Anonymous wrote:I got the "advice" joke but not the "common sense" joke. I wasn't the poster who snarked it (is snark a verb?), but perhaps it's a bit opaque?

I don't get the "common sense" either.

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Are you 99% of DCUM? Then you should limit your argument to what you know is true. Otherwise, your entire argument fails as lacking proper foundation. And it makes you look ignorant and juvenile ("everyone's doing it"). That aside, I totally agree that trolls can be led off by a post directing them in a different direction. Try it. Works like a charm. When it's well done, it's rather genius.

This. I rather enjoy watching somebody lead a troll off with a grammar point or some other diversion.

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Anonymous wrote:Having common sense and being insightful have nothing to do with spelling or grammatical errors. So, no, I'm not an asshole.

Nor have you learned how to frame an argument.

It's not an argument. It's a joke. Carry on, asshole.

So are you being insightful or exhibiting common sense?

I got the "advice" joke but not the "common sense" joke. I wasn't the poster who snarked it (is snark a verb?), but perhaps it's a bit opaque?

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Anonymous wrote:Having common sense and being insightful have nothing to do with spelling or grammatical errors. So, no, I'm not an asshole.

Nor have you learned how to frame an argument.

It's not an argument. It's a joke. Carry on, asshole.

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Anonymous wrote:Having common sense and being insightful have nothing to do with spelling or grammatical errors. So, no, I'm not an asshole.

Nor have you learned how to frame an argument.

I thought the same thing, but you actually posted it.

Anonymous wrote:Having common sense and being insightful have nothing to do with spelling or grammatical errors. So, no, I'm not an asshole.

Nor have you learned how to frame an argument.

Having common sense and being insightful have nothing to do with spelling or grammatical errors. So, no, I'm not an asshole.

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Sometimes, but I offer my advise anyway.

And I'm sure they appreciate your advice.

Nice job killing PP's joke. She obviously used "advise" in place of "advice" on purpose, as it is so frequently used incorrectly on these boards.

True, but only 3 of us got the joke. I was hoping to spread some love this morning. If I can educate just one DCUMer regarding the proper use of advice/advise, then it will all have been worth it. Next up: then/than.

Anonymous wrote:Most people, when they post, are using conversational grammar. I'm very guilty of it. As far as misspelled words, I can barely type on my phone.So, a misspelled word ,here and there, is fine with me.

And I guess the same goes for proper punctuation?

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Sometimes, but I offer my advise anyway.

And I'm sure they appreciate your advice.

Nice job killing PP's joke. She obviously used "advise" in place of "advice" on purpose, as it is so frequently used incorrectly on these boards.

I'd rather see a troll get cut off quickly with a grammar point, than watch the inevitable sucker get drawn into arguing with the troll.

Somebody always, always feels they need to challenge a troll. Instead, why not shut it down quick and fast, and get the troll mad about grammar, before this can happen?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but those who feel compelled to post corrections are equally offensive to me.

More offensive, actually. Pointing out a minor typographical/grammatical error does not take the field in any way.

Unless you're dealing with a troll. You will never "take the field" if you try to argue facts with a troll. But you do in fact "take the field" if you use their own grammar to point out how stupid they are. When you get them to mutter, "you're a grammar bitch," then it's totally irrelevant what the original subject was, because you've won the argument.

You may feel you have won the argument. But for 99% of the people viewing the thread, you have engaged in a tedious and adolescent waste of time.

Are you 99% of DCUM? Then you should limit your argument to what you know is true. Otherwise, your entire argument fails as lacking proper foundation. And it makes you look ignorant and juvenile ("everyone's doing it"). That aside, I totally agree that trolls can be led off by a post directing them in a different direction. Try it. Works like a charm. When it's well done, it's rather genius.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but those who feel compelled to post corrections are equally offensive to me.

More offensive, actually. Pointing out a minor typographical/grammatical error does not take the field in any way.

Unless you're dealing with a troll. You will never "take the field" if you try to argue facts with a troll. But you do in fact "take the field" if you use their own grammar to point out how stupid they are. When you get them to mutter, "you're a grammar bitch," then it's totally irrelevant what the original subject was, because you've won the argument.

You may feel you have won the argument. But for 99% of the people viewing the thread, you have engaged in a tedious and adolescent waste of time.

Reading a one-line retort is a waste of your precious time? You'd rather read 10 pages of argument over the merits of the troll's posts?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but those who feel compelled to post corrections are equally offensive to me.

More offensive, actually. Pointing out a minor typographical/grammatical error does not take the field in any way.

Unless you're dealing with a troll. You will never "take the field" if you try to argue facts with a troll. But you do in fact "take the field" if you use their own grammar to point out how stupid they are. When you get them to mutter, "you're a grammar bitch," then it's totally irrelevant what the original subject was, because you've won the argument.

You may feel you have won the argument. But for 99% of the people viewing the thread, you have engaged in a tedious and adolescent waste of time.