# Mild Pitting of Beck

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**Created:** [October 12, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691 "2024-10-12T05:25:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691/1315 "2026-06-29T16:54:25Z")

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JFC, man, you seem to be getting really worked up over this trivia, to the point that unfortunately you seem to be misinterpreting a lot of what I said to fit your rapidly developing bias. For example:

> [@DavidNRockies](#):
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> her medical issues don’t require a reasonable accommodation here. Neither do mine.
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> So what really IS the reason for changing the standard for HER?

Where the hell did I ever say we should change the standards just for her? Please read the last line of my post again, which was also quoted by @CairoCarol. It says the opposite. I was using her as an example to articulate a general principle.

> [@DavidNRockies](#):
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> ETA: I also note the HUGE issue with you entreating all of us to be more understanding of Beck’s limitations (that really don’t apply At. All. here) WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY defending her response to a non-native English speaker who didn’t score 100% on his SDMB English Comp test.

Oh, bloody hell!

I’ve said – at least two or three times, as I recall – that **Beck** ’s criticism there was inappropriate and should not have been made. How is that, in any sane interpretation, “defending” her response?

What I **have** done is drawn a distinction between language proficiency and the totally different issue of the form and quality of a post. I also acknowledged several times that both my pickiness about grammar (for which I would never criticize a non-native English speaker) and about general form and quality of a post (for which I’ll criticize anybody) are my own personal hot buttons. These deficiencies on a message board are often objectively unimportant (unless they seriously impair readability) but careless posts always bug me. I consider them a marker of laziness. Criticize me for that if you will, but it has nothing to do with **Beck**.

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