also, no one from any of the other communities to which I belong seem to think I have “keyboard difficulties” and in fact I’ve seen others who have unique ways of “keyboard expression” other than myself.
NOT that I’m trying to say “I will post the way I want no matter what anyone says”. I have, for the first time in five years, seen that yes, there is a board which does have some difference of opinion regarding this type of expression.
Therefore I am trying to bring myself into line with that, Give me a bit of time, I AM still a “newbie” here.
I am just saying that my use of the keyboard is by no means unusual.
Canvas: I did read the rest, but I was clarifying it for you, so that you understood how the people of the SDMB see it. The SDMB is not ‘other communities’ and tends to hold posters to a higher standard.
No, it can’t. Some dictionaries may list it because it is being (mis)used that way, but it isn’t “perfectly fine” and it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.
If you’d read the rest of the dad-blasted THREAD you’d see that the educated person realizes that just 'cause a dictionary sez it’s so doesn’t make it right, you ignoramus!"
Cripes, to you think you’re the first person to discover the dictionary? Larry Mudd linked to a dictionary definition on page 1.
Have you heard of page 1? That’s where you start when you read the entire damn thread!
Now, you just sit right down there in the corner and write a short essay summarizing the thread (the whole damn thing, you dunderhead, not just the last page) and explaining the difference between a descriptive and a prescriptive dictionary, or I shall beat you again.
(Oh, and by the way, OpalCatdoes seem to be claiming that itch can’t be transitive. That’s because she’s an ignoramus.)
In case anyone else hasn’t read the first page, I’d like to remind y’all that I disagreed with it.
I’ve seen dictionaries that simply list “irregardless” as equivalent with “regardless”, without providing a warning that using it in conversation will mark you as a pitiful half-wit. Like those M-W dictionaries “For home and office”, which I take to mean “For folks what needs validation for their lamentable illiteracy.”
As an ignoramus, I personally don’t use “itch” in the apparently incorrect context as a transitive verb for “to scratch an itch.” However, as an ignoramus, I feel I provide the needed opposition to education- you know, if we had no one to fight, there’d be no need to fight ignorance.
Well, your argument came off very “meerooorww Ffffft fffffft”.
Instead of being upfront and simply stating that “we prefer not to use unnecessary spacers such as commas” or something to that effect, you instead seem to be rather rude and condescending.
Not that I believe you meant it that way, I’ve seen your other posts, but I would have preferred a straightforward request.
I mean “or people will think you don’t know how to use a keyboard”?? That’s rather illogical, as not all of my posts are such, so it’s pretty obvious I do in fact know how to keyboard.
I would have respected an upfront honest request rather than what appeared to be rather thinly disguised disdain and sarcasm.
Please, I’m not five. I very much got what you meant, I was hoping you’d be gracious enough to simply “spit it out” instead of beating around the bush.
Secondly, I have seen others IN SDMB with many varied ways of posting and trying to express themselves.
In a discussion group IRL a person wouldn’t be saying to another person “oh, you are just WAY too interested and enthusiastic about this, sorry only people who are grim and restrained can participate”.
That being said, I’ve been thoroughly chastined already. All of my future posts will be thoroughly sanitized, brought up to standards, and de-commatized before use.
That’s not what we’re saying at all. It’s just that your automatic style of typing tends to distract us (well, me) - if you want to make an analogy, I think it would be closer to “I’m sorry, but when you wave your hands like that it distracts me from what you’re saying - I get too caught up in watching you! Do you think you could try to tone it down a little, maybe use ONE hand instead of both?” Said in a kindly manner, I hope.
To be honest, while I understood the intent of the strings of commas to imply lengthy pauses (from back in the day of Hayes-compatible modem INIT strings,) they did detract from the communication a bit. I’m generally pathologically non-confrontational, so, although they made me wince, I knew someone else would volunteer to give you a stern dressing-down for it, so I just bit my tongue and ignored it.
I hope you don’t feel attacked over a triviality though, because I’d guess most folks around here would agree that your voice is a welcome one. (And all that happy horseshit.)
The modified punctuation really does make it clearer at a glance that you’re not an idjit, though.
Yes, I GET it. I just wish that someone had been just plain old upfront about it. Instead, I got questions about why I do it, or snide comments about keyboarding skills or stuck comma keys.
I REALIZE that this is the pit, however a simple, honest, straightforward “you know, we kind of prefer a more formal style here, please don’t use 'other communities” posting styles in our forum".
It would have saved tons of time!
(taken in a kindly manner).
I think, occasionally, especially since this is the pit, that people might sometimes be tempted to fire the sarcasm gun first and ask questions later.
In this case, paying attention to your very own rules might have helped (meaning “lurking” in a manner of speaking regarding newbie posts). I’ve posted several replies to various threads. Enough so that the “regulars” should know I’m not a flamer, or “attention whore” etc.
I think, particularly given my open manner, that people who were instead beating around the bush about it should have known I could be approached and asked upfront to cease and desist.
No, I don’t feel attacked at all (just very minor irritation at the reasons I’ve already stated as above), I’ve seen much much worse. In fact I was surprised that you call the pit “a place to flame”. I haven’t seen any “real” flames here. Not even from the ahem idjits?
But, sometimes I will state my case and say “hey, just wait a doggone minute here”!!
Well, we were kind of curious as to why you did it, I think. At least some people were. I can’t really speak for anyone besides myself, of course. And half the time I can’t speak for myself, either, because I change my mind halfway through and then get into an argument and …
