The beginning of the end of the beginning of the end....

Yep, that's Smashing Pumpkins.

The new semester started on the 3rd, and from the classes i've attended so far it ain't gonna be a cakewalk lol. Still, i welcome the challenge, since i actually get to excercise a little creativity now, unlike the last semester where we only had the *dreadfully* boring hard news writing.

And speaking of writing, let's move on to the topic of today's blog entry: the reasons for the use of proper English on the Internet.

What's the big fuss with proper spelling and grammar on the internet? Well, here's a little open letter for everyone who thinks using proper grammar on the internet is not important.

The internet is a text-based community. People communicate through text. Therefore bad spelling, grammar etc. is rude, and shows a careless, sloppy manner. If you want your opinions heard, the least you can do is make it perfectly readable.

How would you like it if people around IRL you keep

SHOUTING

all the time when they want to say something, o r spe ak in frag ment ed sen tences? Or speak so softly you have to strain your ears to hear what they're saying? Or fucking insert a goddamn expletive in every fucking sentence bitches?
Would you like that? No? Then spellcheck and prove your opinions and comments are worth reading and worth a response.

Since i'm fed up of telling people to at least have the goddamn courtesy of simply checking their grammar and getting comments like "why does it mattr lolur notmy mohter uN00b" or "than dont raed my poast yu shithed", i just ignore any comments or questions that are full of grammar mistakes.
After all, if you're too damn lazy to do something as simple as checking your grammar, whatever you have to say is not even worth reading.

That being said, sometimes mistakes *do* occur, and one or two occasional unintended mistakes is forgiveable. I've made spelling errors myself on several occasions, but i immediately edit it when i see it or someone mentions it to me.

So don't think using good grammar etc. is unimportant; if you want people to respect you and your opinions, taking the trouble to check your grammar is the first prerequisite you need to have. After all, it seperates the wannabe n00bs from the truly 1337.