Hi! My name is SO-AND-SO and I've been put on earth to correct you.

[yesthattom]

freeko is fond of pointing out that people that post unrequested corrections to other people’s posts tend to ignore the point being made by the post. When he points this out I imagine a scene where someone is on fire, about to die, screaming, “help me! Oh shit! Help me I’m fucking on fire! Help me I’m burning to death, won’t you help me! You got a fire extinguisher on you?” and the other person (the one not on fire) replies, “You mean ‘Do I have a fire extinguisher?’. “Got” should be “have” and “on you” isn’t proper grammar, and is redundant if you consider the beginning of the sentence.”

And the person dies.

However, I have a new idea. A new reply to this.

Ever seen a man and woman talking and suddenly the woman says, “Stop looking at my breasts! When you talk with me look at my face!” and the guy is embarrassed because he really hasn’t been paying attention to WHAT the woman has been saying. Women I’ve talked with say that it’s bad enough when a guy does that, but it’s freakin’ annoying when a guy does it to the extreme and isn’t even listening to what the woman is saying.

And that, my friends, is my new analogy for people ignoring what someone has written and instead points out grammatical and spelling mistakes.

I hope to start a new trend. When someone corrects your grammar rather than responding to what you’ve said or written, blurt out ‘OH MY GOD WOULD YOU STOP LOOKING AT MY TITS!!!”

And make it a link to this post. Really. If we all do it, the Googlerank will be awesome.

Comments

[marmota.livejournal.com]

http://angryflower.com/proper.html

http://www.partiallyclips.com/index.php?id=1367

[dossy.livejournal.com]

And that, my friends, if my new analogy [...]

I think you meant is there.

*looks at Tom's tits some more*

Was there a point to this post? :-P

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

There ae many times where I have nothing to say to a post, but the meaning and or feel behind it was ruined for me by bad spelling/punctuation/grammar.

I rarely correct, but I feel ok with the idea of doing so.

[sweh.livejournal.com]

This is a perfect parrralllellllll (deliberately misspelt because a teacher refused to give me 100/100 in maths because I got that word wrong) to American politcs.

American politics is _all_ about being correct to the letter of the sentence. You can indicate and promote and lead the reader down the path as much as you like, and when your conclusion is proven wrong and your champion has been indicted for serious fraud you can say "but I didn't say ...." and "Show me where I said...."

Both Republicans and Democrats play this game. It's an indication of how pathetic American politics is.

Unfortunately Tony Blair is dragging British politics down to a similarly low level *sigh*

[lediva.livejournal.com]

queenofstripes coined "I'm pointing at the sky and you're looking at my hand." which I also like for similar circumstances.

[tn-grrl.livejournal.com]

I actually like this quite a lot. Thanks for sharing!

[mctabby.livejournal.com]

"Excuse me, but your pointing skills are so godawful that you're actually pointing somewhere between the tree and the cat. I'm looking at your hand in an effort to give you some helpful tips, so that next time you feel like pointing at the sky, you'll actually manage to do it. Have a nice day!"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_swallow/]

Oh, pithy.

[xeger.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry - that just makes me uncomfortable in so many ways. In fact it's bordering on my "seriously not okay" twitch point. Ew. Not funny. Not cool.

[freeko.livejournal.com]

Well some people are so caught up in the minute details that they refuse to see past the small mistakes, people who cant get past flaws are small minded and thus lack vision. I look at a story, art, a person, a song and I try to get to the essence of what it is. Getting to the essence, you have to stop nit-picking and discern is what is most important. A lot of the people I mention are in polyamory and then they skewer people on dot_poly_snark. These people know they are....AHEM!

[freeko.livejournal.com]

Even I will correct myself when I know I have made a mistake. As I said these people..Ahem! Know who they are and they are probably on your friends list

[slumber.livejournal.com]

Unless there's something wrong with whoever's boobs are in question, I don't think it's a perfect fit, so to speak. :| I mean. In fact. There must be something RIGHT about the boobs, right, for them to be stared at, and everything?

Sorry, just being a dork.

~Randomly linked stranger