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Published: 2008-06-18 16:49:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 37425; Favourites: 4292; Downloads: 2087
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OMG! How elitist! O___O;This applies to all forms of writing and everyone out there who wants to half-ass their work in whatever way. Seriously, those people make life painful, and not just for English teachers and their pets. Nothing bothers me more than written work that looks like it came out of a
Then there is my contempt for the genre based almost entirely on the Internetz: fanfiction. That is, poor fanfiction. Self-insertion is BAD. Mary/Gary Sue/Stu is BAD. Inserting inappropriate romaji (i.e. REEH?! She's so KOWAII!) into your English fanfiction is a CRIME punishable by DEATH (at least, I will strive to make it that way). I wish more people would respect a character's (or a real person's--!)original sexual orientation. What is it with making everyone gay or lesbian? Or ' pairings' with four or five people? I'm not even going to touch crossovers. Too many people out there wouldn't know ' plausible' if it slapped them in the face and then set their lovely fanfiction on fire.
There is role playing too, but this rant is getting too long.
So now I have a stamp, the product of my general contempt for poor writing, whether it's horrid grammar or immature content. Whee.
06.24.08 Edit: Changed the background from navy to green. Thought it was more appropriate.
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I agree with all the points you made. I can't stand misspelling, and improper grammar.
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:,D
GOOD LORD
People have a full keyboard when they're on the computer and if you're old enough to use one then you probably have taken a typing class so really..no valid excuse to write like a twat.
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Been writing original and fan fiction for around six years and I'm Southern. I don't care if people drop their G's when they type, but please, no chat speak!
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You know, the sad thing is I had a [college] English teacher try to tell me I made a mistake in an essay I wrote because they didn't know the word "devolve."
Before that, a different college English teacher insinuated I plagiarized on an essay because it was too good. He told me "It sounds like something out of a fantasy novel." (Note that it was meant to be a descriptive essay written about a person; rather than write about someone I knew, I instead chose to write about one of my original characters.) Apparently it didn't seem plausible I could be that far ahead of my classmates.
...and I'm not even a good writer.
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Apparently you are if your teachers are being that way.
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My teachers in high school weren't that way, just these shitty "English 101" type college professors. They actually made me wish for my high school teachers back (hell, my high school Physics teacher was better about proofreading than they were!). In general, I don't write much and I don't consider myself very good at it, but I do try my best when I do have to write. But then I also have pretty high standards for literature, as my best friend is an actual writer with a degree for it, and I do enjoy reading.
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The way that it sounds, it sounds like those professors think they're "high and mighty" and therefore have a cocky attitude... I hate people like that.
Just because they're college leveled professors doesn't mean that they know everything about writing.
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Exactly. Quite the contrary, they didn't seem to know much of anything!
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And they are teaching on the highest level of the education system!? O.o
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Well, no, it was the "basic" English classes of an undergraduate degree. I think the highest level is going for your Master's or doctorate or whatever. Still, teaching in a university where the students have to PAY MONEY for such nonsense is...absolutely ridiculous.
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That's what I meant by highest level. Farther than public, tuition free schooling.
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Shouldn't it be "as though", not "like"?
Just saying.
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I just showed this to this kid on facebook who was like "stop adding me im nit goin to add u i dont even know u" I wonder what his reaction will be when he replies.
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Also I wanna see his reaction when he sees this.
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A RANT BEING TOO LONG
and seriously, just the whole internet illiteracy is disgusting, and i have to deal with it whenever i talk to my sister O.O though she doesn't speak often, when she sounds like an illiterate weeaboo its kinda sickening...
but if i EVER see a fan fiction or any form of writing submitted online that is written with every word spelled wrong, i will personally shoot them.
lol, did you know that kowai and kawaii are a huge difference: kawaii means cute, but kowai means scary XDDDDD be funny to start typing kowai in comments and most weeaboos will just think you spelled kawaii wrong/different XD imagine what you could do with that knowledge... >
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unfaved when i read that you actually joke about KILLING people just because they dont type good.
really? is that supposed to be funny? "LOLOL YOU DONT TYPE GOOD, YOU SHOULD DIE."
yeah.. that's not funny.
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It's not funny, you're right. IT'S FUCKING HILARIOUS.
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Oh god.
So much anger. Over pixels. 5544 of them.
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i think they were being dramatic. seriously, get over yourself.
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i think they were failing at being funny.
i'm not the one who needs to get over myself here, you are, little bitch. mind your own business, twerp.
grow up. LOLOL.
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This.
This should be a DD.
;A;
I love you so much for making this, thank you! <3
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While I disagree on your points in reference to fanfiction(though this is probably because I'm a huge otaku and fan of yaoi) I still worship you for this stamp. It makes me so mad when people can't spell out 'you'.
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For several of the reasons you mentioned and a few more you didn't, I applaud you for this. "Too many people out there wouldn't know 'plausible' if it slapped them in the face and then set their lovely fanfiction on fire." ~ oh wow, you just made my day.
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Even though i use texting language (big shocker, when im texting) i dont go overboard on it. Or misspell easy words.
You sir (or mam 
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I totally agree. It just makes everything easier to read. If they'd at least TRY it'd be a thousand times better! It's not that hard to make this letter a capital, or add a period there.
My point is, great stamp!
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Poor English almost makes me cry. It's hard to restrain myself sometimes. I can't see what's so cool about it really.
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I'm agree with almost everything. But why get? I think it's not bad to write slash or femslash if you like it.
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Someone! Quickly! Get the shotgun! WE'RE GONNA USE SHOTGUN DIPLOMACY ON ALL THESE TEXTERS.
FFF--! AFRICAN'S DON'T MUCH HAVE AN EDUCATION AND HERE YOU TEXTERS ARE LAYING IT TO WASSSTE!!
...
Know what we need? A brain beam :m mindwash kidies into using their English!
Though I am lenient on spelling mistakes -3- we know what you meant, no need to get mad over a mistyped key..
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I hate it when people can't write their own fucking language... It's so fucking annoying.. -___-;...
Thanks for making this stamp! Finally something we all can use to get those language failing children away... If they can read the proper English that is..
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I like that both of the entire sentences in all-caps.
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EYE ALLSO H8 IT WEN PEEPZ TIPE LIEK DISH AL DE TIEM.
It really is annoying, and makes you look like a 10-year-old.
Seriously.
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Thank you! I can't stand to see text writing, unless it's stuff in the comments and such like "lol", "ikr?" "idk" and etc.
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I agree completely in regards to the quality of grammar and spelling. People really, REALLY need to pay more attention to stuff like that, because if something is written correctly it can be incredibly painful, and in the worse cases all but incomprehensible.
In regards to self-insertion, I don't think it's necessarily bad in and of itself. It's just that in the vast majority of cases, it's done incredibly poorly. I think it can be done right, just that it very rarely actually is. At a bare minimum, if your self-insert is actually from the setting you're writing in, you need to give them a plausible background to hold the qualities you're giving them from yourself, just as you do with any other character.
I have little opinion on most of the other things, though in general people need to be sure to make the actions of the characters they're writing for actually be, well, in-character for them. If you want them doing something that they wouldn't have done in the time of the original work, show the character development away from where they were and toward where you'd want them to be. This can't be managed in a short story, but, well, that's too bad if it's what you want. People need to be willing to put some effort into the quality of their writing. If they aren't, but are sharing the products of their personal fantasies anyway, they really have no right to attempt to defend its quality, since it's, well, extremely lacking.
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Lolololol peeple hu r1ght porly R s0 Stoopid!
Sorry about that. I just couldn't resist. I share your contempt for most of these things and for people who use romaji in actual conversations.
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I support this stamp and YOU !
Too many people doesnΒ΄t give a shi* about writing correctly and that kind of thinking will end up killing the language.
IΒ΄m a spanish doing the best I can to write english and be understood, thatΒ΄s why I get worked up about this subject.
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I agree in the context of poor grammar of people abusing their own native language; it's insulting...even more so when most people actually treat schools like a day-care center instead of a place for their children to learn, and therefore don't give a shit about their grades (I've known several kids and teenagers whose parents were exactly like that throughout my life). Result? Poor grammar and low intelligence.
Not that I should be removed from this equation xD But that's beside the point.
However, I've been guilty of self-insert...but once was for comedic purposes only, and was intended to be ridiculous, so I imagine that's pardonable to a degree... I'm also guilty of creating a Mary-Sue...though she's not as bad as quite a few other Mary-Sues I've come across.
I've never inserted random foreign language words in my stories unless in a character's dialogue, but needlessly inserting 'kawaii' and 'baka' in the description or whatever--I find it irritating to no end...almost as much as poor spelling and grammar (not quite, though).
I digress further...
I attempted to make a cross-over between Law of Talos and Fullmetal Alchemist with a (dead-obvious) touch of Kyokudo, but I have yet to actually go anywhere with that 
Oh, did you know about the FMA/HP cross-over nonsense (crossing science fiction with fantasy)? Just the lack of plausibility keeps me away from that without even touching those fanfics.
I've only ever been blatantly guilty of turning characters homosexual once, and that was actually a request story for an at-the-time friend. Otherwise, I never really made characters change their sexual orientation...just been framed of following the usual Seme/Uke formula typically found in your average mpreg fanfic (not on the story itself, but on a doodle I made loosely based on my mpreg fanfic). I actually find that formula irritating, and have yet to continue reading fanfics that blatantly follow that same formula. As for the mpreg concept itself...well, let's just say that even in the story, the characters question how exactly it was done and rule it an impossibility that somehow made itself possible (sad deduction, I know, and I don't have any excuses for it other than I wanted to prove that neither 'participant' was happy with the outcome).
*sigh* Sorry for the rant...though I'm sure this is far from the first you've come across in your Comments section.
Just really needed to get a few things off my chest (I also tend to rant anyway, which doesn't help).
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Meh, in some places, it doesn't matter. But when you show up on a public forum and post a pile of fetid shit, people will get unnerved, pissed, etc. Then they give you the "it's the internet i can spell like a fucking retard all i want."
c:
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I love this stamp so much. I can't stand text typing.
Even then, I use complete sentenses, words and thought so people can understand my message. Kudos to you dear.
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Good Job.
Though, if you actually know the language and can speak / write it. I don't take that as -- bad.
Text writing irks me. Makes me wonder if the majority even have an education. (:
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I don't think it's elitist...I think it should be a requirement.
>.>
I used to mix up "then" and "than" when I first started to write (and I still have trouble with homonyms at times), and nobody bothered to correct me (not even my teachers; I eventually looked it up and figured it out, myself), but that's usually the worst of my own grammatical issues.
I'd like to put that stamp in the review boxes of lots of fanfiction writers...especially the ones that post stories as WALLS OF TEXT.
I have a LOT of issues with fanfiction at times...I even made a webcomic (which I might revive...dunno) to express my dislike (mostly for Mary Sues/self inserts...they die a lot in my comics) because I can't bring myself to flame even the worst of authors.
Sometimes, I come across stories from people whose native language isn't English...and those stories are written better than people whose native language is English.
Once, I came across something that had an interesting concept, but was just too terrible format and grammatical (and spelling) wise to read; the level of writing made me think the person was either around 10-12 years old, or didn't speak English...
...checked their profile page, and found that not only is their native language English, but they had recently graduated HIGH SCHOOL when they wrote that story.
I think I sat there for five minutes in pure, horrified shock.
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The problem is that people tell its their fanfiction and that they're just doing it for fun.
Seriously, I mean English is my third language and sometimes I can't understand anything from what is being said
Anyway, when a fanfiction is written this bad it looses a lot, I normally feel like I am missing something, and I usually don't continue reading it.
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Yes! I found a stamp! Well you see I favourited this because it REALLY (to the extreme) annoys me when people type or write like this; "LOLzz so funni lyke heyyyyy im so original bby" Yep...I dont undertsnd people who butcher the English language >.<
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Pff. I know. You tell them, "Spellcheck". They never listen. It's available on ALL browsers. Seriously.
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I know you probably hear this a lot, but YES. It's like... do these people not realize that the Shift and Enter keys have a reason for being on their keyboards?
Although I'll admit I kinda like fanfic with strange pairings... OTL
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Nothing irks me more than a comic with chatspeak and very messed up grammar .-.
CHATSPEAK IS SO ONE CAN TYPE FAST.
If your making a comic, your obviously taking time, plus, seeing "u r so dumb u viline of dumb!!!!" is hard to read, and even if it's a very serious point, and the drawings are fantastic and it looks very dramatic, that in the side looks like a parody of something .-.
Sorry, done with my rant x3
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