# My selfish little brat of a sister. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 26, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688 "2011-09-26T19:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/81 "2011-09-28T18:22:21Z")
It’s a prank. If a 13 year old wrote the OP and has a sister, in the same school district, who is only 2 years younger, she did not write the last couple of posts. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/82 "2011-09-28T19:17:14Z")
> [@Dsman2203](#): > > Um… wat is wid all these people? Can som1 tell me wat is going on? Cuz like no way I didnt make dis account… And how do you u people know about me and and my older sisters argument? And WTF do i not remember making an account on dis? and why is my typing so neat in the thread? Im not sum1’s fuccin english teacher You know, technically, if you didn’t create the account then YOU are the one who hacked it. Also, it was your _younger_ sister in the OP. The key to quality is keeping the story straight. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/83 "2011-09-28T19:24:13Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > people still say “straight talk?” Are you calling me a square? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/84 "2011-09-28T22:29:19Z")
I have no idea what’s going on here, but I’m sure enjoying it! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/85 "2011-09-29T00:27:37Z")
I think this is a stealth ad for computer security software. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/86 "2011-09-29T13:38:55Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Surely you’re not serious? I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![Dsman2203](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Dsman2203](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dsman2203)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/87 "2011-09-29T15:59:39Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Based on the OP’s bad spelling, punctuation, grammar, and all else US English in post #55, I believe the answer is a firm no. Srry Ben, but im AM bak… muahahahahahahahaha lol, dis thread is like a battlefield dat dosnt evn relat 2 da beginin. ---
**Author:** ![Dsman2203](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Dsman2203](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dsman2203)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/88 "2011-09-29T16:01:56Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > You know, technically, if you didn’t create the account then YOU are the one who hacked it. Also, it was your _younger_ sister in the OP. The key to quality is keeping the story straight. Yea, but she twisted around, I have da fast com, and she has da slow 1 straight enough now? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/89 "2011-09-29T16:04:26Z")
> [@Dsman2203](#): > > Srry Ben, but im AM bak… muahahahahahahahaha > lol, dis thread is like a battlefield dat dosnt evn relat 2 da beginin. > [@Dsman2203](#): > > Yea, but she twisted around, I have da fast com, and she has da slow 1 > straight enough now? Adults communicate with proper spelling and grammar. You also should do so. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/90 "2011-09-29T16:32:06Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Adults communicate with proper spelling and grammar. You also should do so. Excuse me stewardess? I speak child. She be sayin dat u shud try to get ya spellin and gammer tugether. Dat is da way we be speekin hre. Ya straight wit dat now? ---
**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 29, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/91 "2011-09-29T18:13:33Z")
LOL, I love how this has turned into an “Airplane!” quote thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/92 "2011-09-29T22:30:57Z")
Yes, but, as we all know, the White Zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only, and there is no stopping in the Red Zone… so, just put some red marking tape in a box around the computer, and no one can use it, problem solved, time for a drink \, damn this drinking problem… ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/93 "2011-09-30T00:04:24Z")
I’m tired of all these motherfucking jive turkeys in this motherfucking thread… ---
**Author:** ![Dsman2203](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Dsman2203](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dsman2203)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/94 "2011-09-30T18:49:37Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Adults communicate with proper spelling and grammar. You also should do so. gimme a break Mr.Adult, im 13 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/95 "2011-09-30T18:53:09Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Excuse me stewardess? I speak child. > > She be sayin dat u shud try to get ya spellin and gammer tugether. Dat is da way we be speekin hre. > > Ya straight wit dat now? Golly! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/96 "2011-09-30T19:12:24Z")
> [@Dsman2203](#): > > gimme a break Mr.Adult, im 13 No breaks. You’re swimming with the big kids now. Speaka de English, boy! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/97 "2011-09-30T20:07:48Z")
> [@Dsman2203](#): > > gimme a break Mr.Adult, im 13 Didn’t the OP state that the younger sister was 11? ---
**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 30, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/98 "2011-09-30T20:19:30Z")
> [@Dsman2203](#): > > gimme a break Mr.Adult, im 13 I could speak and write with excellent grammar when I was 13. There’s no excuse for not using proper spelling and grammar on a board devoted to fighting ignorance unless you are just beginning to learn English. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/99 "2011-09-30T21:09:38Z")
> [@Dsman2203](#): > > gimme a break Mr.Adult, im 13 A seven-year-old should know to capitalize the first word of a sentence and the word I, so you’ll find no sympathy on that score. You’ve had a 7th-grade or so education, and we’ll expect you to use it. ---
**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 30, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688/100 "2011-09-30T21:33:37Z")
> [@Dsman2203](#): > > gimme a break Mr.Adult, im 13 Let me grade that for you: [del]gimme[/del] Give me a break, [del]Mr.Adult[/del] Mr. Adult. [del]im[/del] I’m 13. “Gimme” would be acceptable here, but still needs to be capitalized, as it begins a sentence. There needs to be a comma after “break.” “Mr.Adult” is properly capitalized and punctuated, but “Mr.” and “Adult” require a space between them. I would change the comma after “Adult” to a period and make it the end of a sentence. That’s just my opinion, though. I won’t take off for the comma there. It could work as one sentence or two. “im” needs to have the I capitalized with an apostrophe separating it from the “m.” Finally, there should be a period after 13 to punctuate the end of the sentence. I counted five errors. I’ll be generous and take off 5/100 points for each one. This gives you a grade of 75% or a passing grade of a “C.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-selfish-little-brat-of-a-sister/597688.md?page=6)