No.
I would point out that like the OP suggested, attempts were made in the original thread where u-speak became a problem to GENTLY
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You wrote a 50 page paper on the planet Saturn? Well, my kid did the same thing, and he’s only six! Not only that, but he’s a better editor because his was only three sentences long.
Damn Tab button!
…er, as I was saying, an attempt was made to GENTLY inform the offender that it would be better (admittedly for us) if he were to refrain from u-speak. He became simply became belligerent, defiant and insulting.
However, the thread that got closed was titled in such a way as to invite trouble; something along the line of “I’ll Use ‘u’ Any Damn Time I Feel Like It.” The OP then came to the first thread and invited everyone to continue the discussion on his newly created thread, where he proceeded to antagonize everyone to the point it became so blatant the thread was closed.
I said several times on that thread that the reason that everyone was becoming so hostile *was not * because of the intelligence factor, but because he (the OP) was deliberately ignoring requests that he behave in a more considerate manner. I pointed out that as far as I personally was concerned someone typing in all Caps doesn’t bother me, but I don’t do it because I know most other people don’t like it and it would be inconsiderate of me to continue to post that way.
He finally got to the point where he admitted openly that some of his posts were intended to elicit annoyance on the part of the person he was talking to. I was the one that pointed out to him that he had crossed over the line into troll-like behavior, and that he had better step lightly as he could be banned for that and he had antagonized a lot of people. It was my intent only to warn him, not to get him banned. In fact, I was typing my agreement with Ferrous that I didn’t really think he was a troll but just went overboard in such a way as **Ferrous ** and I have both admitted to having done ourselves on occasion. However, it was as I was typing this post that the thread was closed.
I guess this is just a long-winded way of saying that people become hostile when they are deliberately or obnoxiously treated in an inconsiderate manner, and that is the real reason for their ire, as opposed to being offended intellectually, or by wanting to feel superior due their greater verbal or grammatical skills.
Okay since you are obviously one of the slower ones on the board I’ll type in simpler terms.
Stop hijacking threads just because you (in general) don’t like the person typing “U” instead of “you” or any number of annoyances such as punctuation errors in their sentences . It’s annoying as hell and it makes you look like a preschool child.
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U all need 2 chill out just a bit otherwise sooner or L8tr U’ll blow a vein
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I’m glad it worked the second time.
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Oh, never mind.
Shouldn’t it be “slowest ones”?
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I remember it being pretty good. Now I’m going to have to look for it.
How about “6 Feet of Bubble Tape! For you, not them!”? That still around?
Why, yes it is.
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We used to take a handful of one flavor and a handful of the other and shove em in our mouths to see what kind of digusting flavors would result. Good times.
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Speaking on topic for just a moment, am I the only one who found the hijack in the linked thread about ten thousand times more interesting that the topic of the OP? Guess it’s just further evidence that people who type “u” instead of “you” never have anything interesting to say.
Which is more or less exactly what the people complaining about leet-speek are saying. So if typing like that makes you look like a preschool child, and complaining about people who type like that makes you look like a preschool child, what does that make people who complain about people who complain about that look like?
A/s/l