Thread: resignation.

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Sorry everyone but I had to comment after reading this from Northdude.
Just because someone doesn't use the best grammar or punctuation doesn't mean that they deserve to have shit thrown at them because of it. What a bunch of self righteous tossers you come across as. I have worked with an old guy in the past and a young fella not to long ago who both struggled with the written language but when it come to doing their job in the engineering field and being a valued and skilled member of the team they matched anyone else and sometimes did better.
Remember, everyone has something that they do better than everything else they can do. Acceptance is one of the greatest qualities a person can possess.

Agreed - also this is the litmus test for anyone who feels that they aren't as polished with their grammar and spelling - if someone who is good at these things talks down to you then they are a pompous twat

My facility with language is above average and my ability to royally screw things up is also above average

Originally Posted by 308

Agreed - also this is the litmus test for anyone who feels that they aren't as polished with their grammar and spelling - if someone who is good at these things talks down to you then they are a pompous twat

My facility with language is above average and my ability to royally screw things up is also above average

Suspect we have more dyslexics in the English-speaking world because we for historical reasons, including the Normans and the printing press, spell words non-phonetically.

Like spelling forred "forehead".

Wy shud spellin not be fonetic? Who says wot is correct?

Originally Posted by Cordite

Wy shud spellin not be fonetic? Who says wot is correct?

Some of his Crusaders rants ,where priceless especially if he had been chugging on riggers

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I actually had a real hard time trying to understand what he was talking about but never bagged him for it.who am I to criticize.after you've lived a life in the real world and not the fake internet world you learn that sometimes you need to meet these people in person and then it all makes sense

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

@northdude, at the risk of being told to piss off, I struggle with reading a giant block of text without gaps in it.

It's so easy to lose track of where you are in the paragraph. I tend to skate over giant blocks of text for this reason.

I'd rather read your point of view than not, but sometimes if I've had a bad day, I just can't.

Not to play schoolteacher or anything, but I took your quote above, and hit the "enter" button twice at the end of each full stop. That's what it looks like and is IMHO far more easy to read and digest.

If your punctuation and spelling aren't perfect, then I for one don't care. Me, I need space between sentences when I read them.

That's cool hey I'm definitely no computer or it expert if I dont know what the button does I dont touch it anyway I'm looking forward get getting away from this shit and spending tomorrow day and night hunting dont need punctuation or enter buttons for that

Anyhoo, having derailed the thread with Hunter S. Thompson, let me say this:

@kotuku. You will be missed. And I daresay, welcomed back if you buy a return ticket, so to speak.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

Anyhoo, having derailed the thread with Hunter S. Thompson, let me say this:

@kotuku. You will be missed. And I daresay, welcomed back if you buy a return ticket, so to speak.

Perhaps he's been recognized for what he is. Perhaps a role as a senior journalist at Stuff? Nothing surprises any more.

stuff cant even get questions right in the daily quiz!
last week they identified a p51 mustang as a dehavilland mosquito !!
as for their spelling and punctuation its as bad as their ultra left wing jacinda is a god stories

Originally Posted by gonetropo

stuff cant even get questions right in the daily quiz!
last week they identified a p51 mustang as a dehavilland mosquito !!
as for their spelling and punctuation its as bad as their ultra left wing jacinda is a god stories

There was a Stuff article about some poor guy dying in a truck that went into a canal, it was so poorly written that you got the impression the dead guy was in a light truck that was pulled out of another truck in the canal...

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

There was a Stuff article about some poor guy dying in a truck that went into a canal, it was so poorly written that you got the impression the dead guy was in a light truck that was pulled out of another truck in the canal...

Shit, I could be right then...

What a lot of ballyhoo guys. @kotuku id a good honest bugger as I see it and rnjoyed his posts. Lot of truths in those.

Let's eat grandma.
Let's eat, grandma.
Punctuation kills...

*Grandma*

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Sorry everyone but I had to comment after reading this from Northdude.
Just because someone doesn't use the best grammar or punctuation doesn't mean that they deserve to have shit thrown at them because of it. What a bunch of self righteous tossers you come across as. I have worked with an old guy in the past and a young fella not to long ago who both struggled with the written language but when it come to doing their job in the engineering field and being a valued and skilled member of the team they matched anyone else and sometimes did better.
Remember, everyone has something that they do better than everything else they can do. Acceptance is one of the greatest qualities a person can possess.

Yep I've worked with people that couldn't even write or read or do maths but when it came to actually doing it with their hands it was some truly amazing work that would put a lot of the above the rest type of people with all the bits of paper to shame