Did I not search out the link to give to you? What could possibly give you the silly idea that *I* wrote it - I have not even implied such a thing.
Starting a new thread for a metadiscussion is rude in and of itself. THere's some education - now you have no excuses there.
As opposed to posting a reply so far removed from the being replied to? Uh, no.
follow.
Yes, classic MFFY. "If it's good for me, great! If it's rude, who cares - it's good for me!"
Your "time savings" then becomes a time cost for someone else unless EVERYBODY posts the same way. And they don't, so there's only time savings for *you*.
You're arguing with someone who will nitpick you into the mud. And once there, easily wear you out because it is familiar territory. Like a child always needing to get the last word in. I have concluded that for some, slavish devotion to bottom posting is a measure of status in their mind as they are the purists of usenet users. It is a geekdoom honour thing. (notice I said "some")
Notice I said, "wear you down" not 'win'. And he will wear you down. By the geekdoom code, that means he won.
I am amused that we all got suckered into this. It really is funny.
Something I am different about, when writing single digits, in a sentence, I always use the word (five) rather than the numeral (5). Not always, such as if referencing some sort of result. A long time ago I was taught it was proper form. The other way was lazy! This is the first time I have ever mentioned it to anybody. And I do it not to lecture but to point out how we carry our preset preferences around with us.
Good luck if you want to pursue this. Get into the spirit of it all and wear a StarTrek uniform or something?
I am walking away feeling I have a renewed sense of humour.
Oh, and Higgybaby, he still hasn't figured it out every time he drives the red car, something bad happens to him. He is just like all of us!
No, Jules, I "won" before I ever posted a single word on the subject. That you feel the need to use ad hominem comments to try and salve your bruised ego is telling.
You see, the standards for proper posting existed before you or I ever posted a single word in usenet. I realize that this inconvenient fact hurts you deeply, and I can't apologize for pointing it out - facts are facts, and they don't bow to feelings.
Etiquette in all things existed before you and I first recognized the need to follow etiquette. Like proper queue behavior, table manners, courteous driving, etc. Or are you one of those folks who truly doesn't follow accepted standards of behavior? If that is the case, then this is all moot. It would imply that you are an asshole by choice, and no amount of education will do anything to make you polite enough for adults.
What hilarious is that *you* keep going on, and on, and on - as though somehow your own comments about others don't apply to yourself.
How is it rude to write "5" rather than "five"? It isn't? OK, then. But pointing out poor grammer or speling *is* rude.
If that were only true. But it isn't. You are hurt because your shortcomings have been pointed out in public, and you are pouting about it. The facade of nonchalance is easily seen. What's worse, in the face of evidence to the contrary that top-posting is acceptable, you still seem to cling to your false ideas, because you know that you will lose face if you suddenly started doing it the right way. Down deep, you have that sinking feeling because you know I'm right, and you hate it. That is why you feel the need to attack me personally, rather than attempt an air-tight logical construct to prove your own point.
Oh, and hey - after a while of have a rude, lazy and selfish posting style, folks will just killfile you or ignore your posts. Thus making usenet sort of pointless for you. Good luck with that.
I don't think I'd lose much sleep about losing the readership of the sorts of braniacs that can't figure out more than one style of post and who choose to killfile people rather than figure it out...
Please try to appreciate that saying that they're "easily-readable", is *only* your opinion, your preference. Top-posters simply find top-posting easily-readable. The truth is, they're *both* easily readable and if you learn to embrace more than one style of post (as I did many years ago, despite personally preferring a different style), then you'll soon get the hang of it and not even notice the style, but just read what people have to say - which is *surely* what we're all here for.
?! Why is this a problem for you? Please don't tell me that you're another last-word-in junkie...
Was this an intentional gag to spell both grammar and spelling incorrectly? Yes, I know he'll *say* it was....
Do you really find someone helping you with your spelling to be rude? Don't you want to learn and get it right? I know I wouldn't mind. There's no point pointing out a typo, but if I were to consistently spell something wrong, I see no harm in pointing having it pointed out.
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