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Response to demmiblue (Original post)

Hey, we could use a little of her here. Disaffected May 20 #1
I blame autocorrect. wnylib May 20 #2
Autocorrect is a problem on cell phone. Android? LiberalFighter May 20 #11
I think you meant plurals of "cell phone" and vanlassie May 20 #30
Wellllll most people use just one cell phone at a time. 😄 LiberalFighter May 20 #35
You'd think! Marthe48 May 21 #66
I post from an android. wnylib May 20 #42
Coupled with lack of proof reading Disaffected May 20 #31
I am guilty of sometimes not proofing. wnylib May 20 #44
PS. In 6th grade I was a finalist from my school wnylib May 21 #52
Finding another proofreader is a rarity.💕I worked in a print shop in 1975... Hekate May 21 #57
For me, the proofreading was natural, too, just based on wnylib May 21 #60
It's difficult for me to proof-read my own writing because I know what it's SUPPOSED to say * Oopsie Daisy May 21 #65
Exactly so Hekate May 21 #67
My first job was in a relative's small print shop. ChazInAz May 21 #78
My great-grandfather and his grandson, who was my uncle and godfather, wnylib May 21 #80
My last job before retiring ChazInAz May 22 #81
Oh no. Bad deal for you to get the proofreading extra duty. wnylib May 22 #83
Love that last comment on ESL and grammar! ChazInAz May 22 #84
The term ESL persists because it's what most people are familiar with. wnylib May 22 #85
I once met an Italian Franciscan monk ChazInAz May 23 #87
I can imagine. wnylib May 23 #88
And voice to text. LisaM May 21 #69
So there's a real problem when I sarcastically post "woke"... rubbersole May 20 #12
You should be using "wide awake" instead nuxvomica May 21 #70
But I live in Florida. rubbersole May 21 #71
We have members who are Grammar Police - soldierant May 20 #16
Hmmm... dpibel May 20 #22
Frum uh linquistiks aproach, if yoo kan undurstand dis message thun et wuz kunveyed sucksesfilly. TheBlackAdder May 20 #29
I will split the profits with your heirs after I sell beer at your crucifixion. Hermit-The-Prog May 20 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author dpibel May 21 #51
... Disaffected May 20 #33
Your funny! BaronChocula May 20 #32
*spelling JoseBalow May 20 #36
Me too. Substance is more important than form, eh. twodogsbarking May 21 #64
The moroons realley are genieses Arne May 20 #3
This is delightful!!! Thank you for sharing. niyad May 20 #4
Was that Take the Money and Run. I love Woody Allen's films. I just don't like the japple May 20 #13
Yes, that must have been it. Agree with you. Loved his films, but he is a niyad May 20 #39
A guy going to the guillotine was handed his sentence of death. Aristus May 20 #17
Had not heard that one. niyad May 20 #40
I couldn't remember his name. Had to look it up: Thomas de Mahy. Aristus May 21 #49
I will have to check him out. niyad May 21 #50
Life of Brian soldierant May 20 #18
Classic scene ms liberty May 20 #26
I have never seen that movie. Not a judgment on the movie, just never niyad May 20 #41
i saw it in a theater soldierant May 21 #74
Is she really picking on incels or just younger folks generally? I pity incels and its nothing to do with grammar. dutch777 May 20 #5
Younger folks are not the only ones. LiberalFighter May 20 #9
We just watched "The Antisocial Network" on Netflix. summer_in_TX May 21 #53
Houston? enid602 May 20 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author ItsjustMe May 20 #7
That would be a fulltime job LiberalFighter May 20 #8
I appreciate the public service she is doing Leith May 20 #10
Yeah, a sign on a road near us Wednesdays May 20 #24
Gentle correction's: *apostrophe's, plural's, need's. Your wellcome'. Hermit-The-Prog May 20 #38
That is a big pet peeve of mine, too. geardaddy May 21 #76
Lol! Pinback May 21 #79
I have auto correct on my iPhone and iPad. I try to proofread what I write Deuxcents May 20 #14
A classic story soldierant May 20 #19
ehhh NJCher May 21 #54
When I was in graduate school phylny May 21 #61
I swear autocorrect has gotten worse happybird May 21 #55
Autocorrect On My iPhone RobinA May 21 #73
I love it. I quit high school the second my friend got a car and we both turned 16. 1WorldHope May 20 #15
Do you know what irritates me? PatSeg May 20 #21
Yes! It renders the meme unshareable for me! ms liberty May 20 #27
Same here PatSeg May 20 #43
I suck at grammar. She's brilliant. I don't don't care who she's helping. littlemissmartypants May 20 #20
I thought we were a diverse group Puppyjive May 20 #23
I love her. ms liberty May 20 #25
Just curious, but how does she know they're incels? Jeebo May 20 #28
You're fucking kidding, right? He wants to deny women the right to vote. If he's not an incel... AnrothElf May 20 #46
While we do (around here especially) treat the word "incel" as meaning "right-wing misogynist"... Silent3 May 21 #56
I wonder if you and I are defining the word differently. Jeebo May 21 #59
LOL "incel" is what they call *themselves*. There's no nuance needed. AnrothElf May 21 #63
I love the irony and the trolling of trolls. She needs to do the same exercise for Trump's posts. She'd get more hits. Doodley May 20 #34
When an incel is murdered on the internet, does an angel have an orgasm? AnrothElf May 20 #45
Priceless. NoMoreRepugs May 20 #47
I'd just call them out for being white wing incels. As long as a post makes sense, I'm OK. Silent Type May 20 #48
There is a pediatric dental office near our house... 3catwoman3 May 21 #58
I think she's brilliant. Now, if we could all learn the difference phylny May 21 #62
I don't correct people's grammar or spelling because it's ableist af. sybylla May 21 #68
This is the classic way to take them down. forgotmylogin May 21 #72
Love it! geardaddy May 21 #75
MORE!! Where can I find more of her stuff?? Oopsie Daisy May 21 #77
Which confirms them in their incel-hood. UTUSN May 22 #82
+1... myohmy2 May 22 #86
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