More and more the ability to write is falling by the way-side. Kids and there so-called 1337speek and their inability to punctuate or capitalize anything. Don't get me wrong, I read/have read the number magazine that the uber1337s read. And I have done my share of boxing in many colors and when I had the patience or the inclination I played with some really cool scripts.
Here's the rub: Being intelligent and knowing what you're talking about does not give you the right to disrespect people by not showing them the courtesy of capitalizing their names and such. Here is a site that Google rates high on their lists as a blog that you should read. It was a struggle for me to read. No punctuation, no capitalization, no form of respect for any norm of writing. Again, don't get me wrong, I hate conformity just as much as the next disenfranchised individual, but come on people. Just because you name yourself Passing Notes because you think you're being cute doesn't excuse you from all that I have bitched about above.
I am in not the GrammarNazi or the EnglishNazi by any stretch of the imagination, but there is a line that not just the youth are crossing. The world of chat and IM and quick posting on forums has these people thinking that it is cute. It is not cute for a twenty/thirty/forty/fifty-something who happens to be a programmer to use parenthesese around what he/she thinks is cute thought balloon material.
So there it is... Call me an old crotchety bastard or not hip with the times or whatever. I'll just tell you to go fuck yourself and get your shit together.
Makes you wonder if McDonald's started this trend years ago when they went to icon based registers where NO MATH SKILL was involved. It's a sad and scary time for English speaking people. Traffick seems to do a decent job of being respectable and comprehensible.
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