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Post by stamper on Feb 11, 2013 16:49:57 GMT -8
i just think an online message forum is a silly place to try to lay down the law when it comes to grammar and punctuation etiquette.
the dude didn't sound like a total melvin, apart from abbreviating Sasquatch, he just didn't feel like capitalizing anything. i have little issue with that.
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Post by goldsoundz on Feb 11, 2013 16:50:55 GMT -8
hah, this whole time i thought i was being told to use shift because it was some sort of shortcut to get rid of the s ....but now i get it, and i won't conform!
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 11, 2013 16:51:48 GMT -8
This is a community, not a chat window. We have conversations about things. It seems to be the consensus and that is part of being a community. Also, typing like an adult. It may seem small, but people can hardly spell anymore let alone type with proper punctuation and grammar. It would be nice to not be part of that problem, at least to the best of our abilities.
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Post by goldsoundz on Feb 11, 2013 16:56:32 GMT -8
Ahhh the perks of being a new guy. You win, and at least the punctuation was mostly correct.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 11, 2013 17:01:09 GMT -8
This is a community, not a chat window. We have conversations about things. It seems to be the consensus and that is part of being a community. Also, typing like an adult. It may seem small, but people can hardly spell anymore let alone type with proper punctuation and grammar. It would be nice to not be part of that problem, at least to the best of our abilities. In addition,
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 11, 2013 17:02:34 GMT -8
Ahhh the perks of being a new guy. You win, and at least the punctuation was mostly correct. I am not trying to haze you or whatever, this is just a thing. Welcome, and to reiterate (you are new so you may not know this is my spirit animal),
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 11, 2013 17:11:24 GMT -8
Capitalization matters. Spelling matters. Punctuation matters. We're all adults, here. We all make the additional 'effort' to type like adults because we like to feel like we are communicating with other adults.
This is important for a couple of reasons.
1.) if we lower the bar to the point that people don't feel the need to capitalize their sentences then soon the bar will lower itself further to the point that people are no longer using correct punctuation and once that happens people start feeling okay about expressing amusement by typing roflmao and then well u no wut comes after that lol ---------- Basically, we're not idiots; we don't want any idiots, and we don't want this place to start looking like 4chan or your little sister's text message inbox.
2.) The core of regulars here will tell you that this place is something kind of special. It's not really like a lot of message boards. We strive for a modicum of professionalism when we talk about nut jocking and vaginers, because some of us spend a lot of time here and that's how we prefer it.
3.) Asking noobs to type correctly is, to a certain extent, a litmus test. There are rules, and that is one of them. If someone really can't be bothered to show even that tiny amount of courtesy, they're probably a meathead, an asshole, or both. Meatheads and assholes are unwelcome here, and traditionally a meathead or an asshole will quickly show their colors when they are asked to do something that they are not capable of doing.
4.) I am an unabashed grammar nazi, and I am an Admin, and I told you to.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 11, 2013 17:13:04 GMT -8
That is not directed at you, new guy. That is just for general edification (and for stamper, who seems to have picked that particular thing to be contrary about this week). Welcome to the show. Fuckin' weird that we were camp neighbors last year -- that's not the first time something like that has happened here, if you can believe it.
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Post by Jefferin Jeffotash on Feb 11, 2013 17:14:58 GMT -8
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 11, 2013 17:18:49 GMT -8
OH MY GOD THAT RACCOON IS ATTACKING THAT CAT
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Post by chud on Feb 11, 2013 19:51:18 GMT -8
Capitalization matters. This is important for a couple of reasons. 1.) if... 2.) The... 3.) Asking... 4.) I am an unabashed grammar nazi, and I am an Admin, and I told you to. Three out of four ain't bad.
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Post by Cysquatch on Feb 11, 2013 20:00:36 GMT -8
OH MY GOD THAT RACCOON IS ATTACKING THAT CAT That raccoon is obviously just trying to cuttle.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 11, 2013 20:28:03 GMT -8
DUGONG!
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Post by Cysquatch on Feb 11, 2013 20:37:43 GMT -8
Ah shit. I was really trying to say "cuddle".
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 11, 2013 21:41:44 GMT -8
Capitalization matters. This is important for a couple of reasons. 1.) if... 2.) The... 3.) Asking... 4.) I am an unabashed grammar nazi, and I am an Admin, and I told you to. Three out of four ain't bad. obviously a joke
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Post by goldsoundz on Feb 11, 2013 22:22:04 GMT -8
Understood, serious business. So the next step in the orientation process is making a joke about Eddie Sharpe and the magnetic zeroes being on mainstage, right?
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 11, 2013 22:27:26 GMT -8
You're getting warmer, that's for sure. 'Round here we call 'em Edward Nutsack and the Magnetic Nutsacks, but y'know. One thing at a time.
Full disclosure: I already like you better than 75% of post-Nick noobs, so you must be doing something right.
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Post by stamper on Feb 12, 2013 7:33:20 GMT -8
That is just for general edification (and for stamper, who seems to have picked that particular thing to be contrary about this week). ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2013 8:47:03 GMT -8
Understood, serious business. So the next step in the orientation process is making a joke about Eddie Sharpe and the magnetic zeroes being on mainstage, right? If you are from Edmonton and like good music we should probably hang out.
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Post by goldsoundz on Feb 12, 2013 10:55:27 GMT -8
Understood, serious business. So the next step in the orientation process is making a joke about Eddie Sharpe and the magnetic zeroes being on mainstage, right? If you are from Edmonton and like good music we should probably hang out. I am both of those things!
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