The Box of Chocolates Thread (You never know what you're going to get!)
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I always thought that was "scratch a communist and a fascist bleeds".
Lenin, Stalin, and Mao were the real fascists, along with Castro, Ho Chi Minh, the Kims of North Korea, and every other crackpot communist who wants to be the dictator of the proletariat by himself.
I always thought that was "scratch a communist and a fascist bleeds".
Lenin, Stalin, and Mao were the real fascists, along with Castro, Ho Chi Minh, the Kims of North Korea, and every other crackpot communist who wants to be the dictator of the proletariat by himself.
Fascism is just a "colorful", folkloristic, variant of socialism, with some differences in what we now call "culture war" themes, but identical economic policies.
I always thought that was "scratch a communist and a fascist bleeds".
Lenin, Stalin, and Mao were the real fascists, along with Castro, Ho Chi Minh, the Kims of North Korea, and every other crackpot communist who wants to be the dictator of the proletariat by himself.
well buddy, all I can tell you is that you thought wrong.
you are making **** up. show a single post where I have done what
was alleged since your initial bullshit ban 3 weeks ago.
Good advice.
[QUOTE=Blackadder I]
Prince Edmund:
They're coming! Run for the hills!
Baldrick:
No, my lord! They're coming from the hills!
Prince Edmund:
Run away from the hills! Run away from the hills! If you see the hills, go the other way!
[/QUOTE]
First, I think pointing out grammar errors on an internet forum post is really silly. Auto fill in often completes a different word than the one I'm thinking of, and I don't catch it. While I know the difference between your and you're, my ipad at times does not. I often just don't care enough to go back and edit it. And since probably 99% of the posters here read by subvocalizing the words in their heads it sounds the same anyway.
There is a difference between typos and slips of the hand, which is what you are describing, and a fundamental lack of knowledge of basic spelling and grammar, which demonstrates at the very least a lack of education, and some might argue a lack of intelligence. It is also very easy to discern which of these decriptions applies to a specific poster after reading relatively few of his or her posts; in fact, sometimes one sentence is all you need.
But I am sure you knew this already, so I have no idea why you chose to conflate these clearly disparate concepts.
There is a difference between typos and slips of the hand, which is what you are describing, and a fundamental lack of knowledge of basic spelling and grammar, which demonstrates at the very least a lack of education, and some might argue a lack of intelligence. It is also very easy to discern which of these decriptions applies to a specific poster after reading relatively few of his or her posts; in fact, sometimes one sentence is all you need.
But I am sure you knew this already, so I have no i
Actually I think all most of the grammar errors show is at worst most posters don't think an internet post is worth the time or effort to go back and proofread after typing it. I believe a regular poster can only edit a post for 15 mins after posting, so even if they catch it after that they can't fix it.
Actually I think all most of the grammar errors show is at worst most posters don't think an internet post is worth the time or effort to go back and proofread after typing it. I believe a regular poster can only edit a post for 15 mins after posting, so even if they catch it after that they can't fix it.
I find it hard to believe that you don't think we have posters here who struggle with the difference between different spellings of "your", "their", "were" etc., but if you do genuinely think this, you're dead wrong.
Nah were not struggling. You seem to but that's you're problem
I fall into theirs
I jest somewhat but you do really struggle for no apparantc reason
I enumerated the likely reasons in the post quoted below. See if you can spot them.
There is a difference between typos and slips of the hand, which is what you are describing, and a fundamental lack of knowledge of basic spelling and grammar, which demonstrates at the very least a lack of education, and some might argue a lack of intelligence. It is also very easy to discern which of these decriptions applies to a specific poster after reading relatively few of his or her posts; in fact, sometimes one sentence is all you need.
But I am sure you knew this already, so I have no i
That is indeed part of you struggling.
I find it hard to believe that you don't think we have posters here who struggle with the difference between different spellings of "your", "their", "were" etc., but if you do genuinely think this, you're dead wrong.
I find it hard to believe anyone thinks it indicates anything at all about their overall education or intelligence. And more importantly why anyone would even bother to point out a grammatical error in the first place in the flow of a political discussion, as if the mixing up of your and you're in some way invalidates their position on a political issue.
Eg:
Poster 1: Trump won all 50 states in the 2020 election.
Poster 2: No he didn't. Your wrong
Poster 1: I'm not going to address your comment until you learn some grammar.
That's a lame cop out.
browser - Do you know how conversations work? They flow where they flow. They do not need someone placing safety bumpers around them.
Because D2 is personally friends with both Merriam and Webster he loves pointing out that sort of stuff.
I find it hard to believe anyone thinks it indicates anything at all about their overall education or intelligence. And more importantly why anyone would even bother to point out a grammatical error in the first place in the flow of a political discussion, as if the mixing up of your and you're in some way invalidates their position on a political issue.
Eg:
Poster 1: Trump won all 50 states in the 2020 election.
Poster 2: No he didn't. Your wrong
Poster 1: I'm not going to address your comment u
When a person doesn't know something that the average 10(?) year old C student knows this indicates at the very least a lack of basic education. By definition. Same would go for someone who can't e.g. add two 3-digit numbers given a napkin and a pen.
If a person demonstrates that they lack basic literacy and/or numeracy, I will treat their opinions on more complex matters such as politics accordingly. Not sure what is so controversial about this.
Because D2 is personally friends with both Merriam and Webster he loves pointing out that sort of stuff.
It's the age old tale. Man gets locked up with bible and dictionary. Hates religion so shuns bible. Ends up worshipping the dictionery
When you went to Oxford for your brain surgery degree, you should have asked for one of their dictioneries.
I asked them if a comma was needed. They said it definitely was. I said that therefore it isn't.
I find it hard to believe anyone thinks it indicates anything at all about their overall education or intelligence. And more importantly why anyone would even bother to point out a grammatical error in the first place in the flow of a political discussion, as if the mixing up of your and you're in some way invalidates their position on a political issue.
Eg:
Poster 1: Trump won all 50 states in the 2020 election.
Poster 2: No he didn't. Your wrong
Poster 1: I'm not going to address your comment u
Very good post
Victor doing god's work in the mod thread. Thanks for the lols, Vic.
Just put one of the OOT mods in charge of politics for a week and let them clean house, good lord I have no idea why tptb insist on making this difficult.
