She thought it was too risque to post directly to her Facebook wall. I did not. But, maybe, she had a point. Not everyone appreciates my brand of sarcastic humor, but SOME do, so rather than inflict it on folks who don't actively choose to see it (of course being my friend on the aforementioned social network is sort of implicitly choosing to see what I might post), I am here. Oh, and since my mom reads my Facebook wall, this has its benefits, that is until my mom finds this place.
I used to think it was bad enough that so many people insist that a lot is one word, but things have just gotten so much worse this millennium. Take the real estate agent who dropped the flyer off on my porch espousing brand new electrical plumbing. I am not sure what electrical plumbing is, but it sounds dangerous. I have to believe that the home in question had new electrical AND new plumbing but that is not what the flyer said. Coincidentally, the same real estate agent applied for a job opening I have. All I could remember was the fact that she couldn't be bothered to stop yakking on her "smart" phone (a misnomer if there ever was one) to talk to me when I opened the door; she just waved and pointed to the flyer she dropped on the ground in front of my door. That combined with the electrical plumbing had me deciding that, despite the potential fodder for my new blog, I wouldn't waste my time interviewing her because nothing was going to change the fact that she is what she is: An Idiot.
What is it with people these days? No one seems to care anymore about decent grammar or spelling. Honestly, I had a discussion with an individual on the same social network mentioned above, who sadly happens to be the brother of the aforementioned friend who provided the link to the bluntcard above. The subject of the discussion rapidly turned to said friend's brother's horrific grammar and spelling. When called on this he said he "couldn't be bothered" and that "it didn't matter since that wasn't the subject matter of the discussion to begin with." Oh, okay, well then I can't be bothered to call you anything other than what you are: An Idiot.
Another favorite of mine is when someone decides that they are going to point out someone's egregious errors, only to make one of their own in the process. Case in point:
This had such great potential. Really. Kind of like those clever little posters that tell people how to use they're, there, and their. Sadly, the creator of this gem missed the mark because he/she didn't pay attention in fourth grade, when we learned that capital letters are different than state capitols. Just because the word sounds the same doesn't mean that it is. And instead of laughing at the clever masturbation allusion, we are left with no other options and are forced to call him/her what they are: An Idiot.
The dumbing down of our society used to be the job of newspaper editors and writers for the evening news who decided which words we would be able to grasp as a collective public. But the growth of social networking has made their job MUCH easier. When I was a kid, people were appalled that something like 75% of kids couldn't identify their own state on a map of the United States. Today, that is just the tip of the ice berg. To combat this, I suggest that everyone start using big words,
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