Grammar is infectious.

[The Iron Ninja]

My spelling and grammar was the way it is now before I joined the escapist (possibly due to the lack of any previous Internet forum use dumbing it down)


Oh and

They're not entirely wrong they just can't differentiate between being a jerk and being a grammar Nazi.

Tee hee.

Honestly, what exactly were you expecting from someone on xbox live?
I met someone the other day that for some reason expected me to be shocked at the prospect that he was going to kill me in a game of Halo 3.

Bastardpants: Hey Iron Ninja? I'm gonna kill you.
I'm gonna kill you over and over again.

Iron Ninja: Well I wouldn't be surprised if you did, killing the other player is sort of the point of this game.

Bastardpants: I'm gonna kill you. Then I'm gonna rape your corpse.

Iron Ninja: I see, I'm sure that will have long lasting repercussions on my mental well being. Not to mention my physical health in real life.

-game start-

-rest of my team lags out, leaves me to face Bastardpants, Bastardpants(2), Bastardpants(3) and Bastardpants(4) (they were doing split screen) all by myself.-

-Despite the group teabaggings that occur when their numbers get the better of me, I win 35 to 29 (time runs out)-

The few seconds of raucous laughter that I managed to pipe in before they had a chance to leave the lobby was worth it.

I'm proud of what I did, by comparison, berating someone on Xbox live (I repeat, XBOX FUCKING LIVE) for their grammar is pretty pathetic. No offence meant.

 

[Labyrinth]

Simple. You must spend your days writing out things correctly on the walls and spend your nights reading them, as you stomp around your fire in your bearskin.

It's fun to correct graffiti like that, or to write clever slogans like "Labyrinth Lyssea Milena may or may not have been in the vicinity during the perpetration of this felony."

 

[DonPauliani]

As a writer... I weep.

 

[perfectimo]

For a self-proclaimed grammar Nazi you have made a few noticeable errors in this thread.

Have I made any grammatical errors? You might want to consider that we just have different definitions of grammar Nazi. Your also not looking at the grammar of his messages, the first message he sent me has 3 errors, if you count the capitalization as one. His second message has 6, again counting capitalization as one, and is redundant. Could that be why my tune changed? Not because I'm vindictive, but because this guys grammar got twice as bad in a few minutes.

Yes you have made errors and you made more in that post. I did look at the grammatical errors in their message but I found yours and wanted to point them out because you were making errors here and isn't that what you were prosecuting the other person for?

 

[black lincon]

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Mr. Ninja, do you forgive a dog for peeing inside because its a dog? No, you hit it on the nose and train it to pee outside. If you become lax because the stranded person in a set environment acts badly then they have already won.

Also I was wondering when I'd slip up and someone would catch it.

For a self-proclaimed grammar Nazi you have made a few noticeable errors in this thread.

Have I made any grammatical errors? You might want to consider that we just have different definitions of grammar Nazi. Your also not looking at the grammar of his messages, the first message he sent me has 3 errors, if you count the capitalization as one. His second message has 6, again counting capitalization as one, and is redundant. Could that be why my tune changed? Not because I'm vindictive, but because this guys grammar got twice as bad in a few minutes.

Yes you have made errors and you made more in that post. I did look at the grammatical errors in their message but I found yours and wanted to point them out because you were making errors here and isn't that what you were prosecuting the other person for?

All right, let me rephrase that for you, have I made any vast errors that majorly affect someones understanding of what I'm trying to say?

 

[perfectimo]

All right, let me rephrase that for you, have I made any vast errors that majorly affect someones understanding of what I'm trying to say?

No but neither did they since a large amount of online players type like that.

 

[black lincon]

All right, let me rephrase that for you, have I made any vast errors that majorly affect someones understanding of what I'm trying to say?

No but neither did he since a large amount of online players type like that.

You and me obviously have different standards on a few things, but to me, if I have to slow down while reading something you write to make sure I understand it, that's affecting someones understanding of what they're trying to say.

 

[perfectimo]

You and me obviously have different standards on a few things, but to me, if I have to slow down while reading something you write to make sure I understand it, that's affecting someones understanding of what they're trying to say.

Agreed.

EDIT: Highlighted section I agree on.

 

[The Iron Ninja]

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Mr. Ninja, do you forgive a dog for peeing inside because its a dog? No, you hit it on the nose and train it to pee outside.

But Xbox live isn't just a dog, it's a retarded dog with bladder problems.
So yeah, attempting to do something about it pissing inside is pretty damn pointless.
And standing over the dog, pointing at it and saying "Ha ha! You have bladder problems!" isn't being clever, it's just an exercise in douchebaggery.

 

[Calobi]

Seeing this guy was clearly keen on criticism, and as he so boldly claims in his bio that he's in collage I decided to go for the jugular, "You should learn proper grammar."

He's in a style of art? That's odd. Me, I'm in "college."

I must say, if everyone who came here decided to better themselves and those around them as you did, the Internet would be a much better place for my brain.

 

[thiosk]

I giggled when you related the story about the guy in "collage." especially since i'm in a universecity.

 

[NewClassic_v1legacy]

I giggled when you related the story about the guy in "collage." especially since I'm in a universecity.

Heh heh, satire.

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Mr. Ninja, do you forgive a dog for peeing inside because its a dog? No, you hit it on the nose and train it to pee outside.

But Xbox live isn't just a dog, it's a retarded dog with bladder problems.
So yeah, attempting to do something about it pissing inside is pretty damn pointless.
And standing over the dog, pointing at it and saying "Ha ha! You have bladder problems!" isn't being clever, it's just an exercise in douchebaggery.

While I'm naturally inclined to take a stance, I'm going to rather attempt to nip this sucker post-haste. Frankly, it's clear to me that neither of you are going to budge. Further arguing will only result in probation of both parties, or worse. Kill it here, gentlemen.

So, I ask you the fine members of this tube, has being a member of the Escapist community changed your grammatical habits at all? Also, to what extent of a Grammar Nazi are you?

According to anyone who has seen my edits on the User Reviews section, a very large one. As far as changing my habits, not really. Although it does make me proof-read my longer posts now, mostly because my long posts are usually rants and reviews.

 

[joystickjunki3]

I wouldn't say it's changed my habits, as I've typed like this for years, far longer than I've been here. It's just that I get away with whining about other's atrocities much more easily here than in other places.

Same here; attempting to type grammatically proper sentences has always been my prerogative ever since I started posting online. But the Escapist seems to have the most highly concentrated population of people who feel the same way about grammar that I do.

~tommy

 

[Aardvark]

Simple. You must spend your days writing out things correctly on the walls and spend your nights reading them, as you stomp around your fire in your bearskin.

It's fun to correct graffiti like that, or to write clever slogans like "Labyrinth Lyssea Milena may or may not have been in the vicinity during the perpetration of this felony."

You correct graffiti in a bearskin?

I once had a scheme to have trained bears patrol every station at night, to discourage vandalism. Then I remembered that bears are godless killing machines who would use my scheme to infiltrate our society and bring us down from the inside. By taking the transit systems, they would have easy access to any part of the city and be able to deploy at a moment's notice.

Except in Sydney.

 

[Hey Joe]

Yes, grammar is contagious isn't it? I caught it off a comely English teacher; there's an ointment for it apparently, but who would want the cure when the disease feels so good?

Congratulations on your new found sense of grammatical wisdom. It is now your duty to correct grammar everywhere you go, as some sort of traveling grammar wizard. It is your unalienable right to correct the grammar on the signs that hobos hold, on placards of rioting teenagers and menu boards in trendy resturants.

 

[Lord Krunk]

I wouldn't say it's changed my habits, as I've typed like this for years, far longer than I've been here. It's just that I get away with whining about other's atrocities much more easily here than in other places.

Same here. The Escapist didn't change me, it was catering for me from the beginning.

 

[SecretTacoNinja]

So in the end why do you sound like the jerk?

The term grammar Nazi comes to mind.

Well the other guy sounded like a massive chav prick so I guess they're even.

 

[xitel]

I giggled when you related the story about the guy in "collage." especially since i'm in a universecity.

Yeah, I saw that and wasn't sure if it was a mistake on your part or the guy that was yelling. Personally, I've always been one of the folks that corrects everyone else's grammar, to the point where my girlfriend started snapping at me about it.

 

[floppylobster]

"Random" people?

 

[Greever]

You know what else is infectious? Herpes, HIV, and the plague...

Do we have a right to spread them at our own discretion?

Constructively critiquing a person's writing is one thing. Criticizing posts on an off-topic forum from a gaming site, somebody's in game chatter, or even a text message is pretty much unreasonable. (Let alone doing so without taking the time to address all the errors and hypocrisy in your complaint/declaration of superiority)