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It's back! Hooray!
Oh, Dan's dancing, multicolored dinosaur avatar. I missed you so.
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--- Quote from: Linds on 28 Feb 2008, 12:57 ---I didn't read the rules. I thought it should be pretty obvious what goes where and that being new means you should be polite until you get into the swing of things if you never lurked. (I lurked for a while before posting.) But maybe I am/was used to forums like the ones I was on before joining this one which were made up of meat life friends and were friendly anyways. Edit: However this was just me personally. The rules in the Hi, I'm New forum in the topic started by Jeph are pretty important. The other two were made by the people who were officially designated for a time to greet new posters, but really are less relevant. Yes, it's nice if a person follows all the rules, but really, as long as you follow the guidelines that matter, I don't see what the big deal is.
Basically, if people don't act stupid and have good spelling/grammar, it shouldn't be hard to get involved here when older posters aren't being dicks.
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i've been boarding since the 90's (which typing this aloud makes me feel ultra dorky), and I've never understood why the spelling/grammar thing is such a big deal. it's in no way a representation of someone's intelligence. i know a bunch of a super geniuses who can't spell/conjugate to save their lives. it would be silly for me to think less of them b/c of it. on boards though it seems as if people think that stanford-binet scores should be determined by a ninth grade spelling bee.
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--- Quote from: tommydski on 29 Feb 2008, 03:35 ---Graham?
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Sarcasm is a sign of insecurity, tommy.
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i hope for my shrink's sake that this isn't true :(
Skibas_clavicle:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 27 Feb 2008, 23:57 ---I am essentially going to trust that this is the case, and further I am going to trust the regulars on this side of the forum not to bite the new folks.
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HAHAHAHAHA, oh that's funny.
Elizzybeth:
Poor spelling may not be a sign of stupidity, but at this point, so many browsers have a spell check function that it IS a sign of laziness. Like Anyways points out, on a more personal level, it strikes me as being somewhat disrespectful. If you don't care enough about what you're saying to make sure that it's said correctly, why should anyone else care enough about it to make sure it's read correctly?
Or maybe I'm just an English major grammar nazi. Regardless, I like all the good spelling and grammar on this board.
Tom:
Compared to many other boards, 4chan in particular, the spelling and grammar is impeccable.
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