What All?
Posted by Mad Scientist on November 26, 2007
I’m always willing to help out a fellow CRX lover, but I just can’t forgive some things people do. I’m not a grammar nazi, but when people say such idiotic things like:
“what all do i need”
I’m done with helping them. That’s really where it ends, I don’t read or listen to what they have to say, and I’m finished. Not only is this a rape of our language, it’s also unfounded. I can forgive grammatical or spelling errors that make sense, but that particular phrase has no meaning or explanation behind it. Even “ain’t” makes sense, if you really think about it. Merging “a lot” into “alot” makes sense, because that’s how many of us speak. I’m talking about people who go out of their way to appear to be an idiot.
Most other automotive enthusaists who take the time to do research think the same way, and just won’t help. This causes all kinds of problems within the community. Not all people who say stupid things really are stupid, but piss everyone else off enough that they’re labeled an idiot. I sat and tried to come up with a solution to this problem, and the only thing I could come up with was this:
If you are going to ask a question of someone, put it into their terms, not yours. In ancient societies where the apprentice program was prevalent, “masters” did not try to think of new and creative ways to teach their pupils, instead the lowly apprentices had to learn to ask the correct questions to learn what they needed to. Information is abound, and I’m far from being a “master” of this hobby, but I’ve learned to ask questions properly. Because of that, I can answer a whole lot of questions in an educated manner. I can even come up with better compliments than
“baller baller post some piktars”
Let’s get rid of this image that all tuners are morons, starting by getting rid of the morons.
November 26, 2007 at 1:24 pm
x2… and the term n00b is WAY to overused…
dont say it, your just pointing out one of your many weaknesses