You bitches need to stop demanding an edit button.

No thanks

I agree that people should get in the habit of proofreading, but I can't help but wonder what "a cyberspace of note" is.

Thank you Oop.

Oops, I meant Poop.

Der! OP!

I really have no patience with DLers who start threads.... with misspellings in the subject line.

Bitch, please. There are 7 words in your subject line.... and you managed to misspell 2 of them. Two. Out of 7 words.

No patience.

OP? SUKKAMEDEEKA!!!!

There are nine words in the thread subject, dear R6. Moreover, it is only proper that you actually spell the number out when the number is less than ten. You are showing nothing, but your trashy upbringing, with the use of numerical characters "2" and "7."

OP, did you finally escape from the dead bride thread?

R8, dear? My comment was a general one: about other DLers who (hypothetically) start new threads, then misspell their subject lines. Not. About. You.

I was actually in support of your suggestion that people double-check their posts.

But now you've antagonized me for no very good reason.

OP, dear, of course you are right.

But you're like a professor orating into a pigpen.

I'll gladly do without the edit button if only I can get an Ignore Thread button that actually lasts

Where would DL be without Jackie On Assistance?

No edit button ever.

The original DL did have spellcheck.

Not everyone is perfect like you OP and some of us need to read the text in a published post instead of a text box to take in the typos.

It’s ridiculous not to have an edit period. Most forums let you edit whenever you want, and a minority let you make changes for a minute or two and then lock it. Only DL allows absolutely no changes. I mean, even Instagram allows you to delete your comment so you can redo it. I know of literally *no* other forum that forces you to keep your typo up forever, uncorrectable.

R16, then perhaps, " some of us" do not belong in this upscale environment.

Pron, cak, WHET, graxy, etc., are DL Classics. You are a cunt, OP. (That’s a “c” with a cedilla.)

When I am typing, my words are highlighted when spelled wrong. There is no suggested correction, but I know it is incorrect.

I agree with no edit. Especially here. You bitches need to have your words out there permanently to remind you of what bitches you are, bitches.

[quote] [R16], then perhaps, " some of us" do not belong in this upscale environment.

MARY!

My favorite is when people, who know that they have likely misspelled a word, follow it with "(sp?)". As if they are not sitting before a device that can access all of the information in the world. Take 1.5 seconds to Google it, and you'll look like less of an idiot.

That’s a different topic r21.

DL is not for sissies.

R11 is why I keep coming back to this pigpen. WW!

Ypir the supermodel agrees.

R2, “cyberspace of note” means that every Datalounge post you make becomes part of your permanent record, the very one that you started in elementary school.

[quote]DL is a cyberspace of note

Oh, brother.

R21 touched on one of my pet peeves.

I agree completely.

I feel bad for people who pay for this site lol.

If you can't get it right the first time, you should be shot.

[quote][R21] touched on one of my pet peeves.

Pics please.

I don't know about everyone else, but I swear there are times when I type my entry, proof it, everything looks fine. Then I hit Post, and the instant it posts I see a mistake. Does that happen to anyone else?

Yes, R32. I worked as a writer an editor for years and everything was proofread by three editors. Errors, some very obvious, still made it into print. One favorite, not uncommon, was "pubic servant."

When I post here I shed my old background and just try to get the thoughts out without poring over them too much. I do proofread before hitting Post but those damn typos still happen.

[quote] I do proofread before hitting Post but those damn typos still happen.

They sure do.

[quote]I worked as a writer an editor for years

[quote]The original DL did have spellcheck.

Pretty much every browser or app that allows for text input has spellcheck built in these days.

Typos are a leading indicator of a stinky pussy.

Oh that’s bulshot.

Spellcheck is limited to spelling. It doesn't know whether the context calls for "there" or "their" or "they're" -- or "to" or "too" or "two", etc. And it doesn't address punctuation at all, so apostrophe abuse can run amok for all spellcheck cares -- "it's" or "its", etc. Nor does bad grammar bother spellcheck -- "The usher seated my wife and I" -- "She and myself loved the show". Machines are no substitute for education, which includes actually understanding what one has learned so that correct usage becomes automatic.

R38 MOreover, that Grammarly app and its brothers are likely spyware. Grammarly HQ is in Ukraine actually.

I've known of some hot Ukrainian's, they are like Russians but the craziness has been dialed down by15%.

Well I guess R40 settled that question.

That's nice, R40 -- but how was their English grammar? And did they use apostrophes more correctly than you do?

🖕🏼🖕🏼 Whore

I'm too fucking lazy to check my spelling.

THEN DON'T COME BITCHING TO US for an edit button, R44, when someone points out your spelling deficiency.

[quote]I swear there are times when I type my entry, proof it, everything looks fine. Then I hit Post, and the instant it posts I see a mistake. Does that happen to anyone else?

It is because of the timeshift--you used to live in a slightly different reality, and the Matrix had a clunky upgrade, because contrails

Your an idiod if you think i'm going to chek wevery spelling and corecct my pucturation.

You've known some hot Ukrainian's what, r40?

The (sp?) is to notify the spelling queens that their services are not needed. We know it is probably spelled wrong and fuck you I am not looking it up.

It goes back to times before spellcheck. When a writer really might not be able to find the word in the dictionary. Or the piece does not warrant it.

People! Consider the possibility that you are speaking to Her Majesty. Show some respect.

Edit option, no, but I do see how a "preview" option could be helpful.

When writing an rereading, eyes can habituate to errors and miss things, even if reread multiple times. Once the post is up and reformatted into a slightly different style, errors often become immediately obvious.

Sometimes before I click "Post", I'll drag the little grey-shaded triangle in the bottom right corner of the text box to resize it and change the text's margins so I'm not staring at the same box of words I've been typing.

I don't know why that little triangle exists, but that's how I use it.

Dammit, writing AND rereading. I knew that was going to happen.

That’s hilarious, R52.

I love irony.

I demanded an edit button. Then yesterday my mother died in mysterious circumstances. I'm not saying there's a link, but I'm not saying there isn't.

You’re next, r54.

Beloved aunts everywhere disagree.

Bear in mind that only spectrum disorders care about spelling errors on an anonymous chat forum.

[quote]People! Consider the possibility that you are speaking to Her Majesty. Show some respect.

You're more likely to be speaking to a lot of people who are sitting on "the throne."

I'd just be happy to get gifs back tbh. Same with the ignore function that doesn't work anymore.

I'm hoping we get talk/text then I don't have to wear down my nails.

Fuck yourself, OP.

You can be a cyberspace of note and still have a 60 second edit function

Are you new here, r57?

[quote]Consider the possibility that you are speaking to Her Majesty.

I don't give a flying fuck about any of Jermaine Jackson's kids.

Is this the same "cyberspace of note" that recently ran the thread "My Asshole is Busted"? OP you are the livin' end!