Is it normal i've had it with this kind of comment?

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Is it normal that users who comment on a "long" post only to tell the story teller that they didn't use paragraphs, spaces, punctuation, etc properly, or that their story is too long, ANNOY THE FUCK OUT OF ME??? Some posters apologize in advance for the length of the story because we're so used to getting those completely utterly useless replies.

For Christ's sake. Just get out of the post and don't say anything. Stop showing us you can't get over yourself and your inability to read shit grammar and help someone in need, even if they can't write it well. Usually if the story is long it's because someone has a long story they need help with.WTF is wrong with you people? We're supposedly here to help people with their questions, not their writing skills!

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dom180

10 years ago

Asking people to write in a way that is readable is still helping them, albeit not with their original question. So long as you're not being rude about it I don't see what the problem is.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  10 years ago
  
  I tend to agree that it's beneficial to mention their writing abilities, I think it's a contribution to their lives in general. The comments I'm referring to are precisely the rude ones and that do not provide the OP with anything other than that, that are just complaints about the way they write or length of the post. Totally unnecessary. I've seen stories that had five comments and three were just that. For instance sot9 is one that does it, but at least he corrects in detail and doesn't just tell OP he can't help with their problem because of it.
  
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  - charli.m
    
    10 years ago
    
    sot9 doesn't necessarily correct things that need correcting. He takes words that are in common usage and easily understood by the general population and acts like they're incomprehensible. Or he quibbles over the use of suffixes.
    
    His latest grievance is that the word 'girl' means a young person of either gender, and that someone cannot be considered a 'man' or a 'woman' unless we know that they have had vaginal sex more than three times. How does that help the OP?
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      10 years ago
      
      Hahaha I must've missed that. He has, however, done more than what you just described. What I mentioned he's done less of, yet he's done it. Well, it was not the best example, I admit it. I absolutely didn't mean to set him apart as a role model.
      
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      - charli.m
        
        10 years ago
        
        Oh I'm aware he's done more than what I've described...he's also ranted about being Earth's embassador and voices only he can hear telling him how the world should be run...
        
        But yes, I know what you're saying. He has on occasion actually been helpful. I didn't think you were saying he was the epitome of helpful comments :P I just had to put it out there.
        
        The 'quality' of this site has declined rapidly recently. With that, comes more and more likelihood of people just responding to be unhelpful dicks.
        
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        10 years ago
        
        The truth is I understand completely being an unhelpful dick, because I do that myself on occasion. But I am careful not to do it to someone who legitimately needs help.
        
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    - [Old Memory]
      
      10 years ago
      
      The worst of what he does is dissect the meanings of words and reference their, ironically, archaic origins...
      
      I pointed this out in another post, but my comment was deleted, either by the op or management...either way...I'm done.
      
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      - charli.m
        
        10 years ago
        
        Yeah the archaic bit is always what gets me...
        
        You're done? You're leaving?? :( Please don't leave. We need good people.
        
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        [Old Memory]
        
        10 years ago
        
        Haha...I doubt that the iin community would agree with your opinion of me being "good people."
        
        ...but, as always, thanks for your support charli.m
        
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  - disthing
    
    10 years ago
    
    Suckonthis9 is a truly awful example of somebody who is considerate of the person receiving their comment.
    
    I mean, he'll say something sensible 1 time in 10, much to the surprise of everybody here. But that still means he's saying something utterly ridiculous 9 times out of 10.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      10 years ago
      
      Haha damn! I know it was an unfortunate example if you consider his whole body of work. I don't even think he was helpful at all when I saw those few comments in which he pointed out ALL of the OP's mistakes, I said *at least* he did it properly. My whole point is not him, it's anyone being an ass to OPs unnecessarily.
      
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    - charli.m
      
      10 years ago
      
      1 out of 1,000,000.
      
      Be reasonable, Mr Thing.
      
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      - disthing
        
        10 years ago
        
        I was never good at maths :/
        
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- robbieforgotpw
  
  10 years ago
  
  To OP:
  
  I like taking fartwalks at the office gassing everyone into submission
  *sharts himself good
  
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thegypsysailor

10 years ago

If this forum is about communication with others, doesn't it behoove the posters to be able to write intelligently?
It is so tiresome to try to figure out what point someone is trying to convey, when it would be so easy for the poster to turn on their spell checker and try, a tiny bit, to make their post legible?
There is absolutely NO excuse for bad spelling and grammar in this day and age. Shame on you for condoning it.

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- Thexoutcast
  
  10 years ago
  
  I would like to point out that as a person who goes on this site only by use of my phone, its easy to make typos and not even realize it. It drives me crazy when I get a spelling lesson over a simple typo.
  
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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  10 years ago
  
  I'm not condoning it, I'm talking about being respectful. If you've read my comments here I haven't said I'm against correcting anyone. Do it politely, though. Be sensible and be sensitive.
  
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  - thegypsysailor
    
    10 years ago
    
    What a crock of shit; "We're supposedly here to help people with their questions, not their writing skills!" doesn't say anything about being respectful, it chastises those of us who would like to be able to understand posters.
    I guess you don't even remember your own post. And you missed my point entirely, so don't go all preachy on me.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      10 years ago
      
      Whoa!
      
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disthing

10 years ago

Personally I empathise more with the people who post these kind of comments than the people on the receiving end of them.

Sometimes, especially when you've been here a while, it's frustrating to see a solid wall of text. Excessively detailed, poorly structured and generally not-fit-for-viewing. It's irritating to even attempt to navigate those kind of posts.

If you want to ask a community their thoughts on a problem, be polite and conscientious enough to write it in a way that doesn't require a bloody reverse encryption manual to understand!

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  10 years ago
  
  Isn't it simple to click "back"? It seems some people do that out wanting to make their visit worthwhile. "Since I clicked here, might as well make a comment (even if have nothing to say). Look, this is a pet peeve and I think some here deserve respect despite their walls of text. That's all.
  
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TweedRanger

10 years ago

Oh STFU with your ironic moaning-about-moaning, it's making me moan. Moan off!

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  10 years ago
  
  If I now moan about you moaning about my moaning about moaning we could probably end up in a moaning loop. So I'll save us both the time and not moan further.
  
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  - TweedRanger
    
    10 years ago
    
    It's like a kind of never ending moaning paradox! Aaaaaahhhhhhh!
    
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hoppy

10 years ago

They saw the length of the story before they read it. If they can't read long things, they shouldn't read them.

Personally, I can't breathe underwater. You don't find me leveling accusations against people who have swimming pools, though.

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shuggy-chan

10 years ago

if you want a real answer it requires it to be readable, having a 3 page run-on sentence is not a post, its a mess. space it out in chunks so I can attempt to take bites out of it and read it all

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  10 years ago
  
  It is still a post nonetheless, oftentimes with a real problem. That's like saying poorly written comments shouldn't be acknowledged either, in which case we would all be grammar gladiating in every post. My point is an OP shouldn't be subjected to that. It must be very disappointing to think someone finally answered your post (that might have been sitting for days until it got moderated) and when you get there it's just a rude comment similar to what you've just written. I still find it unnecessarily heartless. Empathy, dude.
  
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  - disthing
    
    10 years ago
    
    There's nothing stopping somebody from deleting and resubmitting the question in a more manageable format.
    
    This is a basically a public Q and A forum, and if the reason somebody didn't provide a constructive comment is because the question was horribly presented, they have every reason to say that.
    
    Of course there are polite ways of delivering this, and impolite ways.
    
    I generally notice the more rude ways on posts that aren't 'deeply meaningful', like "IIN I went shopping and somebody said I was pretty?!!?!?" Cue The Great Wall of China in text, without paragraphs. Rambling on and on and the title doesn't match the question if there even is a genuine question blah blah blah. Then people will say something akin to "Use paragraphs for fuck sake!" or TL,DR.
    
    If it's something like "IIN I was abused?" - apart from that being a dumb question, it's probably a heartfelt post. People are more likely to be polite when criticising a horribly written question if it's about something emotionally sensitive. "Please use paragraphs."
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      10 years ago
      
      Also, about resubmitting, people google if something is normal, think they've found a place where they'll find help, sign up and ask a question which takes a pretty long time (in internet-time 3 to 5 days is an eternity) to be moderated. So, yes, that would be an even longer delay for them to get a couple of answers, *if any*.
      
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      10 years ago
      
      As long as they have provided an answer I think it's fine. That's what I've been saying. I haven't made a generalization as in asking people to respect bad writing in any case. It's basically what you described. The reason I made the story was that I had just seen a very rude comment like those again in a serious story.
      
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thatchickyouhate

10 years ago

here's a thought: if those people bother you so much, ignore them!

isn't complaining about these people by making a post about them the same thing as them complaining in comments of posts about things they don't like? not very helpful either way, is it?

you think their comments are a waste of your time? because reading your post complaining about them has been a waste of my time. but I still took the time to respond with my true feelings on the nature of your post.

there's little purpose in complaining about things you have no control over.

just relax and move along. others will come and help the people in need.

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[Old Memory]

10 years ago

I've had it with the lack of concision. They clearly need to be told because they have to write a small book in order to tell you that they like wearing shoes.

So go fuck yourself you complainer, you filth.

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gummy_jr

10 years ago

It's a good thing you used paragraphs

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Grapist

10 years ago

It raelly doesnt matter aboyt spelling and grammer. As long as the point comes acros

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  10 years ago
  
  That may have been the sweetest comment I've ever seen from you.
  
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GoraIntoDesiGals

10 years ago

Long is not really a problem if it's well structured and you know where they're getting to. What I hate is when it's a random bunch of stupid unrelated sentences and you just realised you wasted time and it was tl;dr.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  10 years ago
  
  Well, then it's actually *too long, read it and I'm pissed* rather than tl;dr haha
  
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  - GoraIntoDesiGals
    
    10 years ago
    
    Maybe tl;ri then lol. Too long but read it.
    
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Barugel_Azulay

10 years ago

Somebody just has too much time on their hands.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  10 years ago
  
  Me? Took me 2 minutes to write this.
  
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  - Barugel_Azulay
    
    10 years ago
    
    I'm not talking about the time to write this, but the time to think about this kind of thing.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      10 years ago
      
      Oh, yes, the other two minutes.
      
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Anonymous Post Author

10 years ago

TLDR

There, killed that one already.

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- anti-hero
  
  10 years ago
  
  That wasn't too long.
  
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  - Anonymous Post Author
    
    10 years ago
    
    True, not for me anyways. Just making sure the wiseasses have the opportunity to come up with something better than that.
    
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    - anti-hero
      
      10 years ago
      
      TL;DR :P
      
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      - Anonymous Post Author
        
        10 years ago
        
        Haha see what I mean? :)
        
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        10 years ago
        
        ;)
        
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