# Pat, I'd like to buy a shift key ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-id-like-to-buy-a-shift-key/517230>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 11, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-id-like-to-buy-a-shift-key/517230 "2009-11-11T21:14:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-id-like-to-buy-a-shift-key/517230/181 "2009-11-18T18:40:54Z")

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I read it as:

“And that\* is what he’s\*\* arguing.”

\*“The idea that ‘well this guy made a few mistakes, so I’m free to do whatever I want’ is fucking ridiculous.”  
\*\*Kimstu _et al_.

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-id-like-to-buy-a-shift-key/517230/182 "2009-11-18T18:59:14Z")

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Oh, gotcha. I thought he said someone was actually making the argument “well this guy made a few mistakes, so I’m free to do whatever I want”, and the closest one I can think of is **koufax** , who has decided flinging his cereal on the floor is a legitimate debate tactic.

I do think making the very errors you’re decrying in a post to be worthy of mockery, even if they were honest mistakes. If you’re complaining about them, theoretically you should be more aware of them and not commit the same errors. I will say you can get pretty vicious, **SFG** , though I think some folk are taking you more seriously than they ought.

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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-id-like-to-buy-a-shift-key/517230/183 "2009-11-18T19:58:22Z")

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> [@Bosstone](#):
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> I do think making the very errors you’re decrying in a post to be worthy of mockery, even if they were honest mistakes. If you’re complaining about them, theoretically you should be more aware of them and not commit the same errors.

Exactly.

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> I will say you can get pretty vicious, **SFG** , though I think some folk are taking you more seriously than they ought.

I honestly don’t know why certain people’s knickers are in such a bunch. Given that they think their standards are so important, you’d think they’d \*\*welcome \*\*being corrected! Wasn’t even like I said, “Hey, here’s where you fucked up, you stupid retard.” IIRC, it was pretty much just a list.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-id-like-to-buy-a-shift-key/517230/184 "2009-11-18T20:38:38Z")

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Well, there’s where you fucked up, you stupid retard.

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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-id-like-to-buy-a-shift-key/517230/185 "2009-11-18T21:07:47Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Well, there’s where you fucked up, you stupid retard.

no u

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