It's probably illeetist or uhlitist of me and makes me a durty socilist or something, but I have this whacky notion that if someone is so uneducated as to be incapable of grasping the most basic rudiments of spelling, capitalization and punctuation, there's a fair to middling chance that their political opinions might not be very well-informed.
I give you Teabonics.
Edited, Mar 31st 2010 10:13pm by Ambrya
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I lol'd.
Allegory wrote:
At first I thought it was a bad photoshop. Then I realized they likely recognized their error and attempted a fix after the fact.
Edited, Apr 1st 2010 12:17am by Allegory
Edited, Apr 1st 2010 12:17am by Allegory
That, or they originally wrote the sign in pencil and then, when going over the block letters with marker, missed that one. Still, most of the rest are worth some lulz.
Maybe they secretly misspelled it to annoy you?
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Maybe they secretly misspelled it to annoy entertain you?
Not outside the realm of possibility.
Tailmon wrote:
I lol'd.
Just for the record, one shouldn't use that phrase in Asylum. We are snobs here after all.
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Tailmon wrote:
I lol'd.
Just for the record, one shouldn't use that phrase in Asylum. We are snobs here after all.
Might as well go for it. Murphy dictates that somewhere in the course of discussing this, those of us who pride ourselves on our grammar will make a horrendously ill-timed and embarrassing typo.
Ambrya wrote:
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Tailmon wrote:
I lol'd.
Just for the record, one shouldn't use that phrase in Asylum. We are snobs here after all.
Might as well go for it. Murphy dictates that somewhere in the course of discussing this, those of us who pride ourselves on our grammar will make a horrendously ill-timed and embarrassing typo.
The Asylum can effect us all like that.
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The Asylum can effect us all like that.
Nails on a mental chalkboard *twitch*
catwho wrote:
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The Asylum can effect us all like that.
Nails on a mental chalkboard *twitch*
Don't loose your mind over it.
Ow. It physically hurt to make my fingers do that.
Edited, Mar 31st 2010 11:29pm by Ambrya
I disagree with the premise. Smash has taught me that someone can have the grammar and spelling of a ****** and still be pretty smart. Other factors come into play.
The Glorious Atomicflea wrote:
I disagree with the premise. Smash has taught me that someone can have the grammar and spelling of a ****** and still be pretty smart. Other factors come into play.
But too, someone is out there looking for the errors. How many signs are grammatically correct?
Also, this is a grassroots movement. I give them credit for even getting the masses off the couch and making signs.
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I give you Obamonics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyW9e5QdWxk
and this stuttering idiot/socialist is our president.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyW9e5QdWxk
and this stuttering idiot/socialist is our president.
knoxxsouthy wrote:
I give you Obamonics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyW9e5QdWxk
and this stuttering idiot/socialist is our president.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyW9e5QdWxk
and this stuttering idiot/socialist is our president.
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Maybe they secretly misspelled it to annoy you?
You know, that would be pretty clever. Give us educated libs some blue sharpies and we'll be distracted all day while you get your protest on.
Plus your signs will be corrected free of charge!
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Ugly,
Only if Bush is a skinny black man who can't say five words straight without reading it off a script.
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You talking about Bush again?
Only if Bush is a skinny black man who can't say five words straight without reading it off a script.
Nah, Bush couldn't even keep them straight off a teleprompter.
Looking at those pictures, I had a mix of reactions.
On one hand, I giggled at the misspellings. They are funny.
On the other hand, I felt sorry for some of those people. They probably can spell, just messed up on a sign here or there. I know I've done it before when working on a large sign, it's easy to do for some reason.
Then I felt sad at some of the opinions being expressed. The "Obama, my forefathers are from America, yours are from Kenya, that explains a lot about you" sign made me sad. Not only does that extremely white guy most likey have roots all over Europe, we used to be proud of those kinds of backgrounds.
And lastly, I felt slightly amused at the fact that most of the people, complaining about their "wealth" being taxed probably don't make more than $50,000 a year, and so really don't have to worry about the "Redistibution of wealth."
On one hand, I giggled at the misspellings. They are funny.
On the other hand, I felt sorry for some of those people. They probably can spell, just messed up on a sign here or there. I know I've done it before when working on a large sign, it's easy to do for some reason.
Then I felt sad at some of the opinions being expressed. The "Obama, my forefathers are from America, yours are from Kenya, that explains a lot about you" sign made me sad. Not only does that extremely white guy most likey have roots all over Europe, we used to be proud of those kinds of backgrounds.
And lastly, I felt slightly amused at the fact that most of the people, complaining about their "wealth" being taxed probably don't make more than $50,000 a year, and so really don't have to worry about the "Redistibution of wealth."
catwho wrote:
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Nails on a mental chalkboard *twitch*
Hah! Funny...
I tend to think it's more important that the message is understandable than that it's delivered with perfect spelling and/or grammar. I know for a fact that I leave mistakes in my posts all the time. Usually, it's because my fingers type automatically and I don't notice that I wrote "your" instead of "you're" until after the fact, for example. Unless the error is particularly annoying, or might change the meaning of a sentence I wrote, I usually don't bother to correct it.
I also don't criticize others about spelling or grammar, unless it's eye-bleedingly bad, or I can't figure out what they're trying to say, or they're themselves being a grammar **** whilst making mistakes of their own (yeah! I'm looking over there at you Moe!).
Um... So does the fact that these are just normal people (bad spelling and all) make their positions less valid? Would it be better if some well funded organization wrote all their signs for them? At the risk of being obvious, this is what real "grass roots" looks like. Warts and all...
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
gbaji wrote:
I also don't criticize others about spelling or grammar, unless [...] they're themselves being a grammar **** whilst making mistakes of their own (yeah! I'm looking over there at you Moe!).
The difference is I can take the **** with myself and have a laugh while still making fun of you.
w!nz
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
gbaji wrote:
I also don't criticize others about spelling or grammar, unless [...] they're themselves being a grammar **** whilst making mistakes of their own (yeah! I'm looking over there at you Moe!).
The difference is I can take the **** with myself and have a laugh while still making fun of you.
You are clearly a giant among small rodent like creatures... ;)
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
"Respect Are Country, Speak English" is now my new favorite quote of the year.
ENGLISH IS THE LANGUAGE NO EXCETIONS. LEARN IT.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
I protest sign from an Asyluminte would read:
"Bleach for morans. Ur all a bunch of cnuts. GFY."
"Bleach for morans. Ur all a bunch of cnuts. GFY."
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