MonsoonStorm wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. TLDR: Let's get over ourselves. Okay, so now, on to the show: *snipped because people seemingly don't like lots of words* Well said LAWoman. I'm in agreement with everything. I actually used to a terrible grammar nazi, then it turned out that my youngest girl had quite severe dyslexia. She is not stupid by any means, heck on her visual reasoning and pattern recognition she was completing tests for 16 yr olds at the age of 8. She is incredibly smart in her own little areas... But spelling 'station'? Not a chance. She's only recently grasped the complexities of 'd' and 'b' being different. Sometimes we need something we can relate to in order to have a little more compassion and understanding.
LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. TLDR: Let's get over ourselves. Okay, so now, on to the show: *snipped because people seemingly don't like lots of words*
Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale.
LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou: And you're free to do so even though the entire future of our species seems to focus on communication of all types, but particularly of the written (typed) variety, as evidenced by the explosion of communication technology (which you're using right now); that's your prerogative. As for math, we have, well...calculators. As for not liking saying "nothing much," I am aware of the dig but I admit it confuses me a little; I said quite a bit. You just weren't willing (able?) to take it in. But again, that's your choice. I'm not going to peg you as stupid (as many are pegging the OP) on just this one basic lack. I edited what I said above as it came off very harsh; I am quite sure you must have your strengths, as everyone does. By the way, the flower emoticon was unnecessary in light of the digs. If you're annoyed with me, you are and that's fine. You can be and that's all right, trust me. (That's another one of those communication things.) Hope everyone has a good night. So. Many. Words. To say nothing.:flowerforyou: Does this help? See. See Spot. See Spot...Oh, never mind, that's probably already too much to take in all at once. Probably should have just posted a kitty-cat gif. Good night, flowers emoticon, etc. :flowers: :KittyCatGif: See now, you're able to be condescending and insult my intelligence just like you accuse everyone else in this thread of doing without hiding in all those pointless words. Isn't that much simpler and yet just as effective (if not more so)? There is hope for you yet, if you just keep working you'll he able to exude superiority without needing a bunch of words to make yourself look smart or thoughtful. Very promising. Oh no, that wasn't condescension. It was simple nastiness. Condescension implies a degree of finesse; of "hiding" one's nastiness, if it were. You don't seem to like finesse very much. I tossed you the nasty reply all your (attempted) jabs deserved. My post was 100% artless; something more like one would dish out on the playground. As expected, you liked that much better. Now THAT was "quick" condescension. Have a good day. :cuteflowers:
Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou: And you're free to do so even though the entire future of our species seems to focus on communication of all types, but particularly of the written (typed) variety, as evidenced by the explosion of communication technology (which you're using right now); that's your prerogative. As for math, we have, well...calculators. As for not liking saying "nothing much," I am aware of the dig but I admit it confuses me a little; I said quite a bit. You just weren't willing (able?) to take it in. But again, that's your choice. I'm not going to peg you as stupid (as many are pegging the OP) on just this one basic lack. I edited what I said above as it came off very harsh; I am quite sure you must have your strengths, as everyone does. By the way, the flower emoticon was unnecessary in light of the digs. If you're annoyed with me, you are and that's fine. You can be and that's all right, trust me. (That's another one of those communication things.) Hope everyone has a good night. So. Many. Words. To say nothing.:flowerforyou: Does this help? See. See Spot. See Spot...Oh, never mind, that's probably already too much to take in all at once. Probably should have just posted a kitty-cat gif. Good night, flowers emoticon, etc. :flowers: :KittyCatGif: See now, you're able to be condescending and insult my intelligence just like you accuse everyone else in this thread of doing without hiding in all those pointless words. Isn't that much simpler and yet just as effective (if not more so)? There is hope for you yet, if you just keep working you'll he able to exude superiority without needing a bunch of words to make yourself look smart or thoughtful. Very promising.
LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou: And you're free to do so even though the entire future of our species seems to focus on communication of all types, but particularly of the written (typed) variety, as evidenced by the explosion of communication technology (which you're using right now); that's your prerogative. As for math, we have, well...calculators. As for not liking saying "nothing much," I am aware of the dig but I admit it confuses me a little; I said quite a bit. You just weren't willing (able?) to take it in. But again, that's your choice. I'm not going to peg you as stupid (as many are pegging the OP) on just this one basic lack. I edited what I said above as it came off very harsh; I am quite sure you must have your strengths, as everyone does. By the way, the flower emoticon was unnecessary in light of the digs. If you're annoyed with me, you are and that's fine. You can be and that's all right, trust me. (That's another one of those communication things.) Hope everyone has a good night. So. Many. Words. To say nothing.:flowerforyou: Does this help? See. See Spot. See Spot...Oh, never mind, that's probably already too much to take in all at once. Probably should have just posted a kitty-cat gif. Good night, flowers emoticon, etc. :flowers: :KittyCatGif:
Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou: And you're free to do so even though the entire future of our species seems to focus on communication of all types, but particularly of the written (typed) variety, as evidenced by the explosion of communication technology (which you're using right now); that's your prerogative. As for math, we have, well...calculators. As for not liking saying "nothing much," I am aware of the dig but I admit it confuses me a little; I said quite a bit. You just weren't willing (able?) to take it in. But again, that's your choice. I'm not going to peg you as stupid (as many are pegging the OP) on just this one basic lack. I edited what I said above as it came off very harsh; I am quite sure you must have your strengths, as everyone does. By the way, the flower emoticon was unnecessary in light of the digs. If you're annoyed with me, you are and that's fine. You can be and that's all right, trust me. (That's another one of those communication things.) Hope everyone has a good night. So. Many. Words. To say nothing.:flowerforyou:
LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou: And you're free to do so even though the entire future of our species seems to focus on communication of all types, but particularly of the written (typed) variety, as evidenced by the explosion of communication technology (which you're using right now); that's your prerogative. As for math, we have, well...calculators. As for not liking saying "nothing much," I am aware of the dig but I admit it confuses me a little; I said quite a bit. You just weren't willing (able?) to take it in. But again, that's your choice. I'm not going to peg you as stupid (as many are pegging the OP) on just this one basic lack. I edited what I said above as it came off very harsh; I am quite sure you must have your strengths, as everyone does. By the way, the flower emoticon was unnecessary in light of the digs. If you're annoyed with me, you are and that's fine. You can be and that's all right, trust me. (That's another one of those communication things.) Hope everyone has a good night.
Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou:
LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good.
Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math"
LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP.
Cranquistador wrote: » jgnatca wrote: » Nobody bothered to explain to the poor boy that the number after the decimal is a fraction of ten? Um. Methinks they did.
jgnatca wrote: » Nobody bothered to explain to the poor boy that the number after the decimal is a fraction of ten?
LAWoman72 wrote: » Cranquistador wrote: » jgnatca wrote: » Nobody bothered to explain to the poor boy that the number after the decimal is a fraction of ten? Um. Methinks they did. Yes. They did. But actually I don't think we can assume the OP has no idea that the number after a decimal point is, generally, a fraction of ten. That's kind of silly. I think he was just thinking it meant ounces when appearing on a scale specifically. Make sense? I don't know if I'm explaining it correctly but that's how I took it.
Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou: And you're free to do so even though the entire future of our species seems to focus on communication of all types, but particularly of the written (typed) variety, as evidenced by the explosion of communication technology (which you're using right now); that's your prerogative. As for math, we have, well...calculators. As for not liking saying "nothing much," I am aware of the dig but I admit it confuses me a little; I said quite a bit. You just weren't willing (able?) to take it in. But again, that's your choice. I'm not going to peg you as stupid (as many are pegging the OP) on just this one basic lack. I edited what I said above as it came off very harsh; I am quite sure you must have your strengths, as everyone does. By the way, the flower emoticon was unnecessary in light of the digs. If you're annoyed with me, you are and that's fine. You can be and that's all right, trust me. (That's another one of those communication things.) Hope everyone has a good night. So. Many. Words. To say nothing.:flowerforyou: Does this help? See. See Spot. See Spot...Oh, never mind, that's probably already too much to take in all at once. Probably should have just posted a kitty-cat gif. Good night, flowers emoticon, etc. :flowers: :KittyCatGif: See now, you're able to be condescending and insult my intelligence just like you accuse everyone else in this thread of doing without hiding in all those pointless words. Isn't that much simpler and yet just as effective (if not more so)? There is hope for you yet, if you just keep working you'll he able to exude superiority without needing a bunch of words to make yourself look smart or thoughtful. Very promising. Oh no, that wasn't condescension. It was simple nastiness. Condescension implies a degree of finesse; of "hiding" one's nastiness, if it were. You don't seem to like finesse very much. I tossed you the nasty reply all your (attempted) jabs deserved. My post was 100% artless; something more like one would dish out on the playground. As expected, you liked that much better. Now THAT was "quick" condescension. Have a good day. :cuteflowers: Are you sure that's what condescending means? Let's see: ADJECTIVE adjective: condescending having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority: Hmm, nope. Nothing about finesse or art here and all about that superiority you've been pushing while being the exact same as everyone else, just with 6 times as many words. You've even tried to turned being called on it into another attack on my intellect.:flowerforyou:
LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou: And you're free to do so even though the entire future of our species seems to focus on communication of all types, but particularly of the written (typed) variety, as evidenced by the explosion of communication technology (which you're using right now); that's your prerogative. As for math, we have, well...calculators. As for not liking saying "nothing much," I am aware of the dig but I admit it confuses me a little; I said quite a bit. You just weren't willing (able?) to take it in. But again, that's your choice. I'm not going to peg you as stupid (as many are pegging the OP) on just this one basic lack. I edited what I said above as it came off very harsh; I am quite sure you must have your strengths, as everyone does. By the way, the flower emoticon was unnecessary in light of the digs. If you're annoyed with me, you are and that's fine. You can be and that's all right, trust me. (That's another one of those communication things.) Hope everyone has a good night. So. Many. Words. To say nothing.:flowerforyou: Does this help? See. See Spot. See Spot...Oh, never mind, that's probably already too much to take in all at once. Probably should have just posted a kitty-cat gif. Good night, flowers emoticon, etc. :flowers: :KittyCatGif: See now, you're able to be condescending and insult my intelligence just like you accuse everyone else in this thread of doing without hiding in all those pointless words. Isn't that much simpler and yet just as effective (if not more so)? There is hope for you yet, if you just keep working you'll he able to exude superiority without needing a bunch of words to make yourself look smart or thoughtful. Very promising. Oh no, that wasn't condescension. It was simple nastiness. Condescension implies a degree of finesse; of "hiding" one's nastiness, if it were. You don't seem to like finesse very much. I tossed you the nasty reply all your (attempted) jabs deserved. My post was 100% artless; something more like one would dish out on the playground. As expected, you liked that much better. Now THAT was "quick" condescension. Have a good day. :cuteflowers: Are you sure that's what condescending means? Let's see: ADJECTIVE adjective: condescending having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority: Hmm, nope. Nothing about finesse or art here and all about that superiority you've been pushing while being the exact same as everyone else, just with 6 times as many words. You've even tried to turned being called on it into another attack on my intellect.:flowerforyou: Patronizing does imply a degree of finesse (as I said, "hiding" one's jab - perhaps you don't see that as finesse; that's fine) as opposed to flat-out nastiness and jabs, yes. No, I didn't attack your intellect; just your lack with many words in one (relatively) small space, which you initially brought up...not I. (In fact, it was the whole basis for your beginning put-downs.) And I was the one who said this lack did not mean you're stupid overall, any more than the OP's (math) lack means he's stupid overall. :adorablepassiveaggressiveflowerforyou: Have an awesome day.
Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou: And you're free to do so even though the entire future of our species seems to focus on communication of all types, but particularly of the written (typed) variety, as evidenced by the explosion of communication technology (which you're using right now); that's your prerogative. As for math, we have, well...calculators. As for not liking saying "nothing much," I am aware of the dig but I admit it confuses me a little; I said quite a bit. You just weren't willing (able?) to take it in. But again, that's your choice. I'm not going to peg you as stupid (as many are pegging the OP) on just this one basic lack. I edited what I said above as it came off very harsh; I am quite sure you must have your strengths, as everyone does. By the way, the flower emoticon was unnecessary in light of the digs. If you're annoyed with me, you are and that's fine. You can be and that's all right, trust me. (That's another one of those communication things.) Hope everyone has a good night. So. Many. Words. To say nothing.:flowerforyou: Does this help? See. See Spot. See Spot...Oh, never mind, that's probably already too much to take in all at once. Probably should have just posted a kitty-cat gif. Good night, flowers emoticon, etc. :flowers: :KittyCatGif: See now, you're able to be condescending and insult my intelligence just like you accuse everyone else in this thread of doing without hiding in all those pointless words. Isn't that much simpler and yet just as effective (if not more so)? There is hope for you yet, if you just keep working you'll he able to exude superiority without needing a bunch of words to make yourself look smart or thoughtful. Very promising. Oh no, that wasn't condescension. It was simple nastiness. Condescension implies a degree of finesse; of "hiding" one's nastiness, if it were. You don't seem to like finesse very much. I tossed you the nasty reply all your (attempted) jabs deserved. My post was 100% artless; something more like one would dish out on the playground. As expected, you liked that much better. Now THAT was "quick" condescension. Have a good day. :cuteflowers: Are you sure that's what condescending means? Let's see: ADJECTIVE adjective: condescending having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority: Hmm, nope. Nothing about finesse or art here and all about that superiority you've been pushing while being the exact same as everyone else, just with 6 times as many words. You've even tried to turned being called on it into another attack on my intellect.:flowerforyou: Patronizing does imply a degree of finesse (as I said, "hiding" one's jab - perhaps you don't see that as finesse; that's fine) as opposed to flat-out nastiness and jabs, yes. No, I didn't attack your intellect; just your lack with many words in one (relatively) small space, which you initially brought up...not I. (In fact, it was the whole basis for your beginning put-downs.) And I was the one who said this lack did not mean you're stupid overall, any more than the OP's (math) lack means he's stupid overall. :adorablepassiveaggressiveflowerforyou: Have an awesome day. patronizing adjective speaking or behaving towards someone as if they are stupid or not important: Nope, I'd say your see spot run post still fits the bill here as well. Looks like you can be patronizing without 'hiding' your nastiness by any definition except your own. I have no issues with lots of words just, as I've already noted, lots of words that say nothing; preferring people be succinct without pretentious meandering is hardly a mark against a person. To imply that such makes me stupid, even if not stupid overall, is certainly an attack on my intelligence no matter how you try to finesse it. I hope your day is as lovely as mine, which so far consists of not getting out of bed (the start of champions.) :flowerforyou: i
MonsoonStorm wrote: » I have to ask... I saw absolutely nothing in LAWoman's original post that was condescending or nasty, simply calling out person A who was having a go at Person B for something that they themselves may not be perfect at, whilst giving a reasonable explanation as to why person A may not be deserving of ridicule. She used a lot of words. OK. But how on earth does that make it condescending or in any way less valid? Why on earth is someone being attacked for using more than "LOLBROUSODUM!1!!!1!" which is what covers most of the internet.Are people really that threatened or intimidated by simple words, or is there some deeper axe grinding going on? I kind of hope it's the latter...
Cranquistador wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou: And you're free to do so even though the entire future of our species seems to focus on communication of all types, but particularly of the written (typed) variety, as evidenced by the explosion of communication technology (which you're using right now); that's your prerogative. As for math, we have, well...calculators. As for not liking saying "nothing much," I am aware of the dig but I admit it confuses me a little; I said quite a bit. You just weren't willing (able?) to take it in. But again, that's your choice. I'm not going to peg you as stupid (as many are pegging the OP) on just this one basic lack. I edited what I said above as it came off very harsh; I am quite sure you must have your strengths, as everyone does. By the way, the flower emoticon was unnecessary in light of the digs. If you're annoyed with me, you are and that's fine. You can be and that's all right, trust me. (That's another one of those communication things.) Hope everyone has a good night. So. Many. Words. To say nothing.:flowerforyou: Does this help? See. See Spot. See Spot...Oh, never mind, that's probably already too much to take in all at once. Probably should have just posted a kitty-cat gif. Good night, flowers emoticon, etc. :flowers: :KittyCatGif: See now, you're able to be condescending and insult my intelligence just like you accuse everyone else in this thread of doing without hiding in all those pointless words. Isn't that much simpler and yet just as effective (if not more so)? There is hope for you yet, if you just keep working you'll he able to exude superiority without needing a bunch of words to make yourself look smart or thoughtful. Very promising. Oh no, that wasn't condescension. It was simple nastiness. Condescension implies a degree of finesse; of "hiding" one's nastiness, if it were. You don't seem to like finesse very much. I tossed you the nasty reply all your (attempted) jabs deserved. My post was 100% artless; something more like one would dish out on the playground. As expected, you liked that much better. Now THAT was "quick" condescension. Have a good day. :cuteflowers: Are you sure that's what condescending means? Let's see: ADJECTIVE adjective: condescending having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority: Hmm, nope. Nothing about finesse or art here and all about that superiority you've been pushing while being the exact same as everyone else, just with 6 times as many words. You've even tried to turned being called on it into another attack on my intellect.:flowerforyou: Patronizing does imply a degree of finesse (as I said, "hiding" one's jab - perhaps you don't see that as finesse; that's fine) as opposed to flat-out nastiness and jabs, yes. No, I didn't attack your intellect; just your lack with many words in one (relatively) small space, which you initially brought up...not I. (In fact, it was the whole basis for your beginning put-downs.) And I was the one who said this lack did not mean you're stupid overall, any more than the OP's (math) lack means he's stupid overall. :adorablepassiveaggressiveflowerforyou: Have an awesome day. patronizing adjective speaking or behaving towards someone as if they are stupid or not important: Nope, I'd say your see spot run post still fits the bill here as well. Looks like you can be patronizing without 'hiding' your nastiness by any definition except your own. I have no issues with lots of words just, as I've already noted, lots of words that say nothing; preferring people be succinct without pretentious meandering is hardly a mark against a person. To imply that such makes me stupid, even if not stupid overall, is certainly an attack on my intelligence no matter how you try to finesse it. I hope your day is as lovely as mine, which so far consists of not getting out of bed (the start of champions.) :flowerforyou: i My post was shorter than yours!
MonsoonStorm wrote: » We only use st/lbs/oz for body weight in Greatish Britland, the overriding European overlords have seen to it that we use g/kg for everything else ;-)
Daiako wrote: » MonsoonStorm wrote: » I have to ask... I saw absolutely nothing in LAWoman's original post that was condescending or nasty, simply calling out person A who was having a go at Person B for something that they themselves may not be perfect at, whilst giving a reasonable explanation as to why person A may not be deserving of ridicule. She used a lot of words. OK. But how on earth does that make it condescending or in any way less valid? Why on earth is someone being attacked for using more than "LOLBROUSODUM!1!!!1!" which is what covers most of the internet.Are people really that threatened or intimidated by simple words, or is there some deeper axe grinding going on? I kind of hope it's the latter... Hmm. I suppose you wouldn't find this a bit condescending either. That said I don't think anyone called her post condescending. Just wordy and I think someone else said pretentious. So. Nothing for you to be confused about after all.
Daiako wrote: » Cranquistador wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Daiako wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American site." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of. This little guy daydreams about what's beyond the cosmos, asks me what "nothing" looks like and if it's all dark, isn't dark black, and isn't black something?, reads junior high school level books and this past week informed me that his favorite pasta was "the cylindrical kind...I can't remember what that's called", sucks...and I mean SUCKS at math. My husband sticks out like sore thumb around here. He is truly, almost frighteningly good at math...at all aspects, all categories of math. We jokingly call him Rain Man and chant "82, 82, 82" whenever he tells us that today we're 62% closer to going away on vacation than we were last Wednesday (or whatever strange math he quick-jobs up in his head at any given moment). When we first moved to SoCal, he gave me his resume to edit. School: USC...not too shabby. Best of educations. One of many corrections I made was where he stated he was on the Honor Role. God that would have been embarrassing. Overall, his IQ was, as of last (officially-administered...not via some silly internet site) count, 149. Not shabby either, IMO. I doubt his inability to spell quite a few words (don't tell him I said that) makes him thick as a tree any more than my lack of math skills makes me thick as a tree. I mean come on. Honestly, not to hop on my very high horse but can the holier-than-thou-meter go up any higher on this thread? We are ALL good at some things..and truly suckful at others. It's a fact of life. If we're going to show our superiority, we might try to do so by not splashing our credibility right into the toilet with an elementary school-level faux pas or two, or three. (Or as an alternative, hey, how about this? I know it's a little crazy, but...how about we get over trying to make ourselves feel superior and understand that the next person probably ISN'T useless; indeed, isn't any more useless than we ourselves may be, at least if someone's keeping score?) Sure, it's an age-old and much-beloved lather-rinse-repeat to put down the next person in order to assure ourselves that we're not mainstream and dumb as stumps as opposed to all those other (nameless) people, but if you're going for accuracy, this attitude might not fly as much. Your choice, of course; each of us is a free agent. As for all the tired "What is the world coming to" commentary, that's been bemoaned since Socrates' time and probably earlier. I notice we're all still here. A miracle, eh? Let's get over it...no, poor math skills don't mean the doom of humanity and failure of the public school system any more, or less, than poor grammar skills do...or poor skills in any one arena. None of us likes to admit it...but we're all pretty average. And any of us could be embarrassed by something. I suck at math. Truly, wholly suck at it. If you consider me dense as a box of rocks due to that, and if that supposition makes you feel better, I'll give you that, because in that case you probably need it. The OP sucks at math too. That's about all we know about him. Have a good day, OP. This is a lot of words to say "I don't understand basic math" It would be, if that were all I was saying. However, I'll give you a pass for not being able to hang in there with big sentences and so on. As I said...we all have our strengths and weaknesses. So it's all good. I suppose all those words for the sake of words do kind of throw me. I've never believed in taking a long time to say nothing much. As far as weaknesses go I'll take that over a failure of elementary math.:flowerforyou: And you're free to do so even though the entire future of our species seems to focus on communication of all types, but particularly of the written (typed) variety, as evidenced by the explosion of communication technology (which you're using right now); that's your prerogative. As for math, we have, well...calculators. As for not liking saying "nothing much," I am aware of the dig but I admit it confuses me a little; I said quite a bit. You just weren't willing (able?) to take it in. But again, that's your choice. I'm not going to peg you as stupid (as many are pegging the OP) on just this one basic lack. I edited what I said above as it came off very harsh; I am quite sure you must have your strengths, as everyone does. By the way, the flower emoticon was unnecessary in light of the digs. If you're annoyed with me, you are and that's fine. You can be and that's all right, trust me. (That's another one of those communication things.) Hope everyone has a good night. So. Many. Words. To say nothing.:flowerforyou: Does this help? See. See Spot. See Spot...Oh, never mind, that's probably already too much to take in all at once. Probably should have just posted a kitty-cat gif. Good night, flowers emoticon, etc. :flowers: :KittyCatGif: See now, you're able to be condescending and insult my intelligence just like you accuse everyone else in this thread of doing without hiding in all those pointless words. Isn't that much simpler and yet just as effective (if not more so)? There is hope for you yet, if you just keep working you'll he able to exude superiority without needing a bunch of words to make yourself look smart or thoughtful. Very promising. Oh no, that wasn't condescension. It was simple nastiness. Condescension implies a degree of finesse; of "hiding" one's nastiness, if it were. You don't seem to like finesse very much. I tossed you the nasty reply all your (attempted) jabs deserved. My post was 100% artless; something more like one would dish out on the playground. As expected, you liked that much better. Now THAT was "quick" condescension. Have a good day. :cuteflowers: Are you sure that's what condescending means? Let's see: ADJECTIVE adjective: condescending having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority: Hmm, nope. Nothing about finesse or art here and all about that superiority you've been pushing while being the exact same as everyone else, just with 6 times as many words. You've even tried to turned being called on it into another attack on my intellect.:flowerforyou: Patronizing does imply a degree of finesse (as I said, "hiding" one's jab - perhaps you don't see that as finesse; that's fine) as opposed to flat-out nastiness and jabs, yes. No, I didn't attack your intellect; just your lack with many words in one (relatively) small space, which you initially brought up...not I. (In fact, it was the whole basis for your beginning put-downs.) And I was the one who said this lack did not mean you're stupid overall, any more than the OP's (math) lack means he's stupid overall. :adorablepassiveaggressiveflowerforyou: Have an awesome day. patronizing adjective speaking or behaving towards someone as if they are stupid or not important: Nope, I'd say your see spot run post still fits the bill here as well. Looks like you can be patronizing without 'hiding' your nastiness by any definition except your own. I have no issues with lots of words just, as I've already noted, lots of words that say nothing; preferring people be succinct without pretentious meandering is hardly a mark against a person. To imply that such makes me stupid, even if not stupid overall, is certainly an attack on my intelligence no matter how you try to finesse it. I hope your day is as lovely as mine, which so far consists of not getting out of bed (the start of champions.) :flowerforyou: i My post was shorter than yours! And I thank you for it. In fact I'm going to defer to your response and erase my own because I'm getting to be needlessly wordy as well.
MonsoonStorm wrote: » Daiako wrote: » MonsoonStorm wrote: » I have to ask... I saw absolutely nothing in LAWoman's original post that was condescending or nasty, simply calling out person A who was having a go at Person B for something that they themselves may not be perfect at, whilst giving a reasonable explanation as to why person A may not be deserving of ridicule. She used a lot of words. OK. But how on earth does that make it condescending or in any way less valid? Why on earth is someone being attacked for using more than "LOLBROUSODUM!1!!!1!" which is what covers most of the internet.Are people really that threatened or intimidated by simple words, or is there some deeper axe grinding going on? I kind of hope it's the latter... Hmm. I suppose you wouldn't find this a bit condescending either. That said I don't think anyone called her post condescending. Just wordy and I think someone else said pretentious. So. Nothing for you to be confused about after all. It wasn't condescending, it was a genuine question. There is so much aggression in this forum, in every thread... I've been on a lot of forums in my time, but I have never come across one that, despite being aimed towards people helping each other, is so profoundly vitriolic. A lot of it seems geuinely to be people taking things far too personally... a side effect of calorie deficits or too much energy perhaps depending on your "camp"? Who knows. Yes, I'm a naive newbie.
LiftAndBalance wrote: » Chezzie84 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Europeans seem to write numbers like 1.000,00 while everyone else seems to write 1,000.00, I dislike it when trying to use excel, treating it as text instead of a number Europeans write numbers the same as everyone else thousand is 1,000 and one and a half is 1.5 Not sure where the idea of European and American scales has come from Ah, the irony. Most countries (including almost everyone in Europe) actually use a comma as decimal mark. Though there are probably more people growing up with a dot. See here. Still more about languages than continents: English-speaking countries generally use a dot. Oh, and I haven't used Excel in years but OpenOffice recognises numerals based on the language you set—doesn't Excel let you change the language as well!? LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. TLDR: Let's get over ourselves. Okay, so now, on to the show: Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American scale." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of, as his entire grade of four classes was expected to have those very very simple grammar facts all locked up in second grade. I like you.
Chezzie84 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Europeans seem to write numbers like 1.000,00 while everyone else seems to write 1,000.00, I dislike it when trying to use excel, treating it as text instead of a number Europeans write numbers the same as everyone else thousand is 1,000 and one and a half is 1.5 Not sure where the idea of European and American scales has come from
Merkavar wrote: » I could understand if your European and using a american scale. Europeans seem to write numbers like 1.000,00 while everyone else seems to write 1,000.00, I dislike it when trying to use excel, treating it as text instead of a number
LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. TLDR: Let's get over ourselves. Okay, so now, on to the show: Merkevar, you know I like you a lot and I think you're hilarious and a great asset to this site. With that in mind, hang in tight for what I'm about to say next, because I don't really want to say it, but it is sticking out like a sore thumb for me. Do you not see the slightest bit of irony in the fact that you just admonished someone for not having an elementary school-level skill...while incorrectly using the word "you're," something my son was tested on early in the school year and expected to pass? He's currently in the third grade, by the way. (And yes, he passed.) Psst: Also, it's "an," not "a," "American scale." (Capital A.) Other things my third-grader would be marked down on and probably ashamed of, as his entire grade of four classes was expected to have those very very simple grammar facts all locked up in second grade.
chrisssiex23x wrote: » MonsoonStorm wrote: » LAWoman72 wrote: » Merkavar wrote: » I don't want to sound mean but decimal points are like primary school stuff. I could understand if your European and using a american scale. TLDR: Let's get over ourselves. Okay, so now, on to the show: *snipped because people seemingly don't like lots of words* Well said LAWoman. I'm in agreement with everything. I actually used to a terrible grammar nazi, then it turned out that my youngest girl had quite severe dyslexia. She is not stupid by any means, heck on her visual reasoning and pattern recognition she was completing tests for 16 yr olds at the age of 8. She is incredibly smart in her own little areas... But spelling 'station'? Not a chance. She's only recently grasped the complexities of 'd' and 'b' being different. Sometimes we need something we can relate to in order to have a little more compassion and understanding. Im dyslexia too. And funnyly enough i had problems with my b's and d's.. i got a cool tip for it and sometime have tk use my thumbs still to work out which one is meant to go in the word. I have trouble spelling few words or ill compeletely forget how to spell something soo easy to someone else. I never got much hell in high school for it either.
MonsoonStorm wrote: » I have to ask... I saw absolutely nothing in LAWoman's original post that was condescending or nasty, simply calling out person A who was having a go at Person B for something that they themselves may not be perfect at, whilst giving a reasonable explanation as to why person A may not be deserving of ridicule. She used a lot of words. OK. But how on earth does that make it condescending or in any way less valid? Why on earth is someone being attacked for using more than "LOLBROUSODUM!1!!!1!" which is what covers most of the internet. Are people really that threatened or intimidated by simple words, or is there some deeper axe grinding going on? I kind of hope it's the latter...
daynes23 wrote: » Stopped in this thread yesterday to see if it was a legitimate question... It was, I was disappointed, I moved on. What the hell happened while I was gone?! Here's my obligatory source of pretentiousness since everyone's doing it. Hey y'all, I have a degree in physics! Aren't I just the best? Now excuse the rest of my grammar mistakes going forward because I are scientist. Moving on... As a teacher, it's incredibly disheartening to hear people question our (USA's) education system. Yes, there are some incredibly incompetent individuals standing in front of your children for 6-8 hours a day. Rest assured there are also some individuals who are incredibly dedicated to what they do and pour everything they have into fostering an environment that is conducive to learning for your child. Yes, there are some serious flaws within education. No, we're not doing the best job of working out the kinks. Then again, most institutions are not well oiled machines, just look at our government! Your taxes go to that sh*tshow too! No one wants to hear that their kid may be the biggest contributing factor of these issues. I won't go into it because I'm not trying to ruffle too many feathers but maybe we need to start looking at ourselves and our practices before we try and place the blame on someone else. And now I'll leave you with the following: not everyone deserves a trophy for participating, kids should not be praised for hanging up their coats, and the world still needs blacksmiths.
SilverRose89 wrote: » butterflyangelxo wrote: » I have no idea I'm new to fitness stuff lol That is really not anything to do with fitness stuff
butterflyangelxo wrote: » I have no idea I'm new to fitness stuff lol
