Why do people even bother? Does it make you feel superior?

[MackemX]

I believe there are right and wrong ways to debate... If not let's all just sit around and tell eachother to F-Off.

Dude, you jumped in at the end of the thread without reading it. I was being sarcastic.

Another genious.

you didn't look like you were being sarcastic towards 12Quidkidinnit though, looked more like you were jumping on him just because he said something you didn't agree with

well I'm just going by the most basic forum rules along with general forum etiquette, it's all down to simple manners and communication skills

"The way I see it is that there is no right or wrong" way to general forum etiquette, simple manners, and communication skills.

nothing wrong with that but there are rules for this forum and regardless of whether you think there is no right or wrong, you will soon be shown the right way if you do something wrong

[MackemX]

Oh, and I have been reading... Well, skimming anyway... With the way this thread is going I thought you were SM...

LMAO

[jimmalenko]

To be frank, it irritates me to come across a post with SMS-style wordings and whatnot. Personally I think that it does not take a helluva lot more effort to at least present your post in a readable fashion. That said, spelling and grammar in general does not bother me too much, so long as the general gist of the sentence can be deciphered.

[MackemX]

"The way I see it is that there is no right or wrong" way to general forum etiquette, simple manners, and communication skills.

nothing wrong with that but there are rules for this forum and regardless of whether you think there is no right or wrong, you will soon be shown the right way if you do something wrong

blimey, didn't take you long to be shown the way

@Jim, SM'S style of wording?

[Shadowmistress]

(Now how the F*** did I get dragged into this? Here I am, minding my own buisness...., but no thats not enough. )


I couldn't care less how someone makes a post, using proper grammer or not. Where I hang lately, I'm just happy if people have basic understanding of english or if they can type fast enough to hold down a conversation. In fact, my vocabulary on several languages has been increased and I'm rather thankfull for that.

This thread on bitching about someone bitching out someone else is entirely irrelevant to me. Go ahead and bitch on, but please leave me out of it.

[MackemX]

hmmm, am I the only one using Firefox 2.0?

it has a pretty good inbuilt spell checker that works instantly as you type in any text field box. As soon as you finish typing a word (by pressing space) it will underline anything it thinks is wrong. All you do is right click and select one of the suggestions (or add the new word to the dictionary) and it's job done 8)

it's pretty good as it makes me aware of words I may normally spell incorrectly. It does also make you lazy as you can spell a longer word incorrectly on purpose without worrying about spelling and then use the checker to correct it

@SM, it was SD who started it but hopefully you still can see the funny side of why he said it like I did

[Dv8ted2]

As long as you can make out the general context of what the poster is trying to say, then that is all that matters. We are only human and do commit the occasional typo.

[Shadowmistress]

@SM, it was SD who started it but hopefully you still can see the funny side of why he said it like I did

I know. I see. I laugh. Let's let it go now.

[Conquest10]

hmmm, am I the only one using Firefox 2.0?

I lvoe Friefox 2.0!!

[SquirrelDip]

@SM: Sorry for this... I'm skimming over the thread and reading through MX's posts it brought a tear to my eye. Just thought it was a different time, different place...

[lordsmurf]

Concerning those who make infrequent mistakes by accident: I don't see how correctly somebody's grammar makes one feel superior. It's helping somebody, part of the learning process (which we all do, forever and ever). It's even more helpful if somebody is helping you with your second language.

Concerning those who make frequent mistakes, either by accident or on purpose: If anything, speaking and writing badly is a problem that has to be corrected. We have enough bullcrap slang and half-effort writing as it is. Enough with the political correct crap of "let's not criticize each other's spelling and grammar". In the words of George Carlin: "Bull-*******-shit!" If you don't want to be told you sound or write like a dipstick, then go back to school, buy some self-help books/tapes (they have free ones online these days too), or quit trying to be "cute".

Letting bad speaking/writing fester is how we end up with dolts for leaders (politics, business, family). I can think of a certain political figurehead that speaks and writes like a moron. Reminds me of this comic too:



Seriously, what an idiot!

[Dv8ted2]

hmmm, am I the only one using Firefox 2.0?

I use Firefox 2.0.0.1

[JimmyJoeBob]

@SM: Sorry for this... I'm skimming over the thread and reading through MX's posts it brought a tear to my eye. Just thought it was a different time, different place...

I miss the good old days.