The Sphere
General Garbage => Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits => Topic started by: Fiero on Feb 16, 2010, 10:43:13 PM
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Fuck them. Seriously. I personally feel they are damned pointless and often make no sense.
I'd = I would / I had / I should? How the fuck does one apostrophe equal almost a WHOLE FUCKING WORD, and three different ones at that!
That is probably the stupid of them, but seriously, I am ready to just say fuck it to all contractions. Fuck it. Seriously.
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When I first saw this...I thought Faye was having the kid or something. Had to do a double take when I saw who posted it.
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Ha ha, ditto.
OT - Its vs. It's was a stickler for me for a while.
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Oh! I totally fucking forgot!! The where / we're and there / their / they're fuckups would be greatly alleviated if it were not for stupid ass contractions.
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You're/your/yer :D
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I try to avoid typing them, since they are not supposed to be typed.
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When I first saw this...I thought Faye was having the kid or something. Had to do a double take when I saw who posted it.
LOL I thought he was talking about that kind of contractions too!
And Fiero, you are going to have to thank your ancestors for those.
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No thanks is necessary because they are fucking retarded.
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What are you anyways? Didn't you have red hair? So, irish???
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If he has red hair then I'm Sandy Claws.
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Beard is red. I am some kind of European mutt. At leas English and Irish. Probably others.
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Beard is red? Mind is blown!
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Beard is red? Mind is blown!
:doug:
You need a blown mind smiley.
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I could've sworn I had one somewhere, but I apparently didn't name it something I'd remember like "brainexplodey.gif". (http://www.rabbitinasuit.com/emoticons/A-D/cyst.gif)
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Your mind seems to be easily blown.
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Well perhaps Rama does not know of the prophecy of the red bearded fellow.
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Well my beard is also of the reddish color. Soooo...
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They have tried to keep the story from us, the men of the beard red, but we must persevere and learn the truth, and the bring the prophecy to fruition, because I hear we are gonna get laid.
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Redheads will soon become extinct. The strong, black-haired people will rule the earth.
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I think then that all of us with the red haired gene should go forth and fuck all the women with the same red haired gene in order to insure the survival of our race.
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Redheads will soon become extinct.
cause they have no soul
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Redheads are the kinkiest bitches I know.
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Redheads are the kinkiest bitches I know.
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I do not have a read head, only a red face.
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That's how I am as well. My hair just kept getting darker as I got older till it turned brown. Beard is only red when it's short, longer it gets the darker it gets.
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Redheads are the kinkiest bitches I know.
(http://www.rabbitinasuit.com/sphere/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2069.0;attach=602)
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That reminds me. Anyone else see that video of Shaun White explaining what a Tomahawk move was to that reporter? Such a Fail on the reporter's part.
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No.
But I did hear about the speed skater that called a reporter stupid because she did not seem to know his name. Fucking dutch asshole.
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Was that the poor fellow who got DQ'ed because his coach told him to change lanes?
I try to avoid typing them, since they are not supposed to be typed.
This has kinda been nagging me. What does that mean anyway? Like is Tom-D trying to avoid them so he doesn't stick them in papers, official correspondences and whatnot?
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They are not supposed to be used for formal papers. I think forum posts are a legitimate use, as most forum posts are part of a dialogue, and contractions "flow naturally," in conversations. I just think they are stupid.
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Yeah, I tend to defer to that also when I write papers and formal correspondence, but heck no will I do it on a forum. In fact, it used to be a major peeve of mine many, many moons ago to have people all "I will not go", "I do not think", "You did not do", "They are okay", and never use contractions because I expected people on forums to post as they speak and not using contractions in casual speech seems abnormal for most.
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One thing I miss about grading papers is noting the contractions as wrong, and then getting arguments over their validity in academic writing.