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Grins
Actually, I use dialect frequently when I write. It's a deliberate choice, one often based on using a less formal wording to take some of the sting out of what I'm posting. :-)

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ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

LW..school's out.

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More food for thought:
George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

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ORIGINAL: kalikshama

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ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

LW..school's out.

I saw Alice live last week!

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On the other end of the spectrum, there are people such as Kana, who paints such a vivid and precise picture that I'd be terrified of responding.

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yes, there is a difference, im just trying to see who understands there is a difference and who will decide to go ahead and fight about having perfect grammar in an imperfect cobbled together language

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ORIGINAL: kalthus
It strikes me as picky, and on the face of it a ‘picky submissive’ sounds like a contradiction in terms.

Submissive does not mean "stupid and easy".

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yes, there is a difference, im just trying to see who understands there is a difference and who will decide to go ahead and fight about having perfect grammar in an imperfect cobbled together language

We aren't fighting about it. We've explained that when the only way you have to sell yourself is through the written word, that not writing well means nobody will buy.

You have dyslexia, put it into your signature line so people will know. Start off your email by apologizing for mistakes made as a result of that. Do not expect people who receive gibberish to automatically assume you have a ld. They won't. They will more likely assume you're uneducated or abusing substances, if not both.

Don't want to do that? Then don't use an online dating site. Join your local community and meet people in real life instead where your inability to write won't matter.

There are all kinds of options you can use to improve your odds of finding someone. But if you consistently pick the one that doesn't work especially after being told why it doesn't work, then you present yourself as someone who fits Einstein's definition of insanity.

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On the other end of the spectrum, there are people such as Kana, who paints such a vivid and precise picture that I'd be terrified of responding.

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ORIGINAL: Kana

And there is a distinct line between being restricted and inconsiderate.

Look, I ain't got a dog in his fight either way so I don't care much.
Buuuuuuuut, this is basic stuff.
Like it or not, folks judge us on how we present ourselves, some more than others.
But no doubt about it, its gonna happen.
Now this is the interwebz, and I'm an anarchist by nature and I hate rules, which is good, cuz the webz, it's pretty much wide open (Within the boundaries of TOS, but of course. Wanna play in someone else's sandbox, it's only fair to have to follow the house rules) and sure, anyone can post anything written as well, or as poorly as they chose.
And others are equally free to judge em on it and act accordingly and treat them in kind.
Which I happen to love.
So hey, some idjit wants to come on here, look like a fool, talk in textspeak, go right ahead.
No skin off my back. I'm not the one getting hurt or making myself look stupid.

(But I also have the right to mock them for it...and I will if I feel like it, mostly because I'm a dick that way and I like provoking folks and every once in a while few things can be more fun than poking a moron with a stick...cuz you know, I'm a sadist and all and such things amuse me greatly. :-p)


But don't be getting all upset or hurt or defensive.If someone intentionally and knowingly takes a socially inappropriate action, a faux pas so to speak,, they can't really complain if they get consequences. Act like a moron, expect to get treated like one. That's human nature. And I don't see that changing anytime soon.
Or to go all Forrest Gump on ya's, "Stupid is as stupid does."

Now I'm not denying the fact that there can be extenuating circumstances such as were outlined in a dissent above. And some of those are valid. But ya know what, tell folks about those reasons, lead with em, and generally it's been my experience here that folks are pretty understanding.