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34. Just you, I think

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Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:22 PM

Jun 20

People make typos, have arthritic hands and bad eyes.

On edit: *typographical errors.

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Is It Just Me Aging and Getting Increasingly Grumpy [View all] The Roux Comes First Jun 20 OP

I think the former. Also, are you sure you want to use the word "smitten" here? Scrivener7 Jun 20 #1

Now I'm really confused Lifeafter70 Jun 20 #5

Show me someone who can't spell or write a lucid post and I'll show you a smoke show. Xavier Breath Jun 20 #12

Points Taken! The Roux Comes First Jun 20 #17

No need to capitalize the T in taken. Just sayin Blues Heron Jun 22 #53

Being smitten means being deeply in love, infatuated, or overwhelmingly captivated by someone or something. Celerity Jun 22 #37

On fairness, auto correct is raising hell with displacedvermoter Jun 20 #2

Like I meant to write "In fairness" and it came out displacedvermoter Jun 20 #6

Same Here ProfessorGAC Jun 20 #24

Depends on the day Bettie Jun 20 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 20 #4

"On behalf of" is also puzzling in that phrase. Maybe the whole post is satire? enough Jun 20 #9

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 20 #10

Word police Wifes husband Jun 20 #7

Meh, could be worse. Xavier Breath Jun 20 #15

Or worse than that.... Celerity Jun 22 #38

Have you read the Hill or Politico? mr715 Jun 20 #8

As I get older, my spelling accuracy is floating away... Swede Jun 20 #11

I'm getting less judgmental in my old age. Emile Jun 20 #13

Or you put up a disclaimer ... like my sig line. MiHale Jun 20 #14

Choose your battles and suffer the consequences. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jun 20 #16

Is it laziness? orthoclad Jun 20 #18

I Hear You Loud and Clear The Roux Comes First Jun 20 #20

I think a "blank post rule" would orthoclad Jun 20 #21

I'd like to see this site avoid the "Quora problem." The Madcap Jun 22 #54

A few paragraphs carry a lot of info orthoclad Jun 22 #58

I can deal with spelling and grammar issues fujiyamasan Jun 21 #35

Agree. I'm supposed to waste time watching linked videos orthoclad Jun 22 #42

I'm pretty selective with the videos I watch fujiyamasan Jun 22 #48

I enjoyed utube before google. orthoclad Jun 22 #59

That's pretty cool fujiyamasan Jun 22 #62

The typos don't bother me like the opaque titles GenThePerservering Jun 20 #19

Yeah. Clickbait. orthoclad Jun 20 #22

And, "TURN ON (whatever channel) RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!" Wednesdays Jun 20 #23

CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER, RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! madinmaryland Jun 20 #28

And the hyperbole. Disaffected Jun 20 #25

Heh. "Bombshell". orthoclad Jun 22 #43

"Changes Everything" Disaffected Jun 22 #44

Liberal blogger EVISCERATES Trump - President WEEPS on air mr715 Jun 22 #46

Is there a video? The Madcap Jun 22 #56

LIVE video unavailable despite INFLAMMATORY capitalization mr715 Jun 22 #57

A lot of times I try to cram my entire post into the subject line, if it's short. LOL Beartracks Jun 20 #29

Yes, they're a complete waste of time fujiyamasan Jun 22 #49

Not exactly smitten, more annoyed. nt Disaffected Jun 20 #26

It's the internet, sharing ideas quickly, shit happens. dem4decades Jun 20 #27

Does neatness count? H2O Man Jun 20 #30

Spill chick helps but it's not perfect. Norrrm Jun 20 #31

No data is better than bad data orthoclad Jun 22 #45

I'm on the dysgraphia spectrum. multigraincracker Jun 20 #32

Quilty as charged MustLoveBeagles Jun 20 #33

I see what you did there. Scrivener7 Jun 22 #39

Thank you but I'm not that clever MustLoveBeagles Jun 22 #47

Just you, I think canetoad Jun 20 #34

It isn't just you. Chemical Bill Jun 22 #36

I remember ads like this on the subway: F u cn rd ths, y cn bcm a sec.... IcyPeas Jun 22 #40

Be very careful. The Madcap Jun 22 #55

Well . . . hatrack Jun 22 #41

DU has posters with different levels of education malaise Jun 22 #50

I'm usually on the move and I post from my phone a lot. Initech Jun 22 #51

"THIS" Croney Jun 22 #52

I'm aging, too, but DFW Jun 22 #60

Mostly, I understand typo. mwmisses4289 Jun 22 #61

What really bugs this grumpy old timer Mysterian Jun 22 #63