View Full Version : to comma? or not to comma?
I'm sorry i use to many comma's andi .
and I am sorry if I sound like a cheesy captain kirk , as you said.
I have appologised several times about my spelling and writing skills. I am sorry i can't live up to the standards you spoke of in your pm to me .
i guess , because i can't type ,,, It is just my way of trying to make my babble more understandable,, or maybe i just find it easier to read , myself.
I am sorry for not concidering your feelings , when I am writing.
I guess maybe I am just more focused on just trying to get my feelings out that i have kept inside and were killing me .
I have tried to find someone in real life to talk to , but i can't find anyone ,, and it makes me real sad , so i talk here ,, i'm sorry.
thank -you for pointing out what i'm doing wrong, i was always worried i would hurt someones feelings because of my ignorance that you spoke of .
Once again I appologise to everyone, It won't happen again I assure you.
this is captain kirk saying ,,,,,,,,,,, beam me up scotty ,,,,,,this planet is fucked!
Hi Jesse,
Just think how rare and valuable the writing style of a "cheesy captain kirk" might be. You don't have to change your writing style. A while back, in another context, I complained of smiley faces, and have a strong opinion on the matter. That was just me spouting off. No one replied that they were sorry for using them.
I am envious of your writing style. You have a way with words that allows you to express your inner most feelings and conflicts. You also have an ear for detail that lifts your writing above the ordinary. I always look forward to reading your posts. You touch on matters of great importance to intersex people. Just recently, your posts about your conversation with your mother about being intersexed where great. If intersex is to move beyond being defined in dry medical terms, people will need to hear of your experience and the experience of other intersex people. BTW, I think that your writing transcends typical racial catagories, and to this day I cannot guess your race. You must be doing something right.
Please don't beam yourself up and out of this forum.
Your fan,
Peter
You do not sound like a cheezy captain Kirk. In fact i have never heard what you sound like.
I have told you that you posts are interesting to read and give a much need laugh to this forum sometimes.
`
We don't have to click with every one on this site..
We also should not take things so personaly. We only see people here on a one dimensional level with these posts. SO we don't get to see what motivates people to make the posts they do.
I think both Andi and Jessie contribute a lot to this site.
If any of us are having a bad day there are other people to take it out on, besides BLO members :rolleyes:
That's right, I PMed you for a reason. To not clutter up the board with this. But since you insist on making a huge issue of this. I must now request that if you want to say something about me, that you at least not lie.
You say "i guess , because i can't type...". I never said you couldn't type. And I see in this post you put up that you are doind one thing I did say in my second PM to you (which I sent just a short time ago), and that is focusing on only the negative. I did also say that I found your posts well thought out, despite the overused punctuation.
You also said "It is just my way of trying to make my babble more understandable". I never called it babble. I only said that it made your posts more difficult for me to read.
Now, I wasn't trying to stifle your posting. Not by any means. In fact, though you might not believe me, I would encourage you to keep posting. The only thing I was suggesting was modifying your usage of punctuation so your thoughts and feelings are more visible.
This post I'm replying to for example, has far fewer commas that just about any other post you've made. And I can see your thoughts and feelings clearly. Anger, resentment towards me, bitter sarcasm. All that shines through like a ray of sunshine from behind a cloud. I congratulate you on a magnificient post. This may be one of your best so far.
Keep up the good work.
Andi
you have to learn to accept people andi ,,,,,,,,, not everything you see or hear is going to please you. but that does not mean you can't accept it.
I am not going to " MODIFY " my writing ,,,, or anything else about myself,,,, not for you ,,,, or anyone else for that matter .
( i might change my mind if i met a really hot girl though , lol)
and your not going to come on here and try and make me look like a school yard bully ,,, by posting childish crap like,,, " so your looking for a fight."
fyi-
i am the one who calls my writing ,,,,,,,, "babble" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i call it that because thats the way i see it ,,,,,,,,,, just a babbling brook of words, thoughts, feelings, and emotions ,,, flowing out of me.
fyi-
I am not saying that you said i can't type . ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"I" as in ,,,"myself",,,,,,,,,,,,said I can't type,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,because, I CAN"T TYPE. lol............. i use two fingers.
you see what happens when I don't use ,,,,,,, commas , lmao. it was easy for you to read ,,, but you misunderstood me ,,,,,
I posted this thread for a reason andi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I don't believe you are a bad person, but rather a person who had a bad day. We are all here hurting and healing ,,, lets not forget that ok.
I myself get very defensive ,,,,,,,,,, and I have rewritten my posts several times ,,,,, realizing half way through the post , that I am taking something to personal. and I will stop and think a little more about how I really feel or to get a better understanding of what i am responding to.
there is something else going on here ,,,,,,, other than ,, comma abuse. lol
At first I thought you just wanted some excitement for your friday night.............. but when i logged on to post this,,, I got your second pm. and i changed my mind ,,,,,,,,,
I don't think your reason for sending me a private message was because you hate my commas ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I think you are hurting inside ,,,,,,,,, you don't want to recognise that hurt or you don't know how to deal with it,,,,,,,, so your masking it with anger ,,,,,,,
can you remember the first time you said to yourself ,,,,,,,man I hate all those stinkin commas he's using .........
do you remember what the post was about?
You said in your second pm ,,that you struggled ,,,, not knowing whether you should send it or not................... what pushed you to finally send it? what were you thinking about when you decided to send it.?
my point is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if it was an actual struggle with-in yourself to send such a letter,,,, than why did you?
and I'm not trying to be mean, or anything,,,,,,,, i admite I over reacted to your pm. I am just over doing it ,,,, allowing myself to feel things . i would have never in a million years let something like that bother me ,,,never mind actually hurting me. I feel like a wild stallion ,,,,,, i have to keep pulling on those reins , slow me down,,,, think first ,, react second,,,,,,,
so that leaves us with one question,,,,,,,,,,, why did you over react to my commas?hmmmmmm?
could it be that your sweet on me and you were to shy to say hi :) lol
either that or ,,,, you actually hate captain kirk ? did he make you mad that episode he got mad at scotty , because , scotty was givin her all she gots and she cants take no more ?
well gotta ,,, g . o .
chat ach ya all later
live big and love large !
ps- the last part was mean to make ya all laugh ,,,,,,, I hope I succeeded :)
,,,,,,thank-u ,,,,,,,
You know something ,,,,,,,,,,,,i am sitting here writing and reflecting ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, when did I start using all these commas?,,, I realized ,,,,, there are alot of people who would recognize me ,,,,,,,,just from seeing the way i write. That thought has scared me a time or two while writing a post.
then it hit me ,,,,,,,,, I obviously see my style of writing as my own ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, something that belongs to me ,,,,,,,,,,, it's a part of my identity,,,,,,,, I just never associated the two together before.
*warning* ,,,,, don't ever try and take something that is mine ,,,,,,,,,, cause i'll hunt you down like a dog till i get it back ,,,lol ,,,,,, and with my recent access to the star ship enterprise,,,,,, it shouldn't be hard to locate you ,,,hehe j/k andi :) oops sry peter hehe.
one day I hope I am so happy ,,, that I can be know for the comic relief at blo. ,,,,,,,,,it makes me feel so good to make people laugh.
just like peter ,,,,,,, lol .......... that was you ? ,,, i think I remember reading something about someone ranting over smilie usage ,, lmao ,,,,,,,,
jules ,,,,, i had to scratch my head for a sec ,,,,,,,,about the whole ,,, " bad bm stopping me",,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i was like ,,, bm? hmmm,,,,,,,, haha ,,,,,, then i got it ,,,,,,,,,, lmao ,,,,,,,,,,, good one
peter if my writing transcends typical racial catagories,,,,,,,,, it is purely by fluke ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i have never thought about someones race while writing ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hmmmmm ,,, I can't recall ever wondering what anyones race was here.
But I do wonder alot about how others here view themselves,,,,,,,,,,, when I first came here ,,, i wasn't sure who was a guy or girl ,,,,,,, it is very hard to go back looking through all those posts to find clues.
it is stressful for me sometimes , because I get myself in sh*t all the time about sexist stuff. I don't look at people that way ,,,,,,,,,,,,, to me , a persons age,sex,race,size, does not define who they are as a human being. so i do dumb things ,,,,,like call my female friends dude . some women take offence to that ,,,,,, but to me I am just greeting a friend.
But now that i know you are curious as to my race ,,,,,,,, haha i don't think i'm going to tell you ,,,lol
all I will say from now on is,,,,,,,, I am an IS (individual soul )
peace love and all that good stuff ,,,,,,,,,,,,4 am i'm going to bed
[QUOTE]Originally posted by lost
[B]you have to learn to accept people andi ,,,,,,,,, not everything you see or hear is going to please you. but that does not mean you can't accept it.
I am not going to " MODIFY " my writing ,,,, or anything else about myself,,,, not for you ,,,, or anyone else for that matter .
( i might change my mind if i met a really hot girl though , lol)
OK, before I go any further, perhaps you may want to rephrase the above paragraph. I looks to me like you're saying you have the right to be as rigid and inflexible (Yes, I am well aware of the redundancy in that) as you wish, but I don't.
fyi-
i am the one who calls my writing ,,,,,,,, "babble" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i call it that because thats the way i see it ,,,,,,,,,, just a babbling brook of words, thoughts, feelings, and emotions ,,, flowing out of me.
OK, fine. It seemed to me as if you were saying I had said that.
fyi-
I am not saying that you said i can't type . ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"I" as in ,,,"myself",,,,,,,,,,,,said I can't type,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,because, I CAN"T TYPE. lol............. i use two fingers.
Well, this may be going into semantics, so I'll let this go.
you see what happens when I don't use ,,,,,,, commas , lmao. it was easy for you to read ,,, but you misunderstood me ,,,,,
I posted this thread for a reason andi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I don't believe you are a bad person, but rather a person who had a bad day. We are all here hurting and healing ,,, lets not forget that ok.
I myself get very defensive ,,,,,,,,,, and I have rewritten my posts several times ,,,,, realizing half way through the post , that I am taking something to personal. and I will stop and think a little more about how I really feel or to get a better understanding of what i am responding to.
there is something else going on here ,,,,,,, other than ,, comma abuse. lol
At first I thought you just wanted some excitement for your friday night.............. but when i logged on to post this,,, I got your second pm. and i changed my mind ,,,,,,,,,
I don't think your reason for sending me a private message was because you hate my commas ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
At least I'm not the only one of us not understanding the other then. :)
I think you are hurting inside ,,,,,,,,, you don't want to recognise that hurt or you don't know how to deal with it,,,,,,,, so your masking it with anger ,,,,,,,
can you remember the first time you said to yourself ,,,,,,,man I hate all those stinkin commas he's using .........
do you remember what the post was about?
Not offhand. I believe it was something that built over time and posts.
You said in your second pm ,,that you struggled ,,,, not knowing whether you should send it or not................... what pushed you to finally send it? what were you thinking about when you decided to send it.?
my point is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if it was an actual struggle with-in yourself to send such a letter,,,, than why did you?
I struggled over it because I thought (correctly as it seems) that you'd misinterpret what I said as an attack on you. But really, it does get to me sometimes.
and I'm not trying to be mean, or anything,,,,,,,, i admite I over reacted to your pm. I am just over doing it ,,,, allowing myself to feel things . i would have never in a million years let something like that bother me ,,,never mind actually hurting me. I feel like a wild stallion ,,,,,, i have to keep pulling on those reins , slow me down,,,, think first ,, react second,,,,,,,
so that leaves us with one question,,,,,,,,,,, why did you over react to my commas?hmmmmmm?
I may be possible you just had the bad luck of being the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back". All over the internet I see people who can't type. I don't mean how you described yourself as one who "can't type", but instead I mean:
Da idiots hoo rite wurds like dis an ta mak it wurs, dey doo it on purpose bcuz dey think it iz qt
So, any deliberate misuse of language offends me much like how die hard union workers are offended by picket line crossers. I consider it an insult to everything I believe in.
could it be that your sweet on me and you were to shy to say hi :) lol
(Again I struggle. I can't find a way to express my amusement without it seeming meanspirited.)
either that or ,,,, you actually hate captain kirk ? did he make you mad that episode he got mad at scotty , because , scotty was givin her all she gots and she cants take no more ?
Wasn't that EVERY episode? LMAO
well gotta ,,, g . o .
chat ach ya all later
live big and love large !
ps- the last part was mean to make ya all laugh ,,,,,,, I hope I succeeded :)
Yes you did! Ending on a light note does make it easier. Especially since I do read the whole thing before I consider replying. OK, you may insist that I don't always understand all of what you said, but I think that statement would apply to everyone and to posts made by any of us. (I hope that last part seems less unclear to you than it does to me. I just can't think of how to word it better)
Andi
i am begining to understand why there are so many members ,,, but only a few that post .......
cougar9q
03-21-04, 10:50 AM
Hey lost where did you go?
Catch ya later...
Monica
vBulletin, Copyright ©2000-2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.