53:45Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > Indeed, when I am not trying to be consistent i can tend to not be consistent. What do you hope 2 gain by posting here I wouldn’t speak for giraffe, but I’m hoping for a comical flameout and banning. It would be a respite from your unrelenting banality. ---
**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, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/303 "2013-09-25T18:55:11Z")
Bets he masturbates while reading this thread. ---
**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, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/304 "2013-09-25T18:56:02Z")
Text speak is for texts. It’s not for message boards- at least not for this one. It says right under your screen name “Guest”. Generally, when you are a guest, it is polite to try and make at least a little effort (and it should take no effort for you) to follow the rules and customs of your host. In this case, one of the customs of your host (the Straight Dope Message Board) is to write posts in normal English. By deliberately disregarding this accepted custom of your host, you are being very rude. Just imagine that you’re in someone else’s house, and they ask you to do something very minor (like perhaps take off your hat, or not smoke, or not use swear words). That’s what this is. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/305 "2013-09-25T19:01:05Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > 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. The perfect theme song to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/306 "2013-09-25T19:04:52Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Bets he masturbates while reading this thread. Wait! Everyone else isn’t? Boy, do I feel silly. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/307 "2013-09-25T19:17:25Z")
> [@CoastalMaineiac](#): > > [Cousin - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin#Cousin_chart) Thanks for that info. I honestly never knew that. So what would my nephew’s kids be? I think great niece/nephew? ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/308 "2013-09-25T19:18:45Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > Nope, I’m sayin that so i can get this dick in your mouth lol lol omg Ewww. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/309 "2013-09-25T19:26:46Z")
It’s as if **Gateway** has declared himself to be a sovereign citizen. “I am above your silly rules.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/310 "2013-09-25T19:33:57Z")
> [@panaccione](#): > > **Gateway** > > I actually kind of liked it. I think you should go back to the original style. \*pssst. This thread is so last week. We’re mocking him over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703089) now. ---
**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, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/311 "2013-09-25T19:36:05Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > Wow, basically all this over grammar. Keep yo asses outta my otha threads “Look at ma threads! I be stylin’!!!one!11!!” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/312 "2013-09-25T19:37:26Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > u CAN criticise, but its BS over the way a person prefers to type. way to not be petty and harping over something that doesnt REALLY matter. If ii doesnt REALLY matter, then why are you resisting it so much? If it doesnt REALLY matter to you, then why not type the way other people are telling you they’d prefer to read, because it matters to them? It doesn’t really matter to me whether we have chicken or beef for dinner. Therefore, if it matters to the other people in my house, we’ll have what they want. That’s civilization, son. Things that don’t really matter…don’t matter. They don’t need two threads and several accumulated hours of your time. Obviously, for some reason, writing style matters a whole lot…to you. > [@](#): > > And if u dont like my posts, do me a favor and get the fuck out. I’m suspecting some weird reverse psychology attempt. Do you feel like you’re not getting enough participation in your threads? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/313 "2013-09-25T19:38:08Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > You know, a **Dell** can type in standard English. She can sing, too! **Gateway** Spelling and punctuation matter for important reasons, I’ll even provide a simple example. I’ll help my Uncle Jack off the horse, or I’ll help my uncle jack off a horse. Consensus on grammar makes what you are trying to say more effective, convey clarity,and be more efficient; that doesn’t necessarily mean dropping as many letters as possible to shorten your keystrokes. You are certainly entitled to reshape the language any way you see fit as that’s the way that English has evolved since it emerged from its Saxon roots, but you really ought to have a firm grasp on the rules before you decide which to break. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/314 "2013-09-25T19:38:57Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > Nope, I’m sayin that so i can get this dick in your mouth lol lol omg [Moderating] Telling other posters to suck your dick is a violation of the Pit’s language rules. Don’t do this again. [/Moderating] ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/315 "2013-09-25T19:40:06Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > “you guys are WHINERS. I’m a PERSON who is FREE and thus you can’t CRITICIZE me or you’re all NARROW MINDED MEANIES” attitude. INSHALLAH, Motherfuckers! ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/316 "2013-09-25T19:45:13Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > Nope, I’m sayin that so i can get this dick in your mouth lol lol omg U mad bro? Do U even lift? > [@Gateway](#): > > Wow, basically all this over grammar. Keep yo asses outta my otha threads [Like this one where you try in vain to figure out how to get laid?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=702684) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/317 "2013-09-25T19:45:26Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > Wow, basically all this over grammar. Keep yo asses outta my otha threads No, it isn’t. It’s become about you. The board didn’t come knocking on your front door one morning. You came here. If you’re not happy here, you can leave at anytime. Nobody asked you to join and nobody is going to ask you to stay. You’re here by choice, so what do you think you’re rebelling against? If you do decide you want to be a member of the community here, you should agree to follow the community standards. And one of these local standards is we prefer people write proper English. ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/318 "2013-09-25T19:47:58Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > You are bad at this. You can’t help yourself from accidentally breaking character and writing complete normal sentences. In other words, 2 b honest i think ur a bad troll lol. You realize, I hope, that we are going to abuse you at your own board for this post. None of us like you. We just tolerate you because you run another board for us. You should make this asshole a mod. He’d be better than **Fenris**. ---
**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, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/319 "2013-09-25T19:51:05Z")
Chain of events. -I think learning how to debate better will help me be more effacacious in life -I join this debate board -In the first few posts I make, a lot of people tell me about my writing style in a basically insulting if not literally insulting way. -I make a pit post bout it and catch more heat, in part due to my antagnistic posting style. -I get flamed but I hear some good points. Especially how people of this board don’t easily understand what I am saying which I didn’t think about before. -I agree to not do it anymore -I then realized that a cartoon I had been into for awhile, I didn’t like at all suddenly. I check my internal world and it seems I had some programming in my mind saying, “oh, this is immature.” I wonder why this is and realize that one of the big things I had done recently to cause the shift is to agree to be “standard, typing the ‘right’ way, type how I am ‘supposed’ to. be ‘correct,’ etc.” I was in group-mind, and that mind was saying I must be “mature, etc.”. Upon further reflection I realized that it is not nessessary to conform for the sake of the status quo especially if that means taking on a value system that isn’t mine and it doesn’t hurt anybody if I don’t do that. -I start this thread to attempt to reclaim not giving a shit about others opinions and doing what I want to the extent that it doesn’t hurt anybody (pretty much). I felt the need to start this due to the fact that I already said I wouldn’t text like that anymore so I wanted to say something. I then get flamed and flame back -Finally it stands as this. Typing in traditional English has its uses, but is a tool and not a moral principle.(So far as I know) I reserve the right to use it but if I don’t, NO HARM DONE. I may do either. You are free to complain but since I have heard it (immature, stupid, troll, young, offensive) then please post bout it elsewhere. ---
**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 25, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899/320 "2013-09-25T19:55:03Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Moderating] > Telling other posters to suck your dick is a violation of the Pit’s language rules. Don’t do this again. > [/Moderating] And yet the OP is perfectly within the board rules. Think about that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-of-straight-dope-if-i-type-in-proper-english/668899.md?page=17)