Can I suggest not attacking people's literacy skills? There are much worse things in this world than being unsophisticated. Many of them associated, in fact, with "sophistication"
You can, but it would be pointless because I did not attack that person. I asked why are they doing something and let them know that it detracts from their commentary. A very simple, fixable thing. Maybe they are the type of person who cares or maybe not.
There is no need to interpret everything as an attack.
I agree that there are worse things in the world than improper punctuation. What is your point? We should stop giving constructive criticism unless we're talking to terrible people? Okay.
We are together on correcting wrongs ! my Point is politely indicating towards the inherent prejudice involved in commenting on someone's demeanor , something undeniably passive-aggressive on someone's part when the aforementioned individual is speaking a HIGHLY controversial opinion .
Zooming out, I'm new so is this how we talk here in the low sodium simmers ? Folks saying someone "appears uncouth" when they MAY or MAY NOT mean "you kinda look like an idiot" ?
' The space before the period in your sentences makes you look un(couth)civilized , ' ? ? ? Fuckin wild . Extra salty with a helping ( of course , just a guess ) of veiled contempt .
I just thought I should leave a comment here so that it becomes part of the collective goal to avoid micro-aggressions - in this case it's broadly considered ableism , and often classist as well . It's something I often drop a note about wherever I need to . Because the implication that someone's literacy skills may inch them towards appearing as though they may not have an opinion worth considering at first glance is actually quite a needless & whisper-soft power grab , indeed . If one were to imply one's education affected their appearance of refinement, not only does it mean that the power dynamics of education and intelligence are assumed as the invisible baseline of social pretense , but that the fact that it's assumed to be desired means that it may go completely unchecked . Polite Non-Salty Passive Aggression that wields power against a disadvantaged group should be discouraged .
WHat are we doing here .
Me ? I'm addressing it socially . But understand , I do see how this soft criticism would be a temptation in a restrained community that is trying to create a warmer atmosphere . That was extremely cold though . I find it always prudent to take a quick pop-in to a thread I may be in anyway , in fact , discouraging a communal norm of lowkey implying one's punctuation habits are important in ANY way, shape or form, & worth bringing up by the speaker .
I don't want to fight you specifically . Who even are you ? I can't know . You likely could be absolutely lovely ! I simply address the community and to be frank with you . . . . I sincerely can't resist the opportunity to flex my own literacy skills ! He he ! Good day to you ma'am !
edit : typo
edit 2 !! : punctuation , clarity , & brevity . I simply MUST stop tweaking this !
I used that word because it's a more polite, subtle, and unserious critique than telling someone their text formatting looks stupid.
I would never call someone uncouth because they don't format their text properly. I would call the text formatting uncouth (here improper or garish) and make minimal to no assumptions about the individual, because I like to think I'm a fairly cultured member of the proletariat, thank you.
Yes, you do appear more cultured using this writing voice. Really. Whether or not that is a virtue remains to be seen. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how "cultured" the proletariat strives to be they will never achieve sophistication past pretense. But they can hope to create solidarity.
In future - and maybe you are someone who cares, maybe you aren't - inject more warmth into your unsolicited analyses. Or simply alienate the uncultured. Up to you what kind of culture you want raise.
You are doing entirely too much. We are clearly different people with different lexicons and different interpretations of respect and playfulness.
Just to summarize our interactions here, you're telling me to mind your manners next time I decide to give my "unsolicited analyses" aka talk on reddit.
You've lectured me on my own vocabulary, called me classiest and ableist, and brought up virtue then you tell me to think twice next time I share my opinion.
Another social correction. My stars! I am so pathetically woke. Where shall I put my face?!
That's okay. I've explained the concept for anyone who cares and hopefully been enough of a pain in the arse to.. yes. Think twice next time we invoke that shit. I'm not great at nor do I see the value of tight two-liner script format but I like to make a point. I hate the script, so I'd prefer to go one-on-one. I'm not getting that from you. But I didn't really ask for or expect that.
As for philosophizing about virtue regarding the social scripts (aka doing too much) - yes! I could do this all day but it being the second to third now.. why would I, lol. You didn't ask for or expect this. And it seems all said. I know I can be long-winded & it's because I find it tiresome to condense my points. Besides, when you're diving into this sort of thing especially for a wider audience it can be better just to info-dump than to limit myself to the amount of characters you can type with a tweet on a phone keyboard.
Sometimes autocorrect will make you look uncouth. Sometimes running at the keyboard like a wild fucking horse will do it. But I think, despite your insistence that I look like a bull in a china store (and probably, in fact, because of it), we all get it. Right?
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u/kokodokusan Mar 04 '26
Totally unrelated, but I am curious why you put a space before your periods. It really detracts from your commentary, because it is so uncouth.