WHAT??? Tell me this is a sick joke!
Why does everyone keep raising the paper tiger of regulars attacking newbies for “one little spelling mistake”? I’ve been posting here for several months, and this just doesn’t happen.
What does happen is someone will post a question with massive amounts of spelling errors, no capitilization, and very little punctuation. This on a board whose slogan is “Fighting ignorance since 1973.”
I admit that the flame level of the reponses may be a little high, but come on! How hard is it to do a little proofreading? If the question was important enough to post, why can’t the poster take some time on composition before hitting the “Submit Reply” button?
Jell-O (jl)
A trademark used for a gelatin dessert.
gel·a·tin also gel·a·tine (jl-tn).
A colorless or slightly yellow, transparent, brittle protein formed by boiling the specially prepared skin, bones, and connective tissue of animals and used in foods, drugs, and photographic film.
No doubt about it, PunditLisa. It is a sick joke.
The best lack all conviction
The worst are full of passionate intensity.
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gee, i thought everyone knew that about jello . . . pure protein, really good for you.
And in case you think we’re just funnin’ you, here’s Cecil on Is it true gelatin is made from decaying animal hides? .
Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine
Ya, manhattan, just how many people do you think have been trying to forget that!
Cass, I posted a note to the Admn. in another thread about this - why not just move a frightening, obnoxious, bear baiting, &*^%$#,
downright ugly thread to the ATMB and have a prewritten cut and paste reply that says something like:
Hi There!
Welcome to the board! We are delighted that you’ve chosen to post with us. Please read…
(It was earlier in the day and I was looking forward to eating my Jello-now you will have to just guess at the rest while I go look for something else.)
Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&* codes 'til I get 'em right.
the only thing that bothers me is that it apparently smells really, really, really bad where they cook down the hides & hair & bones & cartilege & other pure protein stuff. fortunately, all those yummy real & artificial flavors are available to cover it all up.
& the you can make yummy jello salads by adding those great little marshmallows & some anchovies & maybe chopped pickled beets or whip in some horseradish. oh, the level of creativity available to us all because of a few old horse hides. ain’t america wonderful?
wait, does this have anything to do w/ the thread? oops. sorry. i got carried away.
Guy, I didn’t mean what you think, apparently. I was talking abou the really bad posters who obviously just don’t know that they are supposed to use decent S&G around here. I don’t think they should get away with it, but they ought to at least get a warning. (See below)
Actually, Jois, I wrote this auto-response for just that purpose:
Poster:
Hi, my name is Cessandra. As you have noticed, some of the people on this board are quick to jump on newbies for spelling/grammar errors. Let me assure you that these people are not really jerks, they just have their little pet peeves and you happened to step on one.
Perhaps you came here from another message board or chatroom where spelling and grammar are not so important. Not so, here. As a site dedicated to the eradication of ignorance, we value the correctly written word. If you are going to continue to post to the SDMB, you should realize
that it is an integral part of this board to at least attempt proper spelling and grammar. If you don’t want to even try, then folks are going to get mad at you. If you do try, and someone still gets on your case, just inform them that you are doing the best you can. Most likely, other regs will rush to your assistance. After all, no one here is expected to be perfect.
One more thing. This thread should be in the Forum. You may not think that this is important, but our mods work very hard and we like to help them out by trying to post threads in the appropriate forum.
If you make an effort to get along here, you’ll be welcomed with open arms. We may be a little rough at first, but all in all, we’re a great group. I look forward to your future postings.
Any comments or suggestions?
It’s frightening how many crazies think that world is going to end in a few days. All of us smart people know that it’s not ending until next year.
Very nice!
Please add the extra lines for easier reading - it doesn’t work 100% of the time so I tested and it looked okay in the test:
Poster:
Hi, my name is Cessandra.
As you have noticed, some of the people on this board are quick to jump on newbies for spelling/grammar errors. Let me assure you that these people are not really jerks, they just have their little pet peeves and you happened to step on one.
Perhaps you came here from another message board or chatroom where spelling and grammar are not so important. Not so, here. As a site
dedicated to the eradication of ignorance, we value the correctly written word.
If you are going to continue to post to the SDMB, you should realize that it is an itegral part of this board to at least attempt proper spelling and grammar. If you don’t want to even try, then folks are going to get mad at you.
If you do try, and someone still gets on your case, just inform them that you are doing the best you can. Most likely, other regs will rush to your assistance. After all, no one here is expected to be perfect.
One more thing. This thread should be in the Forum. You may not think that this is important, but our mods work very hard and we like to help them out by trying to post threads in the appropriate forum.
If you make an effort to get along here, you’ll be welcomed with open arms. We may be a little rough at first, but all in all, we’re a great group. I look forward to your future postings.
Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&* codes 'til I get 'em right.
It’s about time someone finally said so. And that Whiteho incident was a joke. Satan is such a whiner and a hypocrite. After posting more often than almost anybody, after talking about the size of his penis, the size of his excrement, the intimate details of his sex life, and on and on, he complains viciously about some harmless little comment.
That guy was spending WAY too much time and energy on this board. Undoubtedly, Satan will reappear again eventually (I’ll bet he’s too dependent on his little clique here to stay away for long), but in the mean time, the board is more interesting WITHOUT him appearing in almost every thread with his blather, like a dog marking its territory.
More generally, newcomers who offer a fresh (if unpopular) perspective are marginalized and insulted. Phaedrus and bj0rn are good examples. I hope they never go away.
Open your minds, people!
What game are YOU playing?
is a comma splice.
is a sentence fragment.
is a run-on sentence.
I’m sorry, Cessandra. I really am. I just couldn’t stop myself. 
The best lack all conviction
The worst are full of passionate intensity.
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It’s ok, Spirit. I should have known better! And, Jois, I’ll add your lines.
Boogarrheal Catastrophe? I like Satan. He’s a nice guy.
It’s frightening how many crazies think that world is going to end in a few days. All of us smart people know that it’s not ending until next year.
I’ve been a member here since early April. I believe I still have under a hundred posts…most of the time I’ve been lurking. It seems like a long time to be lurking, I know, and I pretty much know the etiquette around here by now, but usually I refrain from posting because I don’t want to become a hated entity. Maybe that’s just me being shy, or I’m discouraged because I’m young, but sometimes it does get intimidating here. Well, those were my repetitive thoughts on the matter. I’m staying around here until it gets truly horrendous or I get run out on a rail…it may get a bit high-schoolish here sometimes, but it is quite a reprieve from actual high school. Many thanks for that!
“Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” --1984
I am a brand-spanking-newbie.
I have been a poster to many a MB in the past couple of years, and I have to say that it is refreshing to see people post here in an intelligent way. I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE TYPE IN CAPS. i hate it when people don’t capitalize. Ihate it whn peopel dont prrof read. So it’s nice to see posts that are not only well thought out (for the most part), be easy to read.
That said, I am the worst speller. I used to be great at grammer, but alas, my skills are slipping. I proof read everything before I hit “submit”, yet somehow mistakes get by. I would fix them if I could, but ya can’t change your post once it’s posted (drats!). I think as long as people seem to be making an effort, and are not trolls (love that term BTW), nothing should be said about grammer and spelling. None of us are perfect. For some people, spelling and grammer come easier than for others. Heck, half the time when I am online, it’s the end of the day, I am tired, and I am lucky to spell my name correctly.
Flame me because I am a jerk. Argue with me because I am wrong or you disagree with me. Just don’t point out my spelling errors instead of adressing my points. Believe me, I know they’re there.
In return I promise I will always prrof reed.
Dizzy
LOL! I may have to steal this as a new sig line!
Sorry, Dizzy, if that was an accident, but you gotta admit, it was pretty fuckin’ funny!
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. - Aldous Huxley
I am outraged you would dismiss my post and point out my spelling errors!
He he. Just kidding-- the last line of my post was meant as a joke. But I realize that I spell so bad (badly? badeth?) that the joke might have seemed like a true error.
he he
Dizzy