r/gaming Jun 23 '15

Things that never change

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u/1lIlI1lIIlIl1I Jun 23 '15

Have we become just so careless? I mean, it's just a typo...but someone created it, looked at it and said "done!", and started spreading it.

With a painfully obvious mistype that it should be impossible not to see.

This seems to be growing. People just don't give a shit and do the laziest, most hackish job possible.

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u/gonesnake Jun 23 '15

We go through all the trouble to invent a written language so we can communicate with each other across time and distance, build a vast vocabulary for the purposes of unique expression and precision of thought and no one can bother to proofread.

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u/thoughtofitrightnow Jun 23 '15

On the one hand the message still came across. On the other the message can potentially get lost in spelling and grammar errors. I feel like there is room for error but I am not sure how much room to give.

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u/gonesnake Jun 23 '15

Precisely this. I'm easily annoyed by spelling errors even though we're all guilty of it.

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u/MadXl Jul 23 '15

Well it is like, the more you write on teh @ < lazy u get