X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,12b49a8f35c1747 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-20 05:25:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!206.252.192.28!news.stealth.net!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator2-austin!propagator!feed2.newsfeeds.com!newsfeeds.com!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!news.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: Bateau Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: need care bear art Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 20:17:52 +0800 Message-ID: References: <9qnk10$p0o$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk> <9qrftj$46v$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 93 NNTP-Posting-Host: i205-164.nv.iinet.net.au X-Trace: news.iinet.net.au 1003580407 12852 203.59.205.164 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:8706 hola Sam Blanning, soy una robusteza! >"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!' Who ever said that? Stop making things up. That's really pathetic. >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'. He didn't shorten any other words. Plenty of people don't say please. You don't blow your top over them though. >> >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. Why? >> >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. It's how a lot of people talk. If you don't like it then you should leave the group. Don't start attacking people for no reason though. >> >>>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" Asking for ascii art doesn't mean that he wanted people to draw some for him does it? I'm amazed that I have to explain this to you but there is a LOT of pre existing ascii art out there. -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, _..-''-._,____,----,____ | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ `'--'` `~~~~)_)=\_\-.( | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net