The question is, would Discobo—I mean, Hatchie—be so open minded if they knew the historical meaning? Live by the pedant, die by the pedant.
Hmm, I see what you’re saying, but I think a few centuries makes a difference.
I think he said he doesn’t care about any other usages except that particular one, which everybody should respect because reasons.
It’s wrong-headed but also pretty common linguistic nimbyism.
If I hadn’t encountered so many prescriptivists desperate to prove their superiority by dying on some lonely hill of foolish pedantry, I might believe that he was trolling. But as it is? That kind of complaint is a dime a dozen, as sad as it is sincere.
It’s not just common but it’s almost a cliche to do that sort of thing on this board. It’s part of the culture.
There were Decimations in the 19th and 20th centuries too.
I personally assumed that Hatchie was being a little bit facetious and exaggerating a pet peeve a little bit. And I think that’s fine. But then his response to me made me wonder…
This is a weird one for Trolls R Us. Surely no one seriously thinks Hatchie is a troll?
Agreed, at most it might warrant the “What were you thinking?” thread.
Fair enough. But the response struck me as either trolling or stunningly oblivious. The court of public opinion seems to fall on the later, I may have overreacted.
So, what do we suppose was dgy’s old handle?
Idk, but what an insufferable ass.
I see that Jackson99, until now known only for posting complete bullshit in a thread about transit and population density in Canadian cities – cities which he has clearly never visited and knows nothing about – has now taken to posting illiterate bullshit questions all over FQ, IMHO, GD, and elsewhere. I might not even care that much if he had not been such an ignorant asshole in the original thread, ignoring everyone who tried to set him straight. And I know I can sometimes be annoyingly pedantic about grammar, but come on – this fuckwit can’t string three words together to save his life.
So far a lot of his garbage is just being ignored, and at least one thread in GD has already been shut down. I don’t think this is a return of JimB, but it’s a similar mentality.
He’s either a really dumb fucker, or a troll pretending to be a really dumb fucker.
Either way, it’s basically the same.
My spidey senses didn’t tingle until after I responded in FQ.
As a complete non sequitur, is there really no way to ignore somebody who has their profile set to private?
It is possible, just harder. I’ll find it for you.
Work your way down to Preferences - Users.
In the Muted box, directly enter the username. Click Add
I haven’t noticed him all over the board, just in the LI-Ion thread in FQ. I don’t think English is his first language.
j99 created 5 new threads yesterday. I suspect that is what was meant by all over the board. One was closed by a Moderator for lack of content in the OP.
Not sure what to make of them, but so far, no jimB vibe or any of our Trocks.
I noticed him in a few threads over the last several months but fairly innocuous.
As far as I can tell, just your garden variety dim bulb rather than malicious.