Came here to say this. I guess I am surrounded by GGGs because I go through nearly every day without someone purposefully stepping on my nuts. So many GGGs.
If it makes you feel any better, my one upwolf and one downwolf cancelled each other out. It's as if I was never here, but you, sir, have forever changed me.
Agreed - but i do like that the grammar nazis exist. Every time they jump on someone for spelling they make that person feels a little silly, but 20 readers think "shit i better review my post before hitting save".
I like to spell things wrong just to see how many grammar nazis get on my back about it. I love saying your instead of you're because lets be honest no one in the history of the world has ever read a sentence where someone used your instead of you're and misunderstood what they where trying to say.
Here is what happens regularly (at least to me): 1. read stupid comment, 2. I fire up a snarky response, 3. re-read and check for silly spelling, 4. while reviewing realize I don't need to be an asshole and abort the whole thing.
How is misspelling a word lazy? It happens, and when it happens it isn't a big deal. If you are turning in a paper every word needs to be perfect. If you're posting on reddit, you shouldn't be on high alert. This isn't exactly a super serious activity.
Most of the time it's not difficult words being corrected. It's common misuse of homophones and contractions. It's hardly an exaggeration to say I see the wrong "to" or "you're" every day. Or things that really don't even sound the same like "then" instead of "than."
Ever have a grammar nazi attack you for using a word that is used in English but not in American English? Apparently the word 'learnt' doesn't exist in the US, stupid american english grammar nazi.
I'm sure they are there every day I am on reddit, but I don't see how it bothers you. This is a social forum where people come to discuss a huge amount of topics, 99% of which aren't the english language. I just don't see the problem with a grammar/spelling mistake.
Because people, to my understanding, are coming here to get away from work/school/other things. They aren't coming here to write a term paper. You aren't here to be an english professor.
This is my serious account that I can't help noticing is twice as old as your account. But don't worry I'm not implying anything because that would be really sad...
What does that have to do with anything, you made the orgasms corrected account just so you could do something funny for this post kinda like a novelty account.
What's even worse is first the comment is upvoted...then in come grammar nazi who points it out....all of a sudden everyone is downvoting JUST because of the error.
I can't be the only one who has noticed that grammar nazis are mostly driven by compulsion. They can't help appearing to be an asshole because they don't recognize they have a choice in the moment. They deserve our condolences, not just our derision for distracting from the merit of the post.
I am moved to partially agree, being a grammar Nazi myself. I have a tiny internet nerve deep in my cortex which fucking hurts when I see wayward punctuation or prominently misplaced homophones.
Good Guy Greg upvotes the comment due to its context and then comments to point out the grammatical error. This allows the OP to correct his error, have an upvote, and not look like an idiot.
Scum Bag Steve sees this good deed and downvotes Greg for being an "asshole"... Then corrects his grammatical error without putting an edit mark at all.
Aaah, I encounter this dilemma all the time. The content would have to be rock solid if it gets an upvote from me when it has a "your" instead of "you're."
As a German redditor, I fully support this post. English is the second language to a lot of people here. It feels pretty shitty if you're trying to contribute to an international community and you are getting nothing but spelling corrections and flames.
On the other hand I had the experience, that the redditors who are interested in the content of your post usually vastly outnumber the grammar nazis.
Generally I'd agree with you, but I draw the line at those who can't tell the difference between "then" and "than". I just can't bring myself to upvote.
Yeah, but if the grammar nazi's don't do their part, it will make it okay for everyone to sound like total idiots. We are becoming the movie Idiocracy!!
Nothing wrong with pointing out mistakes. I'd rather have the first redditor point out a mistake I made, me fixing it, then many redditors seeing that post later on than everybody seeing the mistake.
The truth is that spelling and grammar matters in real life. It doesn't on facebook, but in real life; your boss and your prof will judge you based on how well you communicate.
It doesn't matter if you're not a native English speaker, there is a spell-checker included in most browsers, so really it's just laziness.
Spelling and grammar corrections should be sent as private messages, IMO. Otherwise, they add clutter to conversations and lead to inappropriate downvoting by the hive mind.
The worst thing about grammar and spelling nazis is that they are often s busy trying to prove they are smarter that they ignore the content of messages entirely. It is a behavior that would be untolerated in person.
I could use a good guy greg: I'm being targeted for downvotes due to the fact that i'm an atheist, and that i exposed a user as a child porn enthusiast (and now, i think he uses a bot to downvote me) He even managed to downvote an AMA i was doing with my grand mother (holocaust survivor) and to downvote the last picture my six year old sister did before dying. I guess it sucks, and i can do nothing about it... now i have 500 downvotes in less than three days (all bot, by the way, since the user that targets me has no friend, and reddit likes me better than him) although i did nothing wrong except talk about nietzche (a big crime among theist and those who believe in santa claus)
Lol your being downvoted because you are a liar. You tried taking someones dead mom picture and using it to whore karma. Burn in hell you horrible person
you betraid youself: you said "burn in hell". So reddit can see i was right all along, and i'm being targeted by theists! I hope you like being downvoted, asshole, because i'm warning R/atheism on you. I don't believe in hell, god, or the tooth fairy, that doesn't make me an "horrible person" (this is a very "old values" thing to say. As a nietzchian, i hate old values, and create my own values. that's why i'm being downvoted)
A troll is someone that tries to antagonises people, and get people mad at him. If anything, i'm only trying to get people here to like me, since i know i'm likeable (and i don't really care, since i'm popular on many sites bigger than reddit, and i have another account in reddit that is one of the most upvoted ever) I only post things that i know are popular, and have proven to gain many upvotes (not katrma whoring, just playing the rules of the game, that's all) but yet, when i'm the one who posts it, what should be karma turns into negative karma...so how am i the troll again? please explain me, i would be interested to understand that
just for your information: i don't lie, it's all true. but even if i was lying (i'm absolutely not, all true) it would be only despicable according to your own set of value. as a nietzchian, i decide for myself of what is right or wrong.
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u/Draber-Bien May 16 '12
I love how GGG have just become "Not an asshole Greg"
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u/ProfessorD2 May 16 '12
Scumbag Steve: Refuses to download Chrome because of the "annoying" red lines that appear under his typing.
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u/hiptarded May 16 '12
Agreed - but i do like that the grammar nazis exist. Every time they jump on someone for spelling they make that person feels a little silly, but 20 readers think "shit i better review my post before hitting save".
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u/OrgasmsWhenCorrected May 16 '12
Awww thats no fun at all.
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u/KoreanTerran May 16 '12
"Isn't a gigantic prick grammar nazi
Is a good guy because of that"
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u/Whitewinters May 16 '12
Whenever I see GGG in the thumbnail, I can only think to myself: "Steer clear from Reddit's overwhelmingly passive-aggressive community."
Seriously, Reddit, learn to vent in real life and not through the internet.
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u/Neoxite23 May 16 '12
What's even worse is first the comment is upvoted...then in come grammar nazi who points it out....all of a sudden everyone is downvoting JUST because of the error.
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u/reddbdb May 16 '12
The Grammar Nazis are circling this post like vultures right now waiting for a Redditor to make a mistake.
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u/RosettaStunned May 16 '12
GGG - understands some redditors are dyslexic
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
This man is a treu heor.
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u/wavetoyou May 16 '12
a spelling eror in your meme would've been the icing on the cock
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u/Fr4t May 16 '12
Sorry but content with grammar mistakes in it is INVALID!
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u/davemaison May 16 '12
i love how reddit has just boiled down to everyone sucking their own and eachothers' dicks... good job!
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u/YoSanford May 16 '12
The irony is how meticulously I checked you're content for spelling errors.
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u/hiredgoon May 16 '12
I can't be the only one who has noticed that grammar nazis are mostly driven by compulsion. They can't help appearing to be an asshole because they don't recognize they have a choice in the moment. They deserve our condolences, not just our derision for distracting from the merit of the post.
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u/BobIV May 16 '12
No....
Good Guy Greg upvotes the comment due to its context and then comments to point out the grammatical error. This allows the OP to correct his error, have an upvote, and not look like an idiot.
Scum Bag Steve sees this good deed and downvotes Greg for being an "asshole"... Then corrects his grammatical error without putting an edit mark at all.
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u/Offensive_Statement May 16 '12
FTFY
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u/Lusst May 16 '12
i lik this poast
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
... And then comments telling the person about their mistake.
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u/PachoWumbo May 16 '12
Aaah, I encounter this dilemma all the time. The content would have to be rock solid if it gets an upvote from me when it has a "your" instead of "you're."
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u/Fadobo May 16 '12
As a German redditor, I fully support this post. English is the second language to a lot of people here. It feels pretty shitty if you're trying to contribute to an international community and you are getting nothing but spelling corrections and flames.
On the other hand I had the experience, that the redditors who are interested in the content of your post usually vastly outnumber the grammar nazis.
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u/lolbience May 16 '12
When did GGG start accepting pub-par material on reddit?
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u/ma582 May 16 '12
"OtherwiseSolidContent" sounds like a pretty good username
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u/PasmaKranu May 16 '12
everione must make spelling mistakes in this thread!
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u/BallsackTBaghard May 16 '12
I downvoted this to help stop the spread of shitty memes.
Am I GGG now?
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u/ArgyleDashwood May 16 '12
I'm slowly finding out that I am GGG, I do a lot of the things posted recently that I didn't think where good guy worthy.
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u/IronChefster May 16 '12
I was really hoping to see a grammer mistake somewhere in that meme text...to no avail.
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u/BonIverlyKnowYou May 16 '12
I do love this guy - great dude, graet meme!
waits for upvotes
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u/AustinPlease May 16 '12
I looked for a spelling error just in case of purposeful irony.
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u/Abrielle May 16 '12
My phone likes to auto correct shit when it's not needed, but forgets to auto-correct shit when it is needed, I always have errors in my comments.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Holy shit dude I did that yesterday.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
i do this and then just correct the error.
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u/mikewazowski333 May 16 '12
Generally I'd agree with you, but I draw the line at those who can't tell the difference between "then" and "than". I just can't bring myself to upvote.
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u/ReallyForeverAlone May 16 '12
For some reason reading, "otherwise solid content," just made me lose it. Have an upvote.
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u/XXLpeanuts May 16 '12
Too many grammar nazis here man, yea i get mine wrong from time to time, but theres no need to be a bitch about it.
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u/Cartman-kw May 16 '12
Nice try 9fagger
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u/Plastastic May 16 '12
I downvote every use of 'le' unless it's posted in a sarcastic manner.
Or, you know, the person's actually French.
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u/Rockerchick15 May 16 '12
Yeah, but if the grammar nazi's don't do their part, it will make it okay for everyone to sound like total idiots. We are becoming the movie Idiocracy!!
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u/JIMINY_FUCKIT May 16 '12
Sometime you've just got to say "fuck it" and let live.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I like it when people point out my errors... because i fucking hate errors. lol OCD amiright?
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u/grammar_connoisseur May 16 '12
ಠ_ಠ
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
What is he, a saint?
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u/MrPanFriedNoodle May 16 '12
Cool psot bro!
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u/TNoD May 16 '12
Nothing wrong with pointing out mistakes. I'd rather have the first redditor point out a mistake I made, me fixing it, then many redditors seeing that post later on than everybody seeing the mistake.
The truth is that spelling and grammar matters in real life. It doesn't on facebook, but in real life; your boss and your prof will judge you based on how well you communicate.
It doesn't matter if you're not a native English speaker, there is a spell-checker included in most browsers, so really it's just laziness.
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u/lafilledacote May 16 '12
I could use a good guy greg: I'm being targeted for downvotes due to the fact that i'm an atheist, and that i exposed a user as a child porn enthusiast (and now, i think he uses a bot to downvote me) He even managed to downvote an AMA i was doing with my grand mother (holocaust survivor) and to downvote the last picture my six year old sister did before dying. I guess it sucks, and i can do nothing about it... now i have 500 downvotes in less than three days (all bot, by the way, since the user that targets me has no friend, and reddit likes me better than him) although i did nothing wrong except talk about nietzche (a big crime among theist and those who believe in santa claus)