Please, Really, shocked in all caps? Do try to be civilized.
Mea culpa.
Can a message board be a messiah?
Hey, it was good enough for Captain Reynault!
If God is everywhere, why can’t He be inside vBulletin code?
The science fiction story practically writes itself. 
The only form of criticism lower than grammatical pedantry is “no u.” Perhaps OP should get out more, work on upgrading that monitor tan.
When I was a teenager, it took me a while to realize I didn’t necessarily *have *to end up vomiting my guts out every time I drank alcohol. Drunky’s going through the same learning process, but with sarcasm.
For some of us wannabe writers, reading sentences that have been constructed with zero regard for the shift key, proper spelling or grammar, is like seeing litter strewn along side our favorite hiking trail. Sure those empty soda cups and macdonald’s wrappers aren’t really hurting anything.
But it looks like shit.
Confining this pitting to AU’s use of capitalization is like criticizing Hitler solely for his hair style.
Oh, Lord. I don’t really give a shit about the English thing, as long as communication is clear. However, this kid is really just breaking my heart. I’m not downplaying the value of a good education - I made the best choices I could for my own. It’s just that having gone through both undergraduate and grad school as a twitchy little overachiever and seeing for myself exactly how much my academic achievements are valued in the workforce (hahahaha), I want this kid to understand that it’s not the school that determines success, it’s the person you are. That and failure is inevitable, and that’s totally okay. Oh, I just want to sit him down for a fireside chat and tell him so many things. But I don’t think he’s very receptive to hearing them.
“Oh, you know, I have some cake. I do not just eat it; Oh no, I have the cake, then I put the cake in a barrel, and I shoot it.”
I hate to sound too AOL Teen Message Boardy, but, LMFAO!
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That was brilliant.
I have no idea who that man is, but that was some funny shit.
I legitimately laughed out loud, possibly for the first time in over ten years.
You… haven’t laughed with your mouth open in over 10 years???
Hyperbole of course. But I really don’t laugh outwardly often.
Phew! I was legitimately a little depressed there for a moment!
You had to expect this… it is McDonald’s. Two out of three in one word.
Two points:
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You are not necessarily correct in that. I would have made similar posts aged 14 and it was entirely plausible* at that time I would make it into a UK equivilant of MIT.
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Nevertheless the weird thread he started in GQ recently gives me pause for thought. That is very bizarre. Just, maybe, it is someone over enthusiastic about finding this place. Also, given I have seen the snarkpit spinoff of Giraffe’s board (I even made a video for them actually, here - cause they didn’t believe me about my shower) I know a lot of them call themselves “nonny”, which is a bit like anonymous user, which may suggest he is from there.
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Even so (and I know I said two points but this is the bonus!) he should still be given the benefit of the doubt. Just watched like a hawk.
*I know it was plausible cause I did a couple of years later. Frankly I was probably smarter at 14 than I am now, it was about then I discovered both sex and drugs (and the latter far more of, sadly). I try to keep this personal info out of my posts but in guinness veritas.
edit: i know I will regret linking to that video in the morning but for some reason when I’m drunk I’m an attention whore and I’ve had a really good couple of hours in the pub, lots of nice stuff happening. Discussed a lot about cattle farming but you had to be there I guess!
He wrote “But is not my violin the thing that makes me stand out?”
Someone commented that he had bad grammar.
Could someone explain why this sentence- “But is not my violin the thing that makes me stand out?” is ungrammatical please?