Rant about the Ranting of Ranters...!?
Okay loves....
This, myfitnesspal, is a public forum. This means that people on this site are from all regions and walks of life. We may not all have the same level of education, or knowledge of weight loss, or wide vocabulary with which to form 'politically correct' statements, so please try not to let your panties bunch while perusing the site. :flowerforyou:
We KNOW a pound is a pound. We know that a pound of muscle just has less mass than a pound of fat...."muscle weighs less than fat" is just how it's said on the forums. If you try and correct every person that uses this phrase, you will have pulled out all your hair by the end of the day and is it really that big of a deal? If it really stresses you, breathe and do 30sec of jumping jacks. It'll do your body good!
And YES people say loose instead of lose. Again, some people type too quickly, some may sincerely not realize their mistake. Feel free to correct them if you wish, but a general rant about the subject, isn't quite necessary. Why not respond to the actual "meat" of their post, instead of picking it apart like a high school English teacher?
Let's love ourselves!
Rawr! :laugh:
xoxo
:flowerforyou:
Edit: For spelling and grammar.
This, myfitnesspal, is a public forum. This means that people on this site are from all regions and walks of life. We may not all have the same level of education, or knowledge of weight loss, or wide vocabulary with which to form 'politically correct' statements, so please try not to let your panties bunch while perusing the site. :flowerforyou:
We KNOW a pound is a pound. We know that a pound of muscle just has less mass than a pound of fat...."muscle weighs less than fat" is just how it's said on the forums. If you try and correct every person that uses this phrase, you will have pulled out all your hair by the end of the day and is it really that big of a deal? If it really stresses you, breathe and do 30sec of jumping jacks. It'll do your body good!
And YES people say loose instead of lose. Again, some people type too quickly, some may sincerely not realize their mistake. Feel free to correct them if you wish, but a general rant about the subject, isn't quite necessary. Why not respond to the actual "meat" of their post, instead of picking it apart like a high school English teacher?
Let's love ourselves!
Rawr! :laugh:
xoxo
:flowerforyou:
Edit: For spelling and grammar.
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What??? Muscle weighs more than fat? How does that work? Isn't a pound of muscle the same weight as a pound of fat? I'm about to loose my mind.....0
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Like OMG, get over it. People can do whatever they want. Who the hell are you to come in here and post this. I can ***** about whatever I want, whenever I want and you can just get ov- - Okay, I'm laughing trying to type something ridiculous to respond to this with.0
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I AGREE!0
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Like OMG, get over it. People can do whatever they want. Who the hell are you to come in here and post this. I can ***** about whatever I want, whenever I want and you can just get ov- - Okay, I'm laughing trying to type something ridiculous to respond to this with.
:laugh: You fooled me for a second! I was like wait? wha!? :sad:0 -
thank you!0
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This one time at band camp....................0
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Like OMG, get over it. People can do whatever they want. Who the hell are you to come in here and post this. I can ***** about whatever I want, whenever I want and you can just get ov- - Okay, I'm laughing trying to type something ridiculous to respond to this with.
:laugh: You fooled me for a second! I was like wait? wha!? :sad:
Aww. Nooo. :flowerforyou:
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I agree with you. And thanks for posting this. Some people should find better things to do with their time then to sit around finding things to pick others apart about.0
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LOL...Hilarious! :laugh:0
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Wait... I AM a high school English teacher. :grumble:0
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thumbs up!0
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I'm a person who secretly corrects improper grammar and poor spelling. My friend reminded me that both written and spoken language strive to do one thing: communicate. He made me realize that I was missing the whole point when I grew irritated at improper usage. If I "know" that a person means "lose" when they type "loose", then they've done what they need to do. They got their point across. If I "know" what the person means when they type "muscle weighs more than fat", then I don't need to freak out because they didn't say, "Given equal volumes of muscle and fat, the muscle will weigh more." They've communicated their idea adequately for this forum.
However, I can't get behind: What r ur favorite things 2 do?
It takes more time for me to decipher the meaning than if the actual words were typed. That's a communication fail. We're not texting here...:laugh:
Thank you for the reminder!0 -
I'm a person who secretly corrects improper grammar and poor spelling. My friend reminded me that both written and spoken language strive to do one thing: communicate. He made me realize that I was missing the whole point when I grew irritated at improper usage. If I "know" that a person means "lose" when they type "loose", then they've done what they need to do. They got their point across. If I "know" what the person means when they type "muscle weighs more than fat", then I don't need to freak out because they didn't say, "Given equal volumes of muscle and fat, the muscle will weigh more." They've communicated their idea adequately for this forum.
However, I can't get behind: What r ur favorite things 2 do?
It takes more time for me to decipher the meaning than if the actual words were typed. That's a communication fail. We're not texting here...:laugh:
Thank you for the reminder!
Ahhhh you said it much more eloquently than I. :flowerforyou:0 -
YOU LOOST ME.... LMAO0
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Someone's been reading my mind.
My status update about an hour ago was:
"If I had a nickel for every time someone posted a rant about your vs. you're, or lose vs. loose, or muscle not weighing more than fat, I'd have a lot of nickels. ;-)"0 -
I think maybe my hippie "peace, love, and puppy dogs" posts this week have worked on you. :flowerforyou:
I work on tolerance, myself, every day. It's hard sometimes. I want everyone to be as intelligent as the other 75% of us, but it just isn't so. Live and let live. Focus on the meat. :laugh:0 -
I would be rather annoyed if someone was correcting my grammer and not focusing on the topic of my post. This is not a college writing course, this is a website where you get support to lose weight. Not get picked apart by more peers. How disgusting.0
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Sing it sista!! :drinker:
Or should I say "Sing it sister." ~ you know, just in case the grammar police come :bigsmile:0 -
I was going to post something really obnoxious using my big words like "henceforth, therefore, and in conclusion", but then decided against it!
How about, does it matter how someone misspells or uses incorrect grammar when they're looking for advice and support?
No it does not.
Last time I checked this is MFP, not Harvard, so get over it!:laugh:0 -
Well said!0
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You spelled grammar wrong.I would be rather annoyed if someone was correcting my grammer and not focusing on the topic of my post. This is not a college writing course, this is a website where you get support to lose weight. Not get picked apart by more peers. How disgusting.
JUST KIDDING!! :laugh: :flowerforyou:0 -
I don't care about grammar and spelling so much if it's something only an English major or someone else who is very particular about proper language usage would get upset about. But I just can't take people seriously when they don't know the difference between "loose" and "lose." Maybe the problem stems from English just being a very illogical language (e.g. "choose" is pronounced like "lose," rather than "loose"), but I just think these are things we learn as children. By the time you're an adult, you ought to have it down.
This is why I tend to laugh when people say "If you want to live in the U.S., you ought to have to learn to speak English." I agree with that sentiment, but most of the people who live here can't speak proper English, so we'd have to kick a whole lot of people out if we wanted to make that a law.0 -
Nothing wrong with trying to educate people. Are you saying it's OK to breed ignorance?
You don't necessarily need to nitpick someone's grammar at the detriment of the topic at hand, but I have never had an issue with people pointing out inacuracies in my posts.
P.S. I assume at least part of this is directed toward the muscle/fat post earlier today. I saw no problem with that thread (in fact I posted in it that I rather enjoyed it). The OP didnt hijack anyone elses topic to make his point, and for the most part the responses were civil.0 -
I love myself, but in 12 days I go see my girlfriend and she can help.0
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I love myself, but in 12 days I go see my girlfriend and she can help.
you have issues. therefore, i love you.0 -
OMG!!! :laugh:
I love myself, but in 12 days I go see my girlfriend and she can help.
you have issues. therefore, i love you.0 -
Nothing wrong with trying to educate people. Are you saying it's OK to breed ignorance?
You don't necessarily need to nitpick someone's grammar at the detriment of the topic at hand, but I have never had an issue with people pointing out inacuracies in my posts.
P.S. I assume at least part of this is directed toward the muscle/fat post earlier today. I saw no problem with that thread (in fact I posted in it that I rather enjoyed it). The OP didnt hijack anyone elses topic to make his point, and for the most part the responses were civil.
As I said, "Feel free to correct them if you wish, but a general rant about the subject, isn't quite necessary."
I'm not saying 'breed ignorance' at all. :laugh:
Just for those of us that have been on this site for years, know that these sort of 'rant' threads are a daily occurance, on the very same subject...over....and over........and over. I'm just saying, we all know what the posters actually mean, so sure point out their mistake to them and then move on to responding to their actual post. No need to keep repeating the same information we all know.
Just noticing a lot of 'OMG I hate when people do this' type threads. That's all. And I know my additional rant thread isn't helping, but I wanted to be cool like all the other kids. :laugh: :flowerforyou:
Edited...I wrote 'this' instead of 'these'. See my fingers go faster than my brain. 0 -
I love myself, but in 12 days I go see my girlfriend and she can help.
LMAO!! That caught me off guard. Best reply!0
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