tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post5499846254834536767..comments2024-01-02T09:18:23.893-05:00Comments on Written World: Oh, and while I'm here...Ragnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-45800727137161849702007-11-08T22:29:00.000-05:002007-11-08T22:29:00.000-05:00Not really. The people who misunderstood her reall...Not really. The people who misunderstood her really did so because they didn't read it properly, simple as that, so to suggest that they get some remedial help with their English comprehension isn't so much insulting them as it is pointing out an obvious fact. It was pretty funny, though, that the person who was being the most rational on the CSBG thread got called a troll for calling people sub-literate, when all they had done was to be, well, sub-literate.<BR/>Loved the ones who insisted that all they'd been given were insults with no explanations and that they weren't misreading, but she had miswritten even after they had the sentences parsed out for them.Jack Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347116217773724467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-84386452164208444382007-11-07T05:10:00.000-05:002007-11-07T05:10:00.000-05:00I wouldn't call it whining per se, but I can see w...I wouldn't call it whining per se, but I can see where Anonymous is coming from somewhat.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680455254697605169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-64277710296705658132007-11-06T20:21:00.000-05:002007-11-06T20:21:00.000-05:00Jer:This strip sums it up well :DJer:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/lost_angelwings/comics/strips/absolute.jpg" REL="nofollow">This strip sums it up well</A> :DAmi Angelwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263018434610100226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-32995435378373208302007-11-06T20:09:00.000-05:002007-11-06T20:09:00.000-05:00Ragnell, like all girls, has a weakness for sweets...Ragnell, like all girls, has a weakness for sweets and wants a man to protect her.<BR/><BR/>Am I kidding? You decide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-19367751577073627062007-11-06T17:30:00.000-05:002007-11-06T17:30:00.000-05:00melissa, you always make me smile.melissa, you always make me smile.Micklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634363950848962653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-5805952208176273462007-11-06T11:07:00.000-05:002007-11-06T11:07:00.000-05:00I'll admit it threw me for about half a second, bu...I'll admit it threw me for about half a second, but then the reading comprehension part of my brain kicked in, followed by a big "Oh" in my head.notinthefacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12537680561821564347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-84906325290273471392007-11-06T10:38:00.000-05:002007-11-06T10:38:00.000-05:00you whine for several paragraphsOne Anonymous' "wh...<I>you whine for several paragraphs</I><BR/><BR/>One Anonymous' "whining" is another reader's "righteous indignation at being deliberately misrepresented with a twist of well-deserved contempt for the misrepresenters."<BR/><BR/>In case that was too subtle for you, Anon, I'm basically saying you're a douche.Melissa McEwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784594504716679607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-51601557130772895092007-11-06T09:42:00.000-05:002007-11-06T09:42:00.000-05:00Sometimes I can't figure out if I like this blog o...Sometimes I can't figure out if I like this blog or not. You write insightful and interesting posts, but you also whine a hell of a lot. This post is a prime example. Instead of just a simple "That's not what I meant" you whine for several paragraphs and insult everyone who misunderstood you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-31679634869733889112007-11-06T09:11:00.000-05:002007-11-06T09:11:00.000-05:00Eh - that looked like someone looking to pick a fi...Eh - that looked like someone looking to pick a fight. It was pretty obvious what you meant by it.<BR/><BR/>Although I do notice a lot of trolls on feminist blogs do this sort of thing - someone will make a comment about a subset of men and they'll immediately start arguing as if the commenter was trashing "all men". It seems like a standard "change the topic to a strawman I can argue against" tactic, and a way to reinforce their ideas that all feminists are man-hating lesbians or something.Jerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060430253113856206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-84262621088162388172007-11-06T09:10:00.000-05:002007-11-06T09:10:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060430253113856206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-33043239316901945602007-11-06T08:49:00.000-05:002007-11-06T08:49:00.000-05:00I actually can see how the misinterpretation could...I actually can see how the misinterpretation could have happened, although I read the sentence as intended; it requires seeing the parentheses as a sort of "that is to say", or "e.g.". It's a stretch, but if you went into the column with a chip on your shoulder and a belief that you were reading the words of a man-hating sociopath, you'd probably assume the worst.<BR/><BR/>(Which, of course, isn't to say you're a man-hating sociopath. You, like the rest of us, are a humanity-hating sociopath. :) )John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221569513392130884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-23239301813677882982007-11-06T07:29:00.000-05:002007-11-06T07:29:00.000-05:00Yeah, I think it was pretty much just a case of tr...Yeah, I think it was pretty much just a case of troll-guy-is-trolling-now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-66232146824191872462007-11-06T06:29:00.000-05:002007-11-06T06:29:00.000-05:00I don't think it's really even a case of stupidity...I don't think it's really even a case of stupidity - more like disingenuous arguing. <BR/><BR/>If you can read an insult into the point, then you don't have to actually discuss the point.<BR/><BR/>Sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com