The Back Room

[Earth]

no, what im saying is, find me two sentences that have such poor spelling and grammer that they cant be fixed with simple stuff posted here by me, and ill go back to using the voice recognision program. and no, not because you complimented it, you insulted how i type. admitedly it needs improving, but its not as god dang awfull as YOU would be so inclined to beleive.

[Nexaduro]

Well, it was lovely while it lasted. Good luck, I guess.

[Seraphi]

Already a massive improvement, good job. :thumbsup:

Dear God thank you.

It might take down grammar a notch, but it certainly helps. :thumbup:

 

Oookay.

 

Your response was as follows:

 

Be freaking quiet both of you. Just because I got a few letters mixed up doesn't mean you should make a big deal about it.

 

Then, after people repeatedly told you that it was better than before, you come out with this...

 

dude, then screw it. not using the system because you guys are so picky and choosy. so why shoudnt i grate up on your nerves if you guys just insult me.

 

Are you seriously trying to lower people's impression of you?

 

If that voice thing is easy to do and makes your spelling near-perfect, then why would you not use it just because people told you (Complimented you on it, no less) that it makes you sound better than you did before.

 

I honestly can't comprehend the thought behind this notion. I mean, if it was extensively more difficult than just typing in a regular fashion, I might understand, but if you're using what I think you're using, it's actually EASIER than regular typing, which leaves more or less no reason not to use it, aside from simply being abbhorently petty.

[Earth]

... the fact that its an insult. dude, IS IT so hard to just switch a few measly letters around and make a pretty understandable word the way its suposed to be? no. so, why should i use this program if you guys were just too god dang lazy to even bother with a few quite simple fix ups if you had that much of a dificulty puting two and two together.

it would have been fine if people had not gotten into the being taken serious thing, dude.

[Jehosaphat]

Pfft. Screw voice recognition, I use a mindmeld. :ugeek:

[Wisp]

Earth, it's just harder to take you seriously. To be honest, it's hard to take someone seriously if they don't capitalize the starts of sentences. It's not harder to read, but it changes the way we perceive the post.

[Earth]

... picky and choosy. oh what, you want me to capatalize on a role playing forum where we kill each other. so? dieing will not be helped out of by a few capital letters.

[Earth]

scince when does a comparison make sense when to topic its suposed to be made on doesnt make sense. but im serious. ill actually reduce the number of sentences to one. find me one sentence that i've posted here, that has soo many mistakes, it is horribly garbled and cant be fixed easily.

[Seraphi]

I don't particularly like strawmanning people in an argument, but I feel it necessery here.

 

IS IT so hard just to use a voice recognition software to switch a few measly letters around and make a pretty understandable word the way its suposed to be? no. so why shouldn't you use this program if... You get the picture.

 

Fact of the matter is, proper spelling DOES make you seem more mature, and it DOES make people take you seriously, more often than not. This is, for all intents and purposes, a fact. If people see the sentance "i wnet too pick up som mail" next to "I went to pick up some mail" they will instantly assume the latter was posted by a more intelligible person.

 

Right now, you are more or less defending bad spelling and grammar on the grounds that it isn't difficult for everyone else to correct it and that people should stop judging people based on spelling.

 

I'm sorry to say, but those are stupid grounds indeed. It takes a miniscule amount of effort on your part to use that software, compared to the collective effort of everyone who reads your posts and has to correct them. As for the second point, I'm afraid to say that it cannot be helped. People will prejudge based on typing and proper spelling, and people will judge somebody who uses no capitals and who spells every third word wrong to be of lesser intelligence to somebody who does not.

 

 

The sum of my argument is this; You are essentially degrading yourself to prove a point which neither exists nor makes sense, and I have to question, why?

 

Please, heed my advice. I bear no ill will, no grudge, but I would just much prefer it if people (Myself included) could see you as a more mature/intelligent person (Hell, you might be in real life, I have no idea, but it is fairly clear some people here see you as something of an idiot based solely on the way you type. I have had such thoughts in the past as well.) It may be a hurtful truth, but it is truth nonetheless

[Earth]

... thats what i said, dude. and ross, its more of the fact that you cant seem to be half assed enough to make the corrections yourself. if you REALLY want me to use that program so badly, then go and find that sentence thats so garbled it cant be fixed easily. and no, they aren't stupid grounds because if i spend enough time on it, then i can easily fix the mistakes. ooh, and lets see, why worry about the intelligence of someone BASED OFF OF SPELLING. the actions of the person involved do speak louder than words.

[Wisp]

In a world where all actions are perceived through words, then yea, they make a difference. Capitalization makes a big difference in how people see your posts.

[Earth]

... you have me there. but, the actions in the wor.. aw [bleep], there goes me argument.

and what, a capital letter makes it easier to type? then sure, i'll use it. but, heres the thing, ever think that i dont care about most of yyour opinions?

[Seraphi]

Actions cannot speak well through the internet, Earth.

 

I am trying to help you out here, and all you seem to do is spit venom in my direction.

 

As I previously stated, and will state again and again until it is finally hammered into your mind, people WILL judge you based on your spelling and grammar. You cannot change this, and this is cold, hard fact.

 

You have clearly been judged by most people on this forum already, and the results do not seem favorable. If you wish to be taken seriously, and wish for people to keep a better opinion of you, I sincerely recommend using that software.

 

Edit: If you don't care about our opinions, then why even bother causing this argument? If you don't care, then there was never any need for you even start using the program?

[Earth]

spit what kind of venom? anger because im being inuslted based off of the fact that a few spelling corrections could make people i DONT even know, most of whom are halfway across the planet, in a better light? yeah, THAT will help a lot in day to day life.

[Seraphi]

Oh really? Is that how you percieved my words? I am not attempting to be insulting here, and if you actually took the time to comprehend my arguments you could probably see that I was simply trying to help.

 

Of course, if trying to help you means that I end up with this sarcastic psuedo-argument bile coming in my direction, then I think I'll just ignore it completely. I'm sorry to say, but I'm done.

[Earth]

nope. actually, im having fun causing everyone to flip the [bleep] out, but the main thing is.. why? why should i let you guys insult me. is this world so stupid that a small small spelling mistake can cause everyone to flip out? it seems like it. and ross, i care more for the insult than the opinions after it. heres how i see it.

Insult: i'll take you more seriously because you type with capitals!

my response: why the [bleep] does that matter?

your response: because it makes you seem professional!

my response: who gives a [cabbage]? i want to kill things, not just waste time with the capitals.

[Earth]

thats because we are seeing diferent sides of the argument. you may have complimented me, but the stupidity (to me) of takign someone seriously based on if they use captials or not really got to me. that and i wanted to see how people in the tavern react whenever i pulled a switcheroo.

[Earth]

i do understand how it happens, but it jsut seems incredibly stupid to me. unless its so horrible you cant understand it, which is not the case for me, then why imediatley judge someone based off of a couple of mistakes made now and again.

[Nero]

[shun off]

no, what im saying is, find me two sentences that have such poor spelling and grammer that they cant be fixed with simple stuff posted here by me, and ill go back to using the voice recognision program. and no, not because you complimented it, you insulted how i type. admitedly it needs improving, but its not as god dang awfull as YOU would be so inclined to beleive.

[/shun on]

[Ieyfura]

Earth, you wondered why I felt awkward in that small section of Dungeoneering. The part where I said, "You're kids, I'm not." I was being subtle about it, but that was more or less directed at you. I would have RP'd just fine otherwise. (If you couldn't realise, which you probably did, I'm talking about your sense of maturity.)

 

I'll be perfectly honest; I have regarded you as a 'little kid' in my mind from just your typing alone. I hate to seem like I'm flaming you, but it is mainly caused by your spelling and lack of capitalization.

 

If you're just posting in an off-topic thread, the issues that have been stated don't really bother me. Hell, I even get lazy. But in RPs, it makes me cringe reading all that. For me it hinders my creative flow.

 

ex. "Oh...it doesn't look like this is too serious." I lose the interest to even type more than 3 sentences, because to me it looks like you aren't being serious.

[Jehosaphat]

I read the last few pages of this thread, and my face slowly went from "Hallelujah! I can read Earth's posts without a headache now!" to "What the...." and a headache.

 

On the topic of off-topic, I learned today how to make cake in the microwave. It actually tasted pretty good, although it needed a little butter, a bit more sugar, and maybe a bit of cinnamon.

 

Will be experimenting some more with it tomorrow, will give you guys the recipe for the best one.

[Earth]

cool. and i think i've caused enough freak outs to drop the bombshell.. i didnt even use a voice recognition program.

[Retech]

So you CAN spell! -collective gasp-

 

That Windows module thing did sound suspicious, since I don't have one. :P

[Ieyfura]

Damn Earth...that trolling earns a 10/10...you hooked almost everyone with that bait, even myself. *applaud* GG

[Earth]

Hah, thanks. But i think i'll actually spell correctly and type correctly (as much as i can) from now on. If it gets you guys to not flip the F out, then i'll do it. Oh, and Retech, the thing isnt a module, i have Windows seven on my computor.