12-28-2004, 03:58 AM
Just to toss in my few bits on the topic in general:
I don't pick on people specifically. Not even if they make an enemy out of me. I have much better things to do with my (often limited) online time. If I draw a bead on someone, it was because of something they did, not because of who they are.
However, I am a hardliner on both language and content. If English is your first language and you're not flunking it in school, there's no excuse for the hideous excuses for grammar that pervade some forums. And staying within the discussion topic (as well as the forum rules) should be an automatic as well. I have never been shy (here or anywhere else) about verbally shredding someone who can't grasp such basic concepts, and I doubt I ever will be.
Frankly, if someone's too lazy to type coherently or even read the rules/guidelines of the forum they're typing a post for, I don't see how they're worth the bandwidth they're using by being there. The odd typo, I can live with. AOLese kindergardeners, never.
As far as the mini-thread I'm replying to, for those who use the (nearly unreadable for me) threaded view:
Also, there's a very good reason for "old fogeys" or GOLs as they're referred to here to be at least wary of newbies, since the fresh blood is where the vast majority of any such trouble discussed above comes from. Sad but true, with the intelligence-comma-lack-of held by roughly 90% of the human race, the onus is on the newbie to prove otherwise.
I realize my views will likely come across as highly negative, but unfortunately life has taught me that the cynic is more likely to be correct. Not to mention that when I'm wrong, it's usually a pleasant surprise. ;)
I don't pick on people specifically. Not even if they make an enemy out of me. I have much better things to do with my (often limited) online time. If I draw a bead on someone, it was because of something they did, not because of who they are.
However, I am a hardliner on both language and content. If English is your first language and you're not flunking it in school, there's no excuse for the hideous excuses for grammar that pervade some forums. And staying within the discussion topic (as well as the forum rules) should be an automatic as well. I have never been shy (here or anywhere else) about verbally shredding someone who can't grasp such basic concepts, and I doubt I ever will be.
Frankly, if someone's too lazy to type coherently or even read the rules/guidelines of the forum they're typing a post for, I don't see how they're worth the bandwidth they're using by being there. The odd typo, I can live with. AOLese kindergardeners, never.
As far as the mini-thread I'm replying to, for those who use the (nearly unreadable for me) threaded view:
Also, there's a very good reason for "old fogeys" or GOLs as they're referred to here to be at least wary of newbies, since the fresh blood is where the vast majority of any such trouble discussed above comes from. Sad but true, with the intelligence-comma-lack-of held by roughly 90% of the human race, the onus is on the newbie to prove otherwise.
I realize my views will likely come across as highly negative, but unfortunately life has taught me that the cynic is more likely to be correct. Not to mention that when I'm wrong, it's usually a pleasant surprise. ;)