Willfull Ignorance
There's this thing people do where when confronted with a spelling, grammar, or word useage mistake they make, they will defend their right to make that mistake. I remember John Byrne griping about people spelling "Spider-Man" as "Spiderman" and continuing to do so, even after having been corrected. I have had this problem with people using dice as the singular form of die. I knew one guy who fancied himself as smart, so I needled him about it, and he kept saying "dice" just to be a pain. I'm not sure if he really was serious or not. Another dude got really defensive about it and insisted that using the wrong word was fine.
I saw someone on a YouTube video going on about the same thing. He was told that he was using the wrong word and went on a small tirade about how using the wrong word was fine and making all these excuses. He knew he was wrong, but instead of accepting that, applying it, and moving on, he got all defensive.
The usual arguement is "Everybody knows what I'm talking about, so it doesn't matter!" or "It's the internet! I don't have to type perfectly!" I don't care if you make some typos or whatever, but when you willfully do something wrong then you're being an idiot.
Here's the thing: making a mistake doesn't make you stupid. A smart person recognizes their ignorance and learns from it, and then amends their behavior. An insecure person will become defensive and insist that being ignorant is the correct way to be. That is stupid.
The internet generation often simply doesn't care about these things. The English language is fluid, and it's often the most ignorant people who dictate how it changes. This is why "literally" now means the opposite of what it actually means. ("Guts Man literally has poop for brains!" is now a correct sentence.) In this time of anti-intellectualism, I think it's important to fight these things.
I saw someone on a YouTube video going on about the same thing. He was told that he was using the wrong word and went on a small tirade about how using the wrong word was fine and making all these excuses. He knew he was wrong, but instead of accepting that, applying it, and moving on, he got all defensive.
The usual arguement is "Everybody knows what I'm talking about, so it doesn't matter!" or "It's the internet! I don't have to type perfectly!" I don't care if you make some typos or whatever, but when you willfully do something wrong then you're being an idiot.
Here's the thing: making a mistake doesn't make you stupid. A smart person recognizes their ignorance and learns from it, and then amends their behavior. An insecure person will become defensive and insist that being ignorant is the correct way to be. That is stupid.
The internet generation often simply doesn't care about these things. The English language is fluid, and it's often the most ignorant people who dictate how it changes. This is why "literally" now means the opposite of what it actually means. ("Guts Man literally has poop for brains!" is now a correct sentence.) In this time of anti-intellectualism, I think it's important to fight these things.