twooffour said:
My first /facepalm was directed at you going into what American and English "printing offices" were saying about omission of commas, in relation to an informal internet board.
That's like the epitome of ridiculous pedantism.
My second one was because you took my "as opposed to real movies" as a serious criticism.
Have I even said you were grammatically or logically wrong to use that expression?
It's like when Maddox makes fun of the PETA talking about the "suffering of living animals" (as opposed to dead animals) or Bill O'Reilly saying "we report, you decide" or "fair and balanced".
Obviously, it makes sense to use those redundancies for emphasis, but it also opens you up to quips and jokes if you come off as overly patronizing or pedantic aside from that - which you do, my friend. Very, very much.
You seem to think you are so much brighter than everyone else, and I simply wanted to show you that you are not so amazing as you think.
There's so much self-righteous hilarity in this quote, I don't even know where to begin... first of all, no, I don't think I'm brighter than everyone else. I just know the English language better than Kenkraly (or his character), which isn't saying much.
So yea, here you are, picking on my commas, because I made fun of Kenkraly's language. How ludicrous is that, and why don't you still get that it's ludicrous?
My knowledge about the tiny details of grammar, like where to put commas at dubious places, isn't perfect, but I think I've explained well enough that I've used all of those with an intent in mind.
I also don't have any problem with people intentionally subverting language for humorous or other purposes. It's when someone who writes like a 7 year old comes on a forum and starts asking everyone to stop making fun while WRITING IN A TOTALLY RIDICULOUS LANGUAGE, I start feeling the urge to make a quip or two.
I don't care about any of your errors, except insofar as you seem to think it appropriate to correct everyone else's mistakes.
Actually I don't remember picking on anyone's grammar or spelling in here, prior to this incident.
If someone makes a stupid point and I read it, sure, but then why shouldn't I.
you have done nothing but prove my whole point: you are nothing but a contentious idiot who is always looking for an argument and tries to suck others in.
I just made fun of Kenkraly like at least 50% of the other users here. You were the one who started this whole nonsense because of a few commas.
You hypocrite.
Insults are More Effective than Reason
That's interesting, because I always try to make a point of adding insults to reason, rather than using them as a replacement ;)
If you wanna live up to that standard, too, please tell me how it's reasonable to pick on a few (intentionally) placed or omitted commas in light of language like this:
TV's Frink I did get the e-mail from LFL ok. So please enough of you rants. All you do is make fun of my posts. Just let the attacking stop enough already.
That's one or two steps away from "full-life consequences", do you realize that? Do you have ANY sense of proportion?
I know I said I wouldn't, but I can't resist.
I think you, my friend, don't know a joke when you see one, not I. Why did Frink think my statement was so funny? Because it was humorous. My style can be dry, but it was intended as funny. I defended my poinoting out your errors for two reasons: 1) I found it so funny that I'd have hated to let it slide there; 2) I did not want you to continue with your smug arrogance. Perhaps you don't always criticize others' English, but a significant proportion of your posts include criticism of one sort or another levelled at your fellow Star Wars fans. Please understand, the whole point to this has nothing to do with your English, but everything to do with how bothersome you seem to be. And understand that the supposed self-righteousness you detect in me has nothing to do with my intelligence or English (heck, I've been far more careful since this began simply so you'd have no ammunition to use against me, chuckling to myself all the while as I double checked my spelling), though I admit some guilt perhaps in my desire to avoid needless contention while perpetuating this ridiculous argument.
Hmmm...since that appears to be the crux of your whole last reply, I guess I'll just end it by restating that it was all a joke directed at your personality, not your punctuation. If you could simply stop harassing others on the board, I would treat you with the utmost respect (I feel we could be friends in our discussion on the politics thread). I know you are not the only one, but as I said before, you are the one I chose to pick on because you seem to be among the more rude and ever present during these arguments. I promise to make peace and drop this silliness if you can do the same. If not, we can continue our banter via private messages if you like.