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[UltraValican]

right. I say stuff like 'it was *really* hard to do it' when I'm emphasising how hard it is. People (including one of my friends, annoyingly) who put xX(insertnamehere)Xx because they think it's cool annoy me.

I thought people did that because the username was already taken?

[EveryZig]

People (including one of my friends, annoyingly) who put xX(insertnamehere)Xx because they think it's cool annoy me.

Of course, DF playing makes me read that as XX heavily damaged item XX. Like your classic ‼XX Goblin Corpse XX‼.

[Flying Dice]

right. I say stuff like 'it was *really* hard to do it' when I'm emphasising how hard it is. People (including one of my friends, annoyingly) who put xX(insertnamehere)Xx because they think it's cool annoy me.

I thought people did that because the username was already taken?

In the circles I frequented, at least, it was mostly done by the MLG-worshipping crowd.

[Skyrunner]

right. I say stuff like 'it was *really* hard to do it' when I'm emphasising how hard it is. People (including one of my friends, annoyingly) who put xX(insertnamehere)Xx because they think it's cool annoy me.

I thought people did that because the username was already taken?

I thought it meant moderately damaged.

[PTTG??]

I've added a question mark to my name every time I forgot a password. I should get around to asking toady one to merge my accounts, but I haven't yet.

[kaenneth]

What a surprise,  I'm also guilty of comma overuse. I've taken to reading anything I write out loud before turning it in/posting the link because of that exact problem.

Learn German. My German teacher basically told us to put a comma everywhere you think one might be needed as the Germans love their comma's. Dutch seems to be between German and English in that regard, as I'm quite sure Freeformschooler's first sentence would have needed a comma in Dutch.

With their incredibly long words, they need the commas to get enough oxygen while speaking.

try saying "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz siebentausendzweihundertvierundfünfzig Betäubungsmittelverschreibungsverordnung" without collapsing a lung.

[Starver]

I will freely admit, I'm bad about commas. I write sentences like I would say them out loud, and insert commas as natural pauses in speech. This habit lends itself to a grand overabundance of commas. On the other hand, it allows you to read my sentences out loud the way I hear them in my head. I've tried to fix it, but it never seems to stick.

I just tend to overuse them for subclauses and sub-subclauses.  I then realise I have to parenthesise to make it clearer.  Or other punctuated methods of enclosure and 'asiding'.

(Had to split and re-ordering the sentences above to avoid accidental self-reference!  Look, no commas at all!  Oh darn, there's one.  And another.)

[Gatleos]

I believe there was a guy around here who put a line break after every sentence.
Every sentence was structured the same way.
The result was that his posts looked like long grocery lists.
It was pretty annoying to read.
And it drove me crazy.

[Fenrir]

I believe there was a guy around here who put a line break after every sentence.
Every sentence was structured the same way.
The result was that his posts looked like long grocery lists.
It was pretty annoying to read.
And it drove me crazy.

I think I know who you mean.
His avatar was Death.
I wish I could recall his name.

[Skyrunner]

I believe there was a guy around here who put a line break after every sentence.
Every sentence was structured the same way.
The result was that his posts looked like long grocery lists.
It was pretty annoying to read.
And it drove me crazy.

My mom writes E-mails that way...

[kaijyuu]

On that sort of note, people who add line breaks
at weird points. Probably because they have a
low resolution and don't comprehend the idea
behind word wrap.

[Roboboy33]

People not using correct grammar and spelling. Makes me have a little ragefest inside.

[Leafsnail]

You can avoid the use of commas in a way you can't really avoid addition, though.  Heck, my maths teachers do give tips on "easier routes" for questions to save time or reduce the chance of errors.

I suppose I should change it to 'never use division, always use multiplication'.

Both can be done on a calculator with virtually 100% accuracy (at least with no error difference between them).  It's not a valid comparison.  A more valid one is something like "Don't do a complicated differential equation to try and work out Fx when you can just compare the kinetic energies of an object before and after to find the work done" (yes I managed to screw this one up today).  One has more scope for error because it involves more complicated rules.  It's clearly possible to use a comma correctly but I can see why a teacher would tell students not to get embroiled in that mess considering that some exam boards are seriously picky about it.  If you feel confident enough in your mastery of commas then just use them, I guess.

I'm probably being retarded and using the wrong word. Stuff like Sincerly, xxxSpidermanxxx or from your royal higness XxSparklyanimevampirqueen666xX really 

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rustle my jimmies.

We all know who you're referring to (Deathworks) so you might as well just tell them if it bothers you so much.  Otherwise this seems like going behind someone's back (since Deathworks doesn't usually come to the lower boards).

[Skyrunner]

Okay, something better then:

Don't use the Pythagorean equation and a coordinate plane to get the sum of two vectors when you can just add up the coordinates. Because I did that...

[Putnam]

You can avoid the use of commas in a way you can't really avoid addition, though.  Heck, my maths teachers do give tips on "easier routes" for questions to save time or reduce the chance of errors.

I suppose I should change it to 'never use division, always use multiplication'.

Both can be done on a calculator with virtually 100% accuracy (at least with no error difference between them).  It's not a valid comparison.  A more valid one is something like "Don't do a complicated differential equation to try and work out Fx when you can just compare the kinetic energies of an object before and after to find the work done" (yes I managed to screw this one up today).  One has more scope for error because it involves more complicated rules.  It's clearly possible to use a comma correctly but I can see why a teacher would tell students not to get embroiled in that mess considering that some exam boards are seriously picky about it.  If you feel confident enough in your mastery of commas then just use them, I guess.

I'm probably being retarded and using the wrong word. Stuff like Sincerly, xxxSpidermanxxx or from your royal higness XxSparklyanimevampirqueen666xX really 

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rustle my jimmies.

We all know who you're referring to (Deathworks) so you might as well just tell them if it bothers you so much.  Otherwise this seems like going behind someone's back (since Deathworks doesn't usually come to the lower boards).

knutor does it too, but I don't think knutor comes down here often either