Prescription for self-awareness

[addedentry]

Some people feel superior for knowing when to use its and when to use it's (the possessive takes an apostrophe, of course). I feel superior to those people for knowing when it doesn't matter.

Recently I heard a strong opinion about the misuse of lol in place of a smiley. "It stands for 'laughing out loud'! You can't use it for your own jokes. That

Comments

[uitlander]

I suppose I get nil points for refusing to engage with people who know not of the capital letter and seem to only be able to type in txt.

lol

[cleanskies]

My sister does that, and I suspect I will in the future. I'm sure I remember a time when I would never have sullied any communication with a smiley, for example :)

[qatsi]

It is not so much a feeling of superiority as one of disdain.

[jackfirecat]

>the possessive takes an apostrophe, of course

How long have I let this lie? 2 days. good me. was it a test of who was incapable of not posting to say 'no' desipte obvious joking? And I'm the only one to fail the test? I am sheldon. dammit.

NO. as you well know, damit

me,
no lol but an agonised wry smile.

[addedentry]

Thank you for playing! (-;

"I am sheldon"?

[jackfirecat]

Big Bang Theory main geek character.

[monkeyhands]

You weren't the only one to notice, jackfirecat. A whole group of people discussed it in real life at a picnic on Sunday. We realised that all of us had spotted it and all of us had refrained from pointing it out because we didn't want to look humourless. I sort of hope that if it had been a fire, rather than a solecism, at least one of us would have overcome our fear of looking silly.