Annoying stuff YOU do on forums

[thingymuwatsit]

-misuse its and it's
-never read the original post on a forum, therefore posting what was first said
-endlessly rant over things that seem interesting to you
add some more things that people on forums do to (or accidentally) annoy you.

I don't use it's because it looks wrong to me, I believe its a regional thing as well. (even though its perfect logic to use it's for expressing "it is")

actually, its the other way around: "it's" presents ownership; "its" is the compound word.

Please don't present statement as fact when you are blatantly wrong.
I'm not a Grammar Nazi but when you're outright saying you're right and you're not I will call you out on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Its

Oh, I see...

Thank god I've avoided it then.
Edit: And thanks, its nice to actually learn stuff while on the forums.

No, don't believe his lies!

I was judging by the AUSTRALIAN standard, besides I'm not part of the Internet Police, but Wikipedia is the least reliable source of information on the internet. (besides 4chan)
If you want further proof, think back to grade 2 when you learnt that about apostrophes!

Better? [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/its] I never said wikidia was reliable, but just about every definition of "its" uses it for possessive. And it's an exception, English is full of them.
I'm still right.

Are you American, because those are the adapted English definitions.

What? You're not even making any sense. I can see no evidence telling me that rule is reversed anywhere in the English speaking world. Some proof would be nice, thanks.

it is commonly known that American English is very different to Proper English (sorry, but it is better than saying English English).
we should stop before we called on for flaming.

 

[tehroc]

I tend to edit quite a bit. Suppose I could use the preview button but...

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I'm a dick.

This.

Also, I don't put pictures and videos in spoiler boxes.

 

[Thirsk]

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[Griphphin]

-I try not to be a dick to the point that my point suffers a bit for it. If a post calls for stronger negative emotion than I'd like, then I rephrase it or just don't bother with it if it feels unneeded.

-Though I'm rarely in an angry-serious tone in my posts to begin with, which brings me to my next point, which is that when I'm jokingly poking fun at someone or something, the lack of a tone of voice or context in the emotionless void that is text-based communication can lead people to misinterpret the point of my post as making fun of that thing, laughing at them and not with them if you will. It happens enough that it's safe to assume it's just me, so I often accompany my posts with an emoticon or two to help convey the tone.

-More a habit than an annoying thing to me, is that I noticed that in any kind of post where I'm trying to argue about an issue, I make sure to convey in text my understanding of the opposing viewpoint to the stance I'm taking. I like to address it at least, and in addressing it that part of my post can be nearly as long as my original point.

-I often separate independent clauses with commas within the same sentence, a good example is this technical run-on sentence.

-I feel my posts are needlessly wordy (see above). Not nearly as concise as I'd like, but I like to go into detail.

 

[Funkiest Monkey]

I enjoy posting pictures. But not now!

 

[jultub]

I generally post stuff aimed at what I want to say, without the slightest thought of that someone might want to read it. Often resulting in walls of text or just uninteresting posts. This isn't really annoying for other people since they just skip past it. But it is annoying for me since I don't get any replies

And what else is annoying is your avatar making me Lose The Game!!!!

That's not just on forums, that's everwhere. I might actually get a tatoo in my face just to make people lose.

 

[Betancore]

I generally post stuff aimed at what I want to say, without the slightest thought of that someone might want to read it. Often resulting in walls of text or just uninteresting posts. This isn't really annoying for other people since they just skip past it. But it is annoying for me since I don't get any replies

And what else is annoying is your avatar making me Lose The Game!!!!

That's not just on forums, that's everwhere. I might actually get a tatoo in my face just to make people lose.

Make a t-shirt; it's less permanent. I wrote it on the side of my folder. It travels around the school with me every day. I've made a lot of enemies.

 

[SalamanderJoe]

I use a lot of these...to get some sort of humourous pause...often works...sometimes doesn't...(cough)

 

[The Ambrosian]

-misuse its and it's
-never read the original post on a forum, therefore posting what was first said
-endlessly rant over things that seem interesting to you
add some more things that people on forums do to (or accidentally) annoy you.

Quote people so I don't have to type as much.

 

[jultub]

I generally post stuff aimed at what I want to say, without the slightest thought of that someone might want to read it. Often resulting in walls of text or just uninteresting posts. This isn't really annoying for other people since they just skip past it. But it is annoying for me since I don't get any replies

And what else is annoying is your avatar making me Lose The Game!!!!

That's not just on forums, that's everwhere. I might actually get a tatoo in my face just to make people lose.

Make a t-shirt; it's less permanent. I wrote it on the side of my folder. It travels around the school with me every day. I've made a lot of enemies.

Maybe a pin, that way I could carry it every day without smelling like ass And it's by far the cheapest method.

 

[ineedscissors]

low content

 

[The_ModeRazor]

I use far too many fucking swear words.
And I often have tipos.

 

[neoontime]

I often screw up in my spelling and punctuation, and I also tend to breeze through the OP.

 

[Kaptajn Emil Alfred Conan Swagga Benzon]

I gotta admit, i tend to troll a lot..

 

[Amyler]

actually, its the other way around: "it's" presents ownership; "its" is the compound word.

I was judging by the AUSTRALIAN standard, besides I'm not part of the Internet Police, but Wikipedia is the least reliable source of information on the internet. (besides 4chan)
If you want further proof, think back to grade 2 when you learnt that about apostrophes!

Before I do anything else, I'm totally calling you on this. I'm an Aussie to, and that is in no way the Australian standard. Apostrophies exist for a specific purpose, that being to indicate when a letter has been dropped to form a contraction. Hence, "it's" is a contraction of "It is" and "its" is an indication of a particular subject. That's basic English, regardless of where it comes from.

>.> As you can see, I don't let misinformation slide. I use text based emoticons in every post, and rarely just one at that. I get pretty spirited in debates (Read: Over the top) and I talk in a weird manner a lot.

 

[Jingermanoo]

Take months away from forum websites only to return for a single posting.

 

[thingymuwatsit]

actually, its the other way around: "it's" presents ownership; "its" is the compound word.

I was judging by the AUSTRALIAN standard, besides I'm not part of the Internet Police, but Wikipedia is the least reliable source of information on the internet. (besides 4chan)
If you want further proof, think back to grade 2 when you learnt that about apostrophes!

Before I do anything else, I'm totally calling you on this. I'm an Aussie to, and that is in no way the Australian standard. Apostrophies exist for a specific purpose, that being to indicate when a letter has been dropped to form a contraction. Hence, "it's" is a contraction of "It is" and "its" is an indication of a particular subject. That's basic English, regardless of where it comes from.

>.> As you can see, I don't let misinformation slide. I use text based emoticons in every post, and rarely just one at that. I get pretty spirited in debates (Read: Over the top) and I talk in a weird manner a lot.

and you may also note that apostrophes show possession, I have been over this with Outright Villainy and we have determined that the middle English version is the one I have perceived, but over time people stopped paying attention and thought it was the other way 'round (note the colloquial use of an apostrophe.)