Oh my god... You're THAT stupid?
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langauge evolves over time silent letters and words that are spelled differently to how to how they sound are unnecessary and unintuitive. (really would it be the end of the world to lose the k on knife?)
semantics over your and you're (and others like them) are pointless since they sound identicle. (other than the inflection used) you can easily gather the meaning from the context in which they are used regadless of wether they are spoken or written.
just use you , you are and your will losing the ' and the E really make it so unreadable? human langauge is very fluid you dont even need all the letters in the right place just the ones at the start and end of a word.
I'm sure most of you have heard about that quirk of the human brain being able to read jumbled up letters I.E. yuo wlil raed tihs wtih ltitle toruble.
the english langauge need to trim some fat and become more user friendly.
if you think people are so stupid for not being able to follow/learn stupid little rules invented years ago (many even centuries ago) why not make it a little easier to learn and remember.
yes you could argue that not being able to learn them is a way for people to tell how smart you are or how much of an effort your making. it doesn't change the fact that our langauge is a mess and hard to learn especially as a second langauge.
how many other countries have classes for their own langauge?
and now every one will reply and call me an idiot and barely (if at all) consider my post anything more than HUUR HUUR ME STOOPED AND HAVE A DUMB THING TO SAY LISTEN TO MEEEE
semantics over your and you're (and others like them) are pointless since they sound identicle. (other than the inflection used) you can easily gather the meaning from the context in which they are used regadless of wether they are spoken or written.
just use you , you are and your will losing the ' and the E really make it so unreadable? human langauge is very fluid you dont even need all the letters in the right place just the ones at the start and end of a word.
I'm sure most of you have heard about that quirk of the human brain being able to read jumbled up letters I.E. yuo wlil raed tihs wtih ltitle toruble.
the english langauge need to trim some fat and become more user friendly.
if you think people are so stupid for not being able to follow/learn stupid little rules invented years ago (many even centuries ago) why not make it a little easier to learn and remember.
yes you could argue that not being able to learn them is a way for people to tell how smart you are or how much of an effort your making. it doesn't change the fact that our langauge is a mess and hard to learn especially as a second langauge.
how many other countries have classes for their own langauge?
and now every one will reply and call me an idiot and barely (if at all) consider my post anything more than HUUR HUUR ME STOOPED AND HAVE A DUMB THING TO SAY LISTEN TO MEEEE
I can't by virtue of the following examples are not from the same people. But I'm hoping you'll be amused by them all the same.revolverwolf said:
Tristan: I have a photogenic memory.
Teacher: What, so everything you remember is beautiful? HEY EVERYONE, TRISTAN HAS A PHOTOGENIC MEMORY!
Me: I always imagine Saturn's [Cronus'] voice as Morgan Freeman's. [referring to a passage of Latin poetry I had to read for a contest]
Teacher: Who's Morgan Freeman?
Alto section leader: When you're on stage, make sure your knees are a little bit bent. You'll cut off circulation to your legs if you... if you... I don't want to say "hyperventilate," do I?
Other section leader: Hyperextend.
"Yes. You'll cut off circulation if you hyperextend your knees."
Not sure why I'm being called a grammar nazi since I only pointed it out because he used the wrong "their" in the same sentence where he calls other people stupid. I just found it ironic.sagonas123 said:
Edit: Oh, if you post about other people being stupid, you should just be sure to equip your fire shield.
This kind of crap happens regularly in my classroom. Mostly because the avergae IQ of the people in my class is barely above the level you need to function.
One person thought communism was a form of telephone.
One person thought communism was a form of telephone.
What the- What kind of policy is that?! No, seriously. In a public school? Dude... And I thought it was bad here...HT_Black said:
And Eragon on the top list? Man...
As for the stupid virus, I don't think I have seen someone afflicted with it to that point.
I'll listen. You've got a valid point; language is a method of communicating, and as long as the correct message is being communicated, it doesn't matter if there are a few mistakes here and there.ryo02 said:
But my counter-argument is that language communicates more than just its own message. The way a message is written says a lot, too. On an internet forum, it's perfectly fine to make a few spelling/grammar errors; on The Escapist, it's socially stipulated that you at least look like you're making an effort to use correct spelling and grammar, but you won't get banned (and nobody likes the grammar nazis anyway. They're just trying to make themselves feel righteous). On the other hand, if you're submitting a cover letter, you want to communicate respect, and having perfect grammar is a way of communicating that you care about rules. Or in poetry, say you want to break the rules. You have to know the rule in order for people to believe you're breaking it consciously to make a statement; otherwise, it's just an error in something that should be polished.
No I basically just said that people have a right to think what they want but if what they think is god damned stupid then they shouldn't wave the fucking "it's a free country" flag in my face if I fuckin' criticize them for it. Ergo: Using the cover of freedom to spew anti-free hate and warmongering is redundant, my post wasn't.Danzaivar said:You basically just said "people have a right to think what they want if they don't act on them, they shouldn't act on them" it's a bit redundant, really.
...Also I argued that some opinions are inherently wrong, and that morning-stars are awesome.
Well as I said it is a precursor of ignorance. Not to mention someone who can't grasp any mathematical concept as it is. I can vouch for his stupidity.martin said:
In england, there is a show called "Russel Howard's Good News" where it pokes fun at news stories from the past week or two
Last week there was a part where he showed the most idiotic answers in the GCSE's from last year, the best one was
Q. Name six animals that live exclusively in the Arctic
A. two seals andthree four polar bears
and people say that intelligence levels are going UP in england?
Last week there was a part where he showed the most idiotic answers in the GCSE's from last year, the best one was
Q. Name six animals that live exclusively in the Arctic
A. two seals and
and people say that intelligence levels are going UP in england?
Ignorance =/= stupid, yes. But if you were ignorant about a subject to begin with, how can your argument be well-thought out? More likely, this kid was acting on visceral associations he had with homosexuality. Even an argument in one's head can be refutable; maybe it hasn't been refuted yet, but if he were better-educated, perhaps he would refute his argument.EspirituExterminatus said:
Little Britain has clearly achieved NOTHING!McCa said:
Pro-tip: 99.99% of people in the real world SUCK and are not worth interacting with because they are homophobic, racist dickheads, but worst of all they are COWARDS. I guarantee you not a single one of them would have the balls or ovaries to tell an actual gay person they have a problem with their sexuality, at least not without a gang to back them up.
They just love to spout off their mouth to reaffirm their own prejudices which ultimately stem from insecurities about their own sexuality.