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fujiyamasan

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35. I can deal with spelling and grammar issues

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 10:52 PM

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But context free links really annoy me.

Are you seriously so lazy you can’t make the case why we should watch some random person’s video? Usually it’s a video.

I skip most videos anyways.

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Is It Just Me Aging and Getting Increasingly Grumpy [View all] The Roux Comes First Saturday OP

I think the former. Also, are you sure you want to use the word "smitten" here? Scrivener7 Saturday #1

Now I'm really confused Lifeafter70 Saturday #5

Show me someone who can't spell or write a lucid post and I'll show you a smoke show. Xavier Breath Saturday #12

Points Taken! The Roux Comes First Saturday #17

No need to capitalize the T in taken. Just sayin Blues Heron 19 hrs ago #53

Being smitten means being deeply in love, infatuated, or overwhelmingly captivated by someone or something. Celerity Yesterday #37

On fairness, auto correct is raising hell with displacedvermoter Saturday #2

Like I meant to write "In fairness" and it came out displacedvermoter Saturday #6

Same Here ProfessorGAC Saturday #24

Depends on the day Bettie Saturday #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Saturday #4

"On behalf of" is also puzzling in that phrase. Maybe the whole post is satire? enough Saturday #9

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Word police Wifes husband Saturday #7

Meh, could be worse. Xavier Breath Saturday #15

Or worse than that.... Celerity Yesterday #38

Have you read the Hill or Politico? mr715 Saturday #8

As I get older, my spelling accuracy is floating away... Swede Saturday #11

I'm getting less judgmental in my old age. Emile Saturday #13

Or you put up a disclaimer ... like my sig line. MiHale Saturday #14

Choose your battles and suffer the consequences. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Saturday #16

Is it laziness? orthoclad Saturday #18

I Hear You Loud and Clear The Roux Comes First Saturday #20

I think a "blank post rule" would orthoclad Saturday #21

I'd like to see this site avoid the "Quora problem." The Madcap 19 hrs ago #54

A few paragraphs carry a lot of info orthoclad 19 hrs ago #58

I can deal with spelling and grammar issues fujiyamasan Sunday #35

Agree. I'm supposed to waste time watching linked videos orthoclad 23 hrs ago #42

I'm pretty selective with the videos I watch fujiyamasan 19 hrs ago #48

I enjoyed utube before google. orthoclad 19 hrs ago #59

That's pretty cool fujiyamasan 16 hrs ago #62

The typos don't bother me like the opaque titles GenThePerservering Saturday #19

Yeah. Clickbait. orthoclad Saturday #22

And, "TURN ON (whatever channel) RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!" Wednesdays Saturday #23

CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER, RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! madinmaryland Saturday #28

And the hyperbole. Disaffected Saturday #25

Heh. "Bombshell". orthoclad 23 hrs ago #43

"Changes Everything" Disaffected 22 hrs ago #44

Liberal blogger EVISCERATES Trump - President WEEPS on air mr715 22 hrs ago #46

Is there a video? The Madcap 19 hrs ago #56

LIVE video unavailable despite INFLAMMATORY capitalization mr715 19 hrs ago #57

A lot of times I try to cram my entire post into the subject line, if it's short. LOL Beartracks Saturday #29

Yes, they're a complete waste of time fujiyamasan 19 hrs ago #49

Not exactly smitten, more annoyed. nt Disaffected Saturday #26

It's the internet, sharing ideas quickly, shit happens. dem4decades Saturday #27

Does neatness count? H2O Man Saturday #30

Spill chick helps but it's not perfect. Norrrm Saturday #31

No data is better than bad data orthoclad 22 hrs ago #45

I'm on the dysgraphia spectrum. multigraincracker Saturday #32

Quilty as charged MustLoveBeagles Saturday #33

I see what you did there. Scrivener7 Yesterday #39

Thank you but I'm not that clever MustLoveBeagles 21 hrs ago #47

Just you, I think canetoad Saturday #34

It isn't just you. Chemical Bill Yesterday #36

I remember ads like this on the subway: F u cn rd ths, y cn bcm a sec.... IcyPeas Yesterday #40

Be very careful. The Madcap 19 hrs ago #55

Well . . . hatrack Yesterday #41

DU has posters with different levels of education malaise 19 hrs ago #50

I'm usually on the move and I post from my phone a lot. Initech 19 hrs ago #51

"THIS" Croney 19 hrs ago #52

I'm aging, too, but DFW 19 hrs ago #60

Mostly, I understand typo. mwmisses4289 18 hrs ago #61

What really bugs this grumpy old timer Mysterian 14 hrs ago #63