X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,12b49a8f35c1747 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-20 02:25:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail From: "Sam Blanning" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: need care bear art Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 10:30:37 +0100 Lines: 76 Message-ID: <9qrftj$46v$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk> References: <9qnk10$p0o$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-583.babbelas.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: news5.svr.pol.co.uk 1003569907 4319 62.25.134.71 (20 Oct 2001 09:25:07 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Oct 2001 09:25:07 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:8699 "Bateau" wrote in message news:xZrQOwbYfms5VsiWlGffRsGMZ=Ts@4ax.com... > >> > >>>> Yeah, and people who like strawberries should be shot. I fucking hate > >>>> strawberries. And let's go back to lynching foreigners because they > >>>> speak funny too. Hell let's just kill all the youth out there using > >>>> slang too. > >>> > >>>If they can't be bothered to type one extra letter to make 'later', why > >>>should we be bothered to type hundreds of letters to make them some ASCII > >>>art? > >> > >>Because whether or not they take the time to type that extra letter > >>DOES NOT AFFECT YOU *ONE LITTLE BIT*. > > > >1) It makes it more irritating and awkward to read. > > ROFL. > You were irritated and put out by his use of "l8tz"? > It's hardly an integral part of the message is it? > Maybe you just need a little more experience on the net. Of course it's irritating. So is the pathetic argument 'You disagree with me, N00B N00B N00BIE!' It's not just the 'l8tz', which isn't even a proper abbreviation. 'Lates'? What exactly does that mean? It's the fact that he couldn't be bothered to take time over his *entire* message, not just his farewell, not even finding it within him to say the magic, six-letter word 'please'. > > >2) It makes the poster look like a little kid. > > Gee maybe he is? He is asking for Care Bear art after all. Er, no. If he's a little kid, I doubt he'd want *ASCII* art. > > >3) He's the one begging to us for care bear art, if he's not going to say > >please, the least he can do is take the effort to spell correctly. > > Again, you act like his spelling is somehow your business. It's not, but us having to read it is. > > >>>This is not real-time communication of any sort, you can spend all the time > >>>you want writing your message, so you should use proper speaking. > >> > >>It doesn't matter whether you do or not. Using "l8tz" instead of > >>"lates" is the same as using "see ya" instead of "see you later" and > >>it's the same as using "see you later" instead of "I will see you > >>later". I don't see you complaining every time someone uses any kind > >>of contraction or shortened slang version of a term so why are you > >>blowing your top now? > > > >Why should anyone take the time to spend hours and typing thousands of > >characters doing him his care bear art when he doesn't have the decency to > >either ask politely or use proper words? > > Oh dear you didn't answer my question, please try again. > I found his level of politeness to be adequate. It's not "indecent" to > use improper english at all. That's just snobby and silly. > He didn't actually ask for anyone to draw it anyway, he just said he > needed some. Now you're the one getting pedantic over words. Are you saying that he wasn't asking anyone to draw him ASCII art, he was just announcing to the world in general that he needed some for no readily apparent reason? If you do, I point you to the words "hey [sic] if anyone cna [sic] help me"