# how would you punish them? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 17, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679 "2001-08-17T02:59:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/61 "2001-08-21T13:47:35Z")
Fantastic! And to think that there I was this morning, just thinking about how we’d run out of entertaining loonies on the SDMB! Please, **pzd48** , or whatever the hell combination of letters and numbers you are, enlighten us some more about the joys of flouting writing conventions! I’m bored at work and need a good laugh. Er no… I mean that your theories are fascinating and I would like to learn more. Yes, that’s it. pan ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/62 "2001-08-21T15:21:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > \*\*Fantastic! And to think that there I was this morning, just thinking about how we’d run out of entertaining loonies on the SDMB! > > Please, **pzd48** , or whatever the hell combination of letters and numbers you are, enlighten us some more about the joys of flouting writing conventions! I’m bored at work and need a good laugh. Er no… I mean that your theories are fascinating and I would like to learn more. Yes, that’s it. > > pan \*\* krabby, er krappy or skabbes or pan or whatever the hell combination of letters your name is, (and not CAPITALIZED i see, which is the usual writing convention)i have a good idea…go back to work ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/63 "2001-08-21T16:32:23Z")
Woohoo! More! More! ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/64 "2001-08-21T16:50:21Z")
Looks like there’s some trouble at the headquarters of [tenthousandmonkeysattenthousandtypewriters.com](http://tenthousandmonkeysattenthousandtypewriters.com). Did there used to be a disagreement up there somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/65 "2001-08-21T17:44:00Z")
**djf750** , this is a public message board. People like **Diane** and **fetherlou** have just as much right to respond in your thread as you do, so stop acting so surprised when someone ventures an opinion. I’m just asking for it, aren’t I? ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/66 "2001-08-21T17:57:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LaurAnge \* > \*\ ***djf750** , this is a public message board. People like **Diane** and **fetherlou** have just as much right to respond in your thread as you do, so stop acting so surprised when someone ventures an opinion. > > I’m just asking for it, aren’t I? \*\* well, why don’t they just respond to the OP? what the hell was it, anyway? ok nobody else, please, so this thread gets buried where it belongs (ill bet at least one more know-it-all will try to piss me off) ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/67 "2001-08-21T19:18:46Z")
You want a response to the OP? Okie dokie - how about this: > [@](#): > > by the way, i have a 15 year old daughter… Does anyone else think it is really sad that someone old enough to have a 15 year old daughter can be so childish? There ya go. Better? Hugs and Kisses, Di - _Miss Know It All_ - ane ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/68 "2001-08-21T20:28:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diane \* > \*\*You want a response to the OP? Okie dokie - how about this: > > > [@](#): > > > > by the way, i have a 15 year old daughter… > > Does anyone else think it is really sad that someone old enough to have a 15 year old daughter can be so childish? > > There ya go. Better? > Hugs and Kisses, > Di - _Miss Know It All_ - ane \*\* diane, you have a 15 year old daughter too? ok thats the end of this… no mas!!! ya, sure…who’s next? ---
**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:** [August 21, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/69 "2001-08-21T20:35:12Z")
**djf750** : Heh. And you thought **I** was being hard on you! Good luck, man, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/70 "2001-08-21T21:15:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\ ***djf750** : Heh. And you thought **I** was being hard on you! Good luck, man, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. \*\* hey, talk good about me or talk bad about me…just dont ignore me…that drives me nuts!! hint hint ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/71 "2001-08-22T00:50:51Z")
Oh man…Church Lady…Capitalization Nazi…It’s all just too good! The fact that this guy has a 15 year old daughter and still has trouble keeping track of that damn shift key is disturbing. Responsibility to the wind! Who cares! I can raise a kid, and keep track of the most important 28 keys on the keyboard! Sorry **dumbfuck750** , for you that would be the 26 letters in the alphabet, the space bar, and the Shift key. They are all important factors in conveying a meaningful, even understandable, OP. Or any of your subsequent replies. Yes, you do come off as an asshole. And I can say that without being banned because this is the Pit, and I’m not being an assfuck in the way I present it. Capitalization can be implemented in several ways. I suggest you learn them, memorize them, and put them to good use. I can’t see why that should be a problem for you much longer, I see you being banned in at least a month if you keep up with this attitude. I think I’m done here. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/72 "2001-08-22T03:07:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\*Oh man…Church Lady…Capitalization Nazi…It’s all just too good! The fact that this guy has a 15 year old daughter and still has trouble keeping track of that damn shift key is disturbing. > > Responsibility to the wind! Who cares! I can raise a kid, and keep track of the most important 28 keys on the keyboard! Sorry **dumbfuck750** , for you that would be the 26 letters in the alphabet, the space bar, and the Shift key. > They are all important factors in conveying a meaningful, even understandable, OP. Or any of your subsequent replies. > Yes, you do come off as an asshole. And I can say that without being banned because this is the Pit, and I’m not being an assfuck in the way I present it. > Capitalization can be implemented in several ways. > I suggest you learn them, memorize them, and put them to good use. I can’t see why that should be a problem for you much longer, I see you being banned in at least a month if you keep up with this attitude. > > I think I’m done here. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/73 "2001-08-22T03:09:58Z")
That’s a helluva reply there, **dumbfuck750** , you just quoted my entire post. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/74 "2001-08-22T03:38:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\*I see you being banned in at least a month if you keep up with this attitude. > > I think I’m done here. \*\* i see you still being an obnoxious know it all in a month, constantly correcting everyone around you… but damn, you are hot when you are pissed… i think im done here ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/75 "2001-08-22T03:39:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\*That’s a helluva reply there, **dumbfuck750** , you just quoted my entire post. \*\* because i got so turned on by your femininity, i got flustered ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/76 "2001-08-22T05:29:08Z")
Now I’m a know-it-all who corrects everyone around her? Just because I suggested capitalization as a means of increasing readability to your posts? I can see where this is going… As far as flirting goes, take it somewhere besides the pit, k? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/77 "2001-08-22T09:09:57Z")
Ooh baby, give me more of that hot uncapitalised action! ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/78 "2001-08-22T11:44:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\*That’s a helluva reply there, **dumbfuck750** , you just quoted my entire post. \*\* Well, at least now he has a solid grasp of the quoting feature. Now there’s actually reason to hope we can do something about those other problems. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/79 "2001-08-22T17:15:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\*Now I’m a know-it-all who corrects everyone around her? Just because I suggested capitalization as a means of increasing readability to your posts? I can see where this is going… > As far as flirting goes, take it somewhere besides the pit, k? \*\* i would imagine that yes, in offline life you are probably one of these people who corrects everyone around them now, ill bet you read that just fine without it being capitalized and with no apostrophes this is not a business letter or a doctoral thesis its a post on an online message board and ill type it anyway i want to as long as there are no rules against it if there were rules against it, i would comply with those rules or i wouldnt post at all i will, however, separate the lines as i failed to do in the original post which i admit (and already have earlier) made it a bit harder to read, although it looks as if everyone UNDERSTOOD it clearly this is getting boring and ridiculous ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679/80 "2001-08-22T17:32:41Z")
This is not a matter of whether or not we understood the intended message, it is about how you come across as a dumbass for not capitalizing things, and then prove your idiocy by suggesting that you type in all caps to make your posts easier to read. How juvenile. The correct response to a completely innocent suggestion would have been “Thank you, I’ll try to do that in the future.” Check [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=78644) out, I can see it helping you in the future. Some of the valuable pieces of information contained within it include: “Punctuation, capitalization, and grammar are your friends, and will help people think that you aren’t such an ignorant assfuck, after all.” Read it, learn it, use it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-punish-them/76679.md?page=5)