Rant about the Ranting of Ranters...!?

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  • RachVR6
    RachVR6 Posts: 3,688 Member
    I love myself, but in 12 days I go see my girlfriend and she can help.

    :laugh:
  • Dcgfeller
    Dcgfeller Posts: 83
    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.

    Theres also a million posts every day about "I went down a pant size," or "I am stuck at a plateau" or "Should I eat my exercise calories?" Should all of these be nuked too? I have only been here for a month and I am noticing this. When an entire community is focused on a fairly narrow topic in the grand scheme of things, eventually it is going to run out of "new" things to discuss. Either the same information will be rehashed forever (as it is), or the forum will die.



    By the way, I am not trying to be argumentative or anything, I just enjoy a good discussion.
  • mrsclc
    mrsclc Posts: 73
    I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS POST!!! I couldn't have said it better myself!!! :happy:
  • RachVR6
    RachVR6 Posts: 3,688 Member
    Theres also a million posts every day about "I went down a pant size," or "I am stuck at a plateau" or "Should I eat my exercise calories?" Should all of these be nuked too? I have only been here for a month and I am noticing this. When an entire community is focused on a fairly narrow topic in the grand scheme of things, eventually it is going to run out of "new" things to discuss. Either the same information will be rehashed forever (as it is), or the forum will die.



    By the way, I am not trying to be argumentative or anything, I just enjoy a good discussion.

    Touché. :laugh:

    Well at least all of those posts are related to weight loss. Those I don't mind so much, because people are new at this. We all come here at different points in our journeys looking for information on the subject, or ways to deal with certain struggles. I DO however wish people would make more use of the 'Search' option, but I understand that it still isn't the easiest to use. I would like to see it give you an option of searching just Topic titles.

    That's also probably due to the whole world of forums being new to a lot of users. It can be a bit overwhelming trying to search for a thread or filtering through all the ones that are the same topic as yours, but are filled with useless replies.
  • crazymama2two
    crazymama2two Posts: 867
    Theres also a million posts every day about "I went down a pant size," or "I am stuck at a plateau" or "Should I eat my exercise calories?" Should all of these be nuked too? I have only been here for a month and I am noticing this. When an entire community is focused on a fairly narrow topic in the grand scheme of things, eventually it is going to run out of "new" things to discuss. Either the same information will be rehashed forever (as it is), or the forum will die.



    By the way, I am not trying to be argumentative or anything, I just enjoy a good discussion.

    Touché. :laugh:

    Well at least all of those posts are related to weight loss. Those I don't mind so much, because people are new at this. We all come here at different points in our journeys looking for information on the subject, or ways to deal with certain struggles. I DO however wish people would make more use of the 'Search' option, but I understand that it still isn't the easiest to use. I would like to see it give you an option of searching just Topic titles.

    That's also probably due to the whole world of forums being new to a lot of users. It can be a bit overwhelming trying to search for a thread or filterin

    through all the ones that are the same topic as yours, but are filled with useless replies.

    you said journey. im gonna hurl :) im teasing. this just went in line with the other post about sayings that people hate :) im with you sistah :)
  • Dcgfeller
    Dcgfeller Posts: 83
    Touché. :laugh:

    Well at least all of those posts are related to weight loss. Those I don't mind so much, because people are new at this. We all come here at different points in our journeys looking for information on the subject, or ways to deal with certain struggles. I DO however wish people would make more use of the 'Search' option, but I understand that it still isn't the easiest to use. I would like to see it give you an option of searching just Topic titles.

    That's also probably due to the whole world of forums being new to a lot of users. It can be a bit overwhelming trying to search for a thread or filtering through all the ones that are the same topic as yours, but are filled with useless replies.

    Yeah, I think they need to make a lot better use of stickies too. I am shocked that there is no before/after pic sticky in the success forums, and I posted to that regard the other day...didn't seem to catch any mod/admin attention though.

    The same could be said for informational topics. Get a sticky at the top of each subforum with useful posts linked. It's nuts that a member has to make a site called http://shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com/ instead of just pointing someone to the stickies lol.
  • JEK717
    JEK717 Posts: 1,497
    ***WARNING: I have taken English classes. But as every writer knows. You cannot always see your mistakes. So beware grammar mistakes and punctuational errors may follow.***


    First wanted to say....I have wanted to say this forever! Thank you! :flowerforyou:

    I used to post things and a lot of people were like....."excuse me you forgot the , after cheese and you spelt tomorrow wrong". Then they started degrading me personally just for how I said something. Really people? Believe me it irritates the h*ll outta me when I see some mistakes. But like it has been stated, this is not English class. We are not doing peer reviews on each others essays. So taka chill pill and maybe answer their question!! My thing is like many have said....its one thing if you correct because you don't quite understand what they said but.....if you are able to understand it and then have the ablitlty to correct them.....they have obviously used the English language somewhat properly!
  • Dcgfeller
    Dcgfeller Posts: 83
    ***WARNING: I have taken English classes. But as every writer knows. You cannot always see your mistakes. So beware grammar mistakes and punctuational errors may follow.***

    First wanted to say....I have wanted to say this forever! Thank you! :flowerforyou:

    I used to post things and a lot of people were like....."excuse me you forgot the , after cheese and you spelt tomorrow wrong". Then they started degrading me personally just for how I said something. Really people? Believe me it irritates the h*ll outta me when I see some mistakes. But like it has been stated, this is not English class. We are not doing peer reviews on each others essays. So taka chill pill and maybe answer their question!! My thing is like many have said....its one thing if you correct because you don't quite understand what they said but.....if you are able to understand it and then have the ablitlty to correct them.....they have obviously used the English language somewhat properly!
    I used to post things and a lot of people were like....."excuse me you forgot the , after cheese and you spelt tomorrow wrong".
    "excuse me you forgot the , after cheese and you spelt tomorrow wrong".
    spelt tomorrow wrong".
    spelt

    :bigsmile:

    Don't hate me ><
  • JEK717
    JEK717 Posts: 1,497
    ***WARNING: I have taken English classes. But as every writer knows. You cannot always see your mistakes. So beware grammar mistakes and punctuational errors may follow.***

    First wanted to say....I have wanted to say this forever! Thank you! :flowerforyou:

    I used to post things and a lot of people were like....."excuse me you forgot the , after cheese and you spelt tomorrow wrong". Then they started degrading me personally just for how I said something. Really people? Believe me it irritates the h*ll outta me when I see some mistakes. But like it has been stated, this is not English class. We are not doing peer reviews on each others essays. So taka chill pill and maybe answer their question!! My thing is like many have said....its one thing if you correct because you don't quite understand what they said but.....if you are able to understand it and then have the ablitlty to correct them.....they have obviously used the English language somewhat properly!
    I used to post things and a lot of people were like....."excuse me you forgot the , after cheese and you spelt tomorrow wrong".
    "excuse me you forgot the , after cheese and you spelt tomorrow wrong".
    spelt tomorrow wrong".
    spelt

    :bigsmile:

    Don't hate me ><

    Bahaha hey I'm with you. One can always use a good debate!
  • Eskimopie
    Eskimopie Posts: 235 Member
    I agree with this post. Loose v. lose annoys me the most, but I try to remind myself that not everyone had the same access to education and parental support for learning that I had. In the long run, having good grammar is very low on what qualities I look for in a good person.

    And I plan on being a high school history or English teacher, and currently work for a magazine, so I'm no stranger to the need for good grammar. But this is a message board, not a college, not a job interview, and not a publication, so unless something is pretty egregious, all these grammar rants seem misplaced.
  • jessradtke
    jessradtke Posts: 418 Member
    Being married to a brilliant man who can't spell worth a darn, and then homeschooling a gifted but "on the autistic spectrum" kid, has turned my whole idea of what words like "educated" and "intelligent" mean upside down. I used to be a grammar and spelling snob. Not so much anymore. I've found that it has little or nothing to do with one's actual intelligence. As long as someone is getting their thoughts across and other people can understand what they are trying to say, I just don't think any of it matters enough to rant about it. (But I must confess that I still grit my teeth whenever someone writes "could of", "would of", or "should of". lol)
  • Nailrep
    Nailrep Posts: 966 Member
    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.....

    LMAO..
  • Dcgfeller
    Dcgfeller Posts: 83
    I try to remind myself that not everyone had the same access to education and parental support for learning that I had.

    Anyone that has access to MFP has access to all the educational tools you could probably ever need if you know where to look.

    I can accept that not everyone had the support that many of us have been fortunate enough to have. But every day I think that becomes less of a defense. People need to show some self initiative. You do not need the support and guidance you once did to find information and become educated.

    If you are inquisitive, the world is....sunglasses...at your fingertips...YEAAHHHHH.
  • ImNotThatBob
    ImNotThatBob Posts: 371 Member
    And here all this time I have been bending over backwards to look up words on dictionary.com and in Wikipedia, so's not to appeer ignorunt and un edjumakated. God it is Sooo Haaard forcing myself to spell inkarektlee.
  • tam120
    tam120 Posts: 444 Member
    bahahahahahahahaha. Guilty! of Judgement :embarassed:
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