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[aidenfire]

I did that quiz that everyone on my flist has done, about the Harry Potter alter-ego. And I got my results, and the first two sentences read as follows: Your alter ego is Hermionie Granger. Your one intelligent witch.

AIRasg'iah'g! Maybe this is just me being a grammar Nazi again, but your instead of you're literally makes my fingers clench up. My. ABSOLUTE. BIGGEST. pet peeve. I don't mind the occasional typo, but the person who wrote this quiz made that mistake repeatedly(In ways like "Your not very tolerant of stupidity.") And I hate it.

< /rant>

In other news, I was reading the NYTimes in my email this afternoon, and I saw this blurb:
Freeing Sex Slaves: A Year Later
What has happened to Srey Neth in the year since Nicholas D. Kristof purchased the freedom of the Cambodian prostitute? With an interactive feature.

An...interactive feature? About sex slaves? *snerk*

Comments

[xfellx.livejournal.com]

ugh yeah, I know I don't have the best grammar but I at least try. Grrr some people are stupid.

Ahaha

[aidenfire]

Yeah, everyone makes mistakes, and I accept that. But doing it over and over? On something that's published for other people to see? Not. On.

[happiestwhen.livejournal.com]

Firstly, I love that you didn't actually post the meme in your journal like some people. I mean... fun, yes, but makes my flist go kaboom! < /my rant on that >

Gah, some people need to go back to elementary school to relearn how to write their contractions.

And hahahahahahaha. interactive feature? Like a pop-out book? Err... okay. am done.

[aidenfire]

Yeah, I didn't really feel the need to post it. I mean, I'm sure everyone knows that Hermione (in the quizmaker's opinion)=values friends and intelligence. Whoohoo.

I know. Grr. Drives me absolutly up the wall. And it's so easy! If you mean you are, say you're. If you don't, say your. How is that hard to mess up?

Hah, I didn't actually click on it to see what the interactive feature was. It just made me laugh.

[pufftmg.livejournal.com]

My ultimate pet peeve too ;)

It makes my skin crawl.

[aidenfire]

I know. Ugh.

[pufftmg.livejournal.com]

tell me, why fisheye?

[aidenfire]

On that particular comment, or in general?

On that comment because it's my default and I'm lazy. It's my default because there is a ridiculous, cracktastic story behind it (here), and because Viggo is teh pretty, and because it's neutral colors and emotions. Like, I couldn't have WTF, or a Happy!, or a Great Job icon as my default, because what if I wasn't posting a WTF or Happy! or great job comment? And, the black and white means it's not annoyingly bright or blinky.

Ramble much?

[pufftmg.livejournal.com]

It was in general - but what the heck, it gave me something to read ;)

(plus linkage for extra reading material - ta ;) )

[pufftmg.livejournal.com]

Lmao - I can't believe I forgot all that!!

I was around datalounge for the very first DE thread - well actually the thread before the first one... I remember all the crazyness that followed in its wake... though I can't say VO ever interested me... now Viggo/Karl - well that's a very different story ;)

[aidenfire]

The thing I linked you to? The girl HAD to have been high on some weird shit when she wrote it. She just HAD to be.

[strangersonly.livejournal.com]

"Your not very tolerant of stupidity."

the irony is killin' me.

[aidenfire]

Oooh, i_worship_feste? Nice, very nice!

[aidenfire]

BTW, should I friend this journal and remove the other one from my flist?

[strangersonly.livejournal.com]

if ya want. i think i'll reserve that one for what's going on in my life [the "facts", if you will], and this one for the "opinions" (o.

but that one will probably mostly be school-related, so it won't be that interesting to strangers, haha.

[nadia-skye.livejournal.com]

hahahahaha.
a) yeah, i'd put you as hermione. i'm padma!
b) *puts head in hands* *takes head out of hands and bangs on table*
ummm...bangs HEAD on table, that is. stop having a sick mind.
the 'your' / 'you're' bit really bugs me, too.

that NYtimes article? i don't know about the interactive feature, but i read the article, and it was rather interesting. the preceeding articles on that same subject were also good (i think they are from throughout this last year?) and i think are definitely worth your looking at them.
i might just have to go checkout that feature though...
*grin*
i love the nytimes.

[aidenfire]

Stop having a sick mind? Hahah. Yeah right.

And hah, I didn't actually read the article. I just sat there and snickered at it, because I'm like that. See above line about having a sick mind.

[klave.livejournal.com]

As a fellow Grammar Nazi, I have to say that the person who designed that quiz deserves to be shot.

[aidenfire]

I want to do it.

[klave.livejournal.com]

Let's do it!

[aidenfire]

Let's. I've got a dull spoon!