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@a certain sadness wrote:
#3.
Online Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (a.k.a. The Grammar Nazi)We all reserve the right to mock people who post 500-word blocks of misspelled nonsense. But then you have the situation where somebody posts a perfectly clear and clever message but within their well-articulated points they dare to confuse “your” with “you’re.” And then somebody will flip the make fun of out.
Like a Mossad agent in rural America, you quickly discover that you’ve found a Nazi. Of the Grammar variety.
In Real Life it’s Called…
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, or OCPD.
OCPD should not be confused with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (or, “The OC Disorder”). OCPD shares the obsessive component of OCD, but it is different from OCD in that OCPD has the letter P in its name. That and people with OCPD do not perform the weird ritualistic actions of OCD’ers, like opening a door four times or having to always eat Pringles with the concave side up.
OCPD types simply have an incredibly strict standard by which certain tasks be done, to the point that it literally can lead to violence otherwise.
So Why Does it Happen on the Internet?
At the heart of the real-life OCPD sufferer seems to be an irrational fear that the rest of the world is sloppier, dirtier and more disorganized than it should be, that it’s rapidly getting worse, and that the world will fall to pieces unless someone straightens it up.
On the Internet, five minutes spent reading YouTube comments can convince even an average, level-headed person that the Internet is about to suffer the same fate. The old-fashioned holdouts who insist on typing in actual sentences see what seems to be an inexorable move toward a language based entirely on texting abbreviations. It’s not hard to feel the desire to take up arms to defend language at all costs. Srsly.
haha @ srsly
and I REALLY had to resist the urge to correct.
PS. OCD irritates me. It SHOULD be CDO, if to obey the laws of alphabet. Just saying.
@jen_jen wrote:
Please forgive the duplication, Tobias posted this in the “Getting Serious” section back in October but as I know many people don’t venture into that section and it is addressed to the ladies of forum 3, I thought I’d repost it here.
@tobias wrote:
TO ALL THE LADIES IN CHAT 3 WHO THINK THEY ARE TO BIG ECT TO ENJOY LIFE OR FIND A SOUL MATE
You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable. Day after day, countless people across the globe get on a scale in search of validation of beauty and social acceptance.Get off the scale! I have yet to see a scale that can tell you how enchanting your eyes are. I have yet to see a scale that can show you how wonderful your hair looks when the sun shines its glorious rays on it. I have yet to see a scale that can thank you for your compassion, sense of humor, and contagious smile. Get off the scale because I have yet to see one that can admire you for your perseverance when challenged in life.
Well said Tobias =D>
Well said, indeed, and how gentlemanly of Tobias and sceptical guy.
My perverse sense of humour needs to reply though:
“I have yet to see a scale … “
(pass me another pie, Trapper)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkuf4VzBAUI
I like it simple.
Look away, Dixieland.
Lovely man … fabulous sense of humour … beautiful soul.
God bless
x
and God bless such wonderful friends to offer such support.
@rubyred wrote:
like the trembling heart of a captive bird..
oh maan ..
That resonates … so much, on so many levels.
Thank you for this thread … the first time I ever heard this sung by Cash … what a treat, and very timely for me … for personal reasons x
:lol:
Hope you have a lovely day, Penny ♥ ☺
♥ <~~ extra birthday one x
Happy birthday cowbag x
