I can’t take it any longer.
I simply can’t take the semi-literate postings any more. 
Often when I finish reading an article on the Internet, I’ll scroll down to read the first set of postings by other readers. It is appalling.
I’m no purist. I’m wordy, I can’t spell worth a darn and I often write in incomplete sentences — I know this about myself. However, the majority of the postings I read are chock full of pathetic misspellings and grammatical atrocities. We are talking in the ninety percentile here. Don’t these people own a dictionary? I pick up a dictionary several times a week. (In fact, I had to look up the proper spelling of “misspelling.”
How about a quick proof-read before hitting that send key?
Are they uneducated? Simply lazy? A sad combination of both? I dunno. More often than not I am left rolling my eyes and shaking my head. It gives so much more weight and validation to a thought or sentiment when it’s expressed correctly. For God’s sake, if the person posting is going to call someone a “terd” in a public forum, at least manage to spell it correctly. Otherwise one may be left thinking, “I may be a turd, but you’re stupid.”
I agree and think it’s mostly laziness. And they are just too busy, busy, busy to be bothered. I hate seeing how some have come to this point. Can I also add to this? I HATE when I see people throwing their cigarette butts out the window. Drives me nuts :bat: . Thanks for the rant this morning.
Comment by Ginger — July 11, 2007 @ 8:00 am
I’m happy to rant most anytime, Ginger. :mrgreen:
Comment by Jennifer — July 11, 2007 @ 2:23 pm