Top Ten MOST Annoying Things To Me.......
1} Bitchy Girls Who Attack Me Or My Friends Out Of Spite, And Their Own Insecurity And Jealousy
2} Girls Who Make Plays For Guys Who Are Obviously Taken And Obviously NOT Interested In THEM! {LOL! Give It Up! You Don't Stand A Chance In HELL! }
3} Girls Who Imitate Or Copy Me
4} Injustice, Bigotry, Ignorance, Prejudice, Narrow~Mindedness And Abuse Or Cruelty Of Any Kind
5} People Who Wear {Real} Fur As A Fashion Statement
6} *Logical*, Un~Emotional, *Vulcan* Type People {Especially Those Who *Don't Believe In Faerie Tales*}
7} *Tough* Girls Who Dress, Look And Act Masculine {Which Is Perfectly Fine In And Of Itself, If That's *Who You Are Inside*} And Want To Be Accepted *Just The Way They Are*, Yet Think Nothing Of Attacking And Trashing Ultra~Feminine Girls {Like Myself} For Being Too *Cute And Glittery*, Too *Soft And Girly* And *Too Pretty And Feminine*, Openly Stating {Sometimes Quite Viciously} Their Hatred Of All That They Consider *Weak* Or *Fluffy* {Too Bad They're Too Blind To See The Awesome Power That We Ultra~Feminine Goddesses Possess....... And So Easily Wield!}
8} Typos! Especially Any That I Don't Catch In My Own Posts! I'm Such A Perfectionist That I've Been Known To Fix Other People's Typos When Responding To Their Posts! :oP
9} Girls Who Feel They Have To Resort To Society's Screwed Up Image Of What's *Beautiful*.......{My Friends And I Call Them *Britneys*} Bleached Blonde Hair, Orange *Fake Tan* Or *Fried~Sausage Skin* Real Tan ::Shudders:: UGH! And Breast Implants {I Think The Peroxide, Silicone And Fried Skin Combine To Be The Number One Killer Of Female Brain Cells!}
10}Fundies {Radical, Extreme Fundamentalists} Of ALL Religious Affliliations!
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LOL! But I'm Glad That I'm "Good" As Far As The Rest Of My List Concerns You! :o)
I do the same thing! Huzzah for grammar freaks! ^_^
The only other thing I would say would be your intolerance of typos... Though you might mean well, sometimes it hurts others' feelings to be corrected in such matters as spelling, because they feel like you're saying they're less intelligent and need help spelling.
People with already high self-esteem generally don't need to make fun of others to boost it...
Hopefully You Understand My Post Here A Bit Better Now.
This isn't meant to be offensive, I just thought it was an interesting contradiction.
The way you type is considered incorrect by all "authorities" on linguistics and while there are many reasons for this that can be ignored or dismissed (because they're only "authorities", not Authorities) I think the most important reason, that's much harder to dismiss, would be that it is quite inconsiderate of you towards your readers.
While your typing style is unique it is also very hard to read; it's so unusual that it takes conscious effort for even a reader with English as their first language because it appears unnatural to the eye and makes it very hard to distinguish sentence breaks. The brain has been taught (for those who read Roman languages) to recognise the capital as inidicating a new sentence or proper noun and having every word capitalised confuses the average reader and makes them work harder trying to decipher the text. Times that work by ten for all the visually impaired users (I know there probably aren't many but that's no reason to forget them) and it becomes a very big problem!
Maybe you don't want all and sundry reading your writings and would like to restrict your readers only to the very dedicated, in which case, fine. However, if you do want a large audience and you want them to keep reading then I'd suggest modifying your typing style to something more usual.
I hope you read this and consider what I've said because I actually do enjoy what you write, just not how it is typed!
Yours sincerely,
Anonymouse
You are incorrect, though. Words are not just words. It's not that black and white. Intended meaning, semantic meaning, tone, stress, implicature, etc. all play a very important role in how a word is read/heard/understood. If a word is presented in an unusual way, in an unfamiliar context, it becomes more difficult for the reader to understand it.
That being said, as this is your blog, you are free to express yourself anyway you want, regardless of how it may affect the readers. However, there are obviously more people outside of your friends list who read your journal to whom this "style" is a jarring and ineffective way of transmitting information. There is a whole philosophy behind this which is comprised by four conversational maxims in H.P. Grice's theory of implicature, plus, of course, more.
Anyway, I only bring it up because while it may be exasperating to explain yourself, keep in mind that, fundamentally, you are violating a orthographical, grammatical, and (prescriptive) linguistic rule. These people who have already commented are technically correct, and you are technically incorrect. You're free to do what you want, but you're not free from the consequences.
Anyway, don't take these as attacks. Write as you will as this is your own journal, I just meant to show that there is veracity in what the others were saying.
If this is true, can you explain to me why people say you dislike people with darker skin finding themselves beautiful?
I'm asking out of honest curiosity, and for clairification.
This is myself, a modern college-aged Grand Duchess Prudence with a band-aid on her face thanks to her foolish controlling pride.
Do you find me to be too masculine? I ask this because I felt odd for joining [Bad username: _feminissima_"] in the first place. Obviously, I have an interest in fairy tales and I certainly know myself and my place in the fairy tale universe and how it connects to the real world. The problem is, I'm not the princess type - nor do I claim or desire to be. I have nothing against the princess types; they are my greatest friends. However, I am more of an "intellectual female dandy," so to speak. And, yes, I am more masculine than the majority of my female friends. ~
#7 Is About The Hyper Feminist Girls Who Want EVERY Girl To Think Like Them And Be "Tough" The Way They Are. And Try To Force Their Beliefs On Those Of Us Who Are "Princess Types" And That's Not You At All! *Big Hugs*
This is just something for you to think about; no response is necessary. But my strong suspicion is that it annoys you just as much as it does me when people choose to type incorrectly. Do it if you like; I fully support your right to do what makes you happy. However, do recognize that it's incredibly hypocritical to consider other peoples' typographical errors a pet peeve when you're making one in every single word you type. What divine power makes it okay for you to do it, but not anyone else?
And you're absolutely right: you're not forcing anyone to read your journal. However, you are a frequent commenter in one of my friends' journals, so I can't exactly avoid you. Every time I see one of your comments, I get terribly annoyed trying to read it, not only because it's wrong, but also because of the blatant hypocrisy of your actions.
And frankly, if it weren't for logical folk like me, our lives would not be so cushy as they are now. But at the same time, without people like you, we'd be missing out on the great arts.
So please reconsider your opinion. Logic, like emotion, has its place.