What is it about computer illiterate people that irritates me so badly?
552219
what is it about stuck up men who think they're so smart that irritates me so badly?\n\nthere are tons of things that annoy people. for me it's poor grammar. it doesn't make you better than anyone else though.\n\ni'm guessing your profession or hobby is computers. obviously you are better at computers than most people. but that doesn't make everyone else stupid. i'm a physical therapy major and i could say the same thing about how it annoys me when people struggle with biology because i love biology and it comes easily to me. but those people who struggle with biology may be better at math than i am.\n\nwe all have our strengths and weaknesses. like i said, it doesn't make you better than anyone else. your weaknesses may irritate other people.
50789
Much of this stems from the fact that young people were not forced to write very much on paper in  comparison to students of a generation ago.  They were ill prepared to communicate on computer systems because they also could not type very fast.  With this in mind, add the fact that one of their parents just might walk past the computer while they were discussing something personal and you have the reasons 4 all da losy nglish on da net.\nAt this point the style became habit.  Sorry that you feel so strongly about this.  I do not want to make exceuses for them, but I suppose I am tolerant enough to overlook it.  It is certainly no more annoying than those who never answer a question directly in their own words, but quote a passage out of their favorite book (without any explaination as to how it applies to the question).\nIt is a big world out there.  This cyber site allows almost anyone to use it.  You are likely to contact or be contacted by people who would walk right past you with saying a word in the real world.
97074
It bothers a lot of us - you just seem to be hitting all the questions that the lazy jackasses ask. \n\nThere are, indeed, a section of us who type like intelligent individuals who give a rats' ass about the English language. \n\nThe rest of them give us a bad name, really, when you continue to read the news of how "chatting online can lower your IQ" - Sure, if you're a RETARD to begin with!\n\n♥
352422
Sometimes the suggestions this little utility makes has no connection to the words I'm typing. If you are talking about common words, then I understand your anger and agree with you. But why didn't you start the sentence with capital letter? Are you to lazy to press one key?\nSome just don't give a damn about spelling.
951030
Some people know very well, and are yelling. Some are ignorant of the internet convention and do so out of a lack of experience and because they have not had the proper instruction.\n\nThanks for reminding us all.\n\n;-)
692273
I have been wondering the same thing. Considering there is a spell check at the top of the box. Majority of the questions are very hard to understand because of the vocabulary. I am at a loss for words, and wonder to what length some will go to have there fifteen minutes of fame. \nMakes me wonder how many people have curtains on their computer because they have Windows?????????????
479809
Some people just have to be rude.  And some people get hostile when reading questions and the additional info that goes with them, so they strike out with rudeness.\n\nAnd some people feel that they are being helpful.  But they don't realize that people are sensitive about spelling and grammar and feel bad when they are corrected.\n\nThat is why it is just not polite to correct people's errors in spelling and grammar.  It would be different if the person asked to have such errors corrected, and even then, care should be taken to do it in a nice way.
635698
I'm an editor, I'm bilingual, and poor spelling is a peeve of mine as well. There's a difference between a typo and not understanding (or caring) how to spell, or how to follow simple grammar rules. Poor spelling in the form of abbreviated words is understandable on cell phones and Blackberries (I suppose it could save you from carpal tunnel syndrome), but if you have a full keyboard, it's just sad.\n\nEveryone who says "you don't have to know how to spell to use the internet" is just wrong. The internet is powerful because it is a communication medium. How can you communicate if nobody can read your horrific misspellings? A lot of these people who can't spell are also trying to meet their mate on online dating sites. When you're online, nobody can judge you based on how well you carry on a conversation in a restaurant. They're going to judge you based on what you type - if you type nonsense, people will think you're full of nonsense. When I tried online dating, I was repulsed (yes, repulsed...I know it's a strong word, but it's accurate) by some of the misspellings I encountered. \n\nIt's not cool to be dumb and uneducated. It might be in high school, but when you're 30 years old and you have to ask your customers "Do you want to super size that?", people think you're pathetic. There's no way my company would hire someone who spells like that, and I would assume the same holds true for most companies with jobs that pay double digit hourly wages.\n\nMaybe it's the anonymity of the internet. I'd be curious to get all of these atrocious spellers together in a room with pens and paper, and see what they write on a job application, or something else that really matters. Then we could see how many people are consciously dumbing themselves down online, since they have nobody watching. \n\nI don't think you are being a jerk by asking this question. I can't help but think the poor spellers are also poor in math, science, business, etc. This is one of the reasons that China and India might overtake the US - their citizens can spell better than ours.
632595
Typos in professional settings... signs, newsletters, mailings, and so forth. Pet peeve of mine. People that tail gate - makes my blood boil. WHINING - I CANNOT STAND WHINING - it got me an automatic time-out when I was a kid no matter what the whining was about. Even worse when it's an adult. Superficial people. The people that are close to us become part of our reality. Life is too short to allow my reality to involve fakeness or shallowness. \n\nBut number one, by far, is LYING - It is an insult to my intuition and my intelligence. It is selfish, cruel, and once again, introduces fakeness into my reality. I will not tolerate a liar.
756130
Yeah some people just have to be rude. I think it's because they have no lives or anything better to do. I mean people on here sometimes ask "questionable" questions, but it's set up as a question and answer forum so people can ask what they want and others can choose what they answer. Personally if I come across a question that is even too "questionable" for me, I continue to scroll rather than provide the asker of the question with some snide remark. So to all the people that think someone is asking a question with an obvious answer or that a persons question is dumb, grow up, that's what we're all here for to ask whatever question we want to get feedback, not your useless, ignorant comments. Quit being such smart alecks, you don't know the background of who is on the other end of the computer asking the question. Stop criticizing grammar and spelling and being so condescending. None of us is perfect. All the best.
751275
Yes, as a teen myself I have noticed that people don't bother to spell correctly very much anymore. People are just trying to hit as few keys as possible but still get their message across. I do not see why it is so painful to type out the entire word or to retype a misspelled word. Even on yahoo answers, the least used tool is the spell check. I just do not understand why people use slang and abbreviations to save just a few keystrokes.
826540
You're obviously illiterate, so does it really matter?
1169623
chiding people for being poor spellers when you (and i, for that matter) play fast and loose with capitalization rules makes you look kind of silly...\n\ni don't use spell checker cos i'm lazy, and if i spell something rong it's cos i want to.
196067
It really irritates me.  I also hate tcapitalizinghorthand (b4 for before, 2 for to, etc).\n\nI think it is lack of education.  Sad sad day for us all.\n\nYou know what else irritates me?  Not captilizing your I's.  Also, when they spell don't spell "a lot" correctly.  There is a space people.
889755
You should turn your computer off and go away\n\nThis nonsensical pathetic mess brought to you by yet another illiterate product of the American Public School system.
883376
Most of them are so retarded and they write in badly written text speak\n\n"No wonder he left you, you're illiterate !"\n\nAaaaaaaaaaaaah !
415725
Oh, man, that crap drives me up the wall.  I have no idea what the name of the language is, though, i just know that we call the people who use it all the time n00bs.  But that in and of itself is somewhat netspeak-y, so, eh.  What are you gonna do?