Researchers Find Typos Indicative of Stupidity. (35544 hits)
Category: NoneRating: 1.59 on 136 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Jesus of Nazareth <Stuyx2.at.earthlink.net> (View user info) at 2003-12-02 21:38:51 EST
Researchers Find Typos Indicative of Stupidity.
Tuesday, December 2, 2003 Posted: 8:18 PM EST (0118 GMT)
SANCHEZ, South Dakota (AP) -- A team of researchers have found typos to be indicative of intelligence levels.
Dr Stuart Coleman, the leading researcher of a team studying Internet typos, has found that there is a conclusive link between kinds and frequency of typos, and intelligence.
The team studied over 1,000 subjects from every walk of life. The subjects were asked to perform several different tasks, from E-mail to instant messaging and even Internet message boards, and the researchers would document the typos made and how often they occurred.
"We decided to focus specifically on 'typos' that are typically used as Internet slang, instead of accident related typos," said Dr Coleman. "These including things such as 'U-R' instead of 'you are.'"
Several others studied included "your" instead of "you're," "plz" instead of "please," "im" instead of "I'm." Other mistakes studied were grammatical, such as capitalization, correct comma use, even decipher made up words.
"Sometimes people would inquire about the study, and when I explained it to them, try to write off the typos as time saving," said Dr Coleman. "But when you think about, selling you intelligence for a few microseconds it takes to type the extra ' and e to spell "you're" correctly, is it really worth it?"
He continued to say; "It really gets me when people think that just because you're online you can typo like a fucking retard. If you have the motor control of a retarded chimpanzee with Parkinson's disease you should be able to do it."
The study concluded that people with advanced college degrees made almost no typos, and would actually fix accidental ones they found. People with a standard four year degree tended to use time savers, (i.e. skipping apostrophes in you're, as well as capitalization), while people with a high school diploma or less tended to type with the grammatical accuracy of a horse bashing its hoof against a keyboard.
Dr Coleman's main research analysts, Dr Anthony Doucet, had this to say about the results, "Generally as education improves grammar and spelling improve, as does diction and clarity of thought. But sometimes you'll find a douche bag who managed to struggle through a 2-year community college who would write like second grader on crack. Those were painful."
One post-based site frequented by the poorer performers was ubersite.com. Dr Doucet had this to say of people posting on this site, "I saw way too many posts that looked like they were written by a second grader with one hand two feet up his ass talking about how Black people suck, or how Mexicans are destroying the economy, or God knows what other garbage."
When some of these people were asked to take IQ tests, few accepted. "The ones who did enjoyed an average IQ of 57. That indicates severe mental retardation, or some form of brain trauma," said Dr Doucet. Dr Coleman was overheard saying, "Christ, even people who just had strokes and can barely move score better than that."
Dr Coleman gave a brief synopsis of the results as this, "As intelligence and education go up, generally these typos decrease. Of course, this is not always the case, but the trend is obvious. It is also important to note that there are many other factors playing into this, such as lifestyle, political views, ethnicity, et cetera. We still need further analysis to be able to conclusively identify trends in other areas."
These results may make dumbasses type correctly. For the sake of mankind, this reporter hopes so.
User Reviews
Submitted by jack0173 (user info) at 2005-03-27 00:02:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Diskincluded (user info) at 2005-03-26 23:47:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I would like to point out that results can differ, based on what countries the test subjects are in. For example, I left school after completing year 11, and went onto a TAFE course.
I know people in China and Ukraine who have no difficulty spelling correctly.
So it just seems to be people from certain cultures and/or countries.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-03-07 13:44:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-01-22 00:37:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
All women are whores.
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2004-11-19 20:25:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
lozl thast not tru oll i ddid collge lik 14 yeras lolzzzz!1
Submitted by OldManTeething (user info) at 2004-11-19 20:17:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Dr Doucet: Don_Megga is a prime example of my study.
Submitted by Sekeeth (user info) at 2004-10-02 13:08:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Great info
Oh, Don_Megga obviously did not read the entire article. There are references to Uber in the post. Which obviously means it was written by an Uber and that Don_Megga did 1)Not read the entire post or 2)Read the post and didnt understand the humor 3)Thought that many published article contain crude language and blasphemy of Jesus...
Don_Megga = 57 I.Q.
Submitted by Don_Megga (user info) at 2004-10-02 12:44:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
you copy and pasted a news article. how can i not -2 this?
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2004-10-02 12:38:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Post gets better and better.
Submitted by xczar20x (user info) at 2004-09-01 18:17:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
your a hell of a tiper and spellir. u r kool.
Submitted by Skippy (user info) at 2004-07-06 00:32:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I cant believe people could possibly score 56 on an iq test! My missis is as dumb as dogshit and she averages 100-120 ffs!
Submitted by MAd haxor <haxor.at.733t.com> at 2004-05-06 01:14:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Dis post is be da bom nigga!!!!1!!1!!
Submitted by socialdropout (user info) at 2004-04-11 04:09:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
he typed it on word/publisher first, then used spell-check on most of the words...
fuckin' awsome!!!
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-04-11 03:53:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This is the post that brought me to Ubersite.
Submitted by alchemist (user info) at 2004-04-09 11:48:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I actually thought it was real for a couple paragraphs.
Submitted by mandingo1979 (user info) at 2004-03-19 18:53:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
that shit is funny
Submitted by MadScientist (user info) at 2004-03-19 18:32:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Nice
Submitted by Dennis Laffey <dennisl.at.campus.ie> at 2004-02-18 10:36:20 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Sorry, but your patronising tone and your blatantly oversized ego made it impossible for me to find anything you wrote funny.
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2004-02-04 22:33:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
TYPOES R TOTALY FUKING SWW33T AND AWSUM!! OMG LOL!
Sweet post, man.
Submitted by stupac <298671> at 2004-02-04 22:09:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
WillZone, if you see this, I got the idea for this one day while working. I went home, wrote it up, and put it on ubersite in under an hour. It's the only post I've ever done that was any good, and any typos (there are like 3-4 that I know of) are purely mistake (I wasn't good enough to think of the irony, but it is funny to think about).
So this entire thing was written by me and everything that spawned off of it is copying me. Not that I really mind.
Submitted by SoxSexSax (user info) at 2004-02-04 19:11:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Fucking hilarious, and here here!!!
Submitted by Kyle <kcoleman88.at.earthlink.net> at 2004-01-30 16:49:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
splendid
Submitted by Hando Polo <swinger4x4.at.hotmail.com> at 2004-01-29 04:06:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I don't know what is funnier, the article or the arguments of people who disagree! A great piece of sarcasm and irony.
Submitted by Erica <akalyn.at.earthlink.net> at 2004-01-29 03:11:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I really don't think that people who use internet slang are all that stupid. I mean, I use internet slang when I'm writing to my friends who also use the same slang. I'm sorry but I don't think it's all that hard to figure out ur, w/(with), w/o (without), and so forth. I admit, it IS annoying to see someone typing b coo, sht up, or anything that is one letter instead of the word.
This is a funny article though, even with the typos for added laughs. Oh, and Dr. isn't a contraction its an abbriviation(sp?) and yes, I do know that I can't spell, and if I get flammed for this opinion it will get said that I don't think, or I don't think because I'm stupid but I really don't give a flying fuck because its my opinion and if my commas aren't in the right places... oh well, I'm not an English major and I'll never be an English major and commmas are not the most important thing in life. *shrugs* I bet it will piss people off when someone types actions too like I just did *rolls eyes* BIG DEAL!
Submitted by Titanium at 2004-01-15 17:21:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
i beliive youree rong here bud. do do you realy think itz nessisary to signl out aka "stpid" peepole? how doo you sleep at knight?
No, really though, I found your writing highly entertaining. Keep up the good work.
Submitted by Thelazarus <thelazarus.at.hotmail.com> at 2004-01-13 12:56:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I love the fact that so many people took this as a "Real" finding.
come on people it cant be that difficult 2 actually read thru the friggin reviews to see that "STUPAC" is the creator of this "B E A utiful" peice of work. the links that are a part of this work and the ones in the reveiws lead things like "brinkster". "brinkster" is is a fake CNN website how friggin hard is it to find this sorta stuff out. STUPAC even makes note of all this...
Submitted by drstrangedhruv (user info) at 2004-01-09 15:24:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Willzone, I couldn't load up the Brinkster link, but the Xanga site has the article along with the paragraph on Ubersite.com, so it was definitely copied from here.
Submitted by WillZone (user info) at 2004-01-09 15:03:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
http://www25.brinkster.com/clanxplicit/typos.html
http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=stoopidsavant
did this originate on ubersite? or was it just a cut and paste job with no credit given? i don't know...but it made me smile.
Submitted by tolbertap <tolbertap.at.msn.com> at 2004-01-07 10:50:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
If you didn't like this, it's because your an idiot, who can't spell if their eggs depended on it.
Submitted by Will at 2004-01-05 12:02:56 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I'm not sure if the constant grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors in this post were meant to be ironic but it completely defeats your point.
Submitted by baba at 2004-01-03 22:15:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Ah, great rant. Makes me think of all the times I've corrected people's spellings only to be insulted endlessly by them.
Submitted by Marie <xomarie16.at.yahoo.com> at 2003-12-31 20:56:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Damn right. I can't stand people who use "u" or "ur" or the wrong conjugation of "your." Grr. Of course it's a measure of stupidity.
Submitted by I am Ben at 2003-12-22 14:53:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
rock 'n roll!!!!!1go on www.gurn.tk
Submitted by robert at 2003-12-21 09:50:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
considering 'typo' is short for typographical, the entire study is self-contradictory to a minor extent. great point raised though.
Submitted by keyeri <babs.at.ecosse.net> at 2003-12-16 14:53:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Absolutely priceless.
Submitted by xscdvfg at 2003-12-15 12:32:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
hilaroius. i almost feel bad not making the first word in each sentance capital now.
Submitted by ouchthats (user info) at 2003-12-15 03:40:19 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
OMG THIS IS SOOO OSM LOL LMAO OMG ROGL MONGOOSE>
OMG.
Vote for mongoose.
Submitted by acmarek (user info) at 2003-12-14 18:41:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
If a big chunk of text can make me laugh out loud, it's a 2. Regardless of your stance on typos, you have to admit that was funny as shit.
Submitted by poop_monkey (user info) at 2003-12-13 12:59:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"It really gets me when people think that just because you're online you can typo like a fucking retard. If you have the motor control of a retarded chimpanzee with Parkinson's disease you should be able to do it."
I started laughing at that line and I haven't stopped yet...
(:(|)
Submitted by FatTony (user info) at 2003-12-12 05:34:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Ainkara, did I say I was Einstein? You're an ignorant uptight bitch. But you spell like a muthafucker.
Submitted by altruisticartist (user info) at 2003-12-12 04:54:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
That was a brilliant piece of satire. First post on uber in a long time that made me laugh out loud for several consecutive minutes.
Submitted by Ainkara (user info) at 2003-12-12 04:47:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Fat Tony, last time I checked, you're not Einstein. Hence to make any headway in this real world of ours you should probably have at least a nodding understanding of the language that you speak and write everyday. Do something great for science or art or humanity, then we'll overlook your atrocious spelling and grammar.
Submitted by FatTony (user info) at 2003-12-12 04:37:27 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
People who pay attention to and point out typos are masturbating way too much. They don't go out on dates and have no friends. The frustration they have for "not getting any" can't be vented in public because they will be considered nerds and being nerds they get "none". So, they read lots and lots of stuff. Because they're frustrated, they point out typos and grammar errors so they can feel smart and superior. This releases a sexual thingy in the head that makes them more hornier.....aww screw it.
It has nothing to do with how smart you are. It has to do with how uptight you are. Einstein was a fucking geneius and he had trouble writing.
Submitted by Ainkara (user info) at 2003-12-12 01:00:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I've had way too many people make absolutely no sense when they type (my dad among them) to give this anything less than a 2. It's disturbing when your dad, your 22 year old brother, and your 24 year old brother all ask you (a 17 year old girl) to read through their work for spelling and grammatical errors.
Submitted by Sanura at 2003-12-12 00:36:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I've got to wonder about all the people pointing out all the little typo mistakes that are not deliberately internet slang. If they bothered to read it correctly, they would have noticed that they were not the focus of this *ahem* 'study'
"We decided to focus specifically on 'typos' that are typically used as Internet slang, instead of accident related typos," said Dr Coleman. "These including things such as 'U-R' instead of 'you are.'"
I gotta admit though, I would like to see what the results of such a study would actually yeild..
Sanura
Submitted by hendrixjrr (user info) at 2003-12-11 11:54:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
+2 EXCELLENT! BEST RANT EVER!
UR awesum
Submitted by HoldenC (user info) at 2003-12-07 22:14:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This one is great. It's so difficult to understand people when they can't spell and they use "netslang".
Submitted by Stupac (user info) at 2003-12-07 16:27:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I just read through all of the comments, and realized that some people ACTUALLY thought that this was real. Something about the hypocracy of grants wasters. I'm just guessing that that comment was implying that "Dr Coleman," (who is me, (a 16 year old)), wasted a grant by doing this study. Other people, in response to him, mentioned something about the writer of the article being at fault for the typos. I only saw two, some of the ones mentioned were not in fact typos.
In conclusion, this was not a real study, and I even mentioned in it that people who commit intentional "internet slang" typos are stupid. At least I thought I did. Who knows...
Submitted by Nel <Pappa34.at.yahoo.com> at 2003-12-07 16:05:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I am a constant listener of todays country music but often rather listen to oldies as I get frustrated by the writers of today that cannot write a simple lyric without constant use of double negatives ;-)
Submitted by Stupac (user info) at 2003-12-06 17:01:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
"It really gets me when people think that just because you're online you can typo like a fucking retard." I meant type, not typo. Can't believe no one has pointed that out yet.
Submitted by iconoclast at 2003-12-06 16:36:06 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This deserves a "+3".
Submitted by Sonya at 2003-12-06 15:20:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I was upset by your use of the term retarded. Anyone who is so insensitive that they choose to degrade another human being to prove their point needs a pineapple shoved up their posterior.
Submitted by Kayla and Molly at 2003-12-06 15:11:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
funny
Submitted by senseiofmattitudev1 (user info) at 2003-12-06 14:10:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
That is a masterpiece. I'll add my story, even though it is lame in comparison.
So I'm playing GunBound last night (my new obsession... http://gunbound.net ) and being pissed at the language usage. The sorts of words like "azn" instead of typing out the whole word "asian". So my friend and I are just killing people left and right, as usual, when some guy spits out the worst usage I had seen since I was a H.S. football equipment manager. (No jokes necessary.)
"u ain't get no lyf leff, i pWnEd u!"
I'm inquisitive at this point.
"What is a 'lyf'? Is that like the mix between a life and a lick, or maybe a leaf? And if you have a lyf, can you have a wyf?"
Of course, My friend is cracking up at this point, because the guy is just getting madder and madder.
"ur retaded, its azn talk, a$$"
So, this is where I must include the fact that my friend is Chinese. So I ask him...
"Zi, is that really how asians talk?"
"Only mentally retarded ones."
Not really all that funny in retrospect, but we laughed our Irish and Chinese asses off.
+2 for making me laugh out loud on the radio.
Submitted by tinmanus (user info) at 2003-12-06 12:27:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Definitely a quotable piece.
What I found most amusing are the mental giants posting here about bad "grammer" (virgil, GrizzlyHunter -- did granny beat you last nite?) and of course the ever popular "hypocracy" (govt by hypocrats?) from our advanced degreed associate dingbat.
Submitted by somethingswronghere (user info) at 2003-12-06 09:18:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
hmm. I was going to post like an obscenely 11 year old, trying to be all cool, but I just don't know the lingo anymore. Too bad. I learned how to type... How about the rest of the people?
Thank you for this. I may use it with people who do not understand the concept of writing.
Submitted by gbusman (user info) at 2003-12-06 03:03:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
kewl.
-Bus
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-12-05 22:31:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
i make it a point to not capitalize anything that isnt official (and even then its iffy), and i also usually pass up on apostrophes. generally that is because i avoid contractions, but thats besides the point. if its a word like were and we're, ill make sure its known, but when i say i am, its im, because there is no other meaning for im.
anyone that uses 'plz', 'srry', or 'g2g' should die. seriously; if you cant at least type out the word, then what right do you have using a computer anyways? where is the respect?
Submitted by Rachums at 2003-12-05 21:27:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
hehe isnt stewey funny? ... but i dont care sbout how i spell shit.. k? it doesnt mean i b dumb!
Submitted by AlexTheSplendid (user info) at 2003-12-05 17:44:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Very good - people that say Lol!!1 need to be dismembered.
If you ever want to feel smarter then a computer, spell check: "Marry hat hey lid ill lamp ooze fleas was why Taz no.
Submitted by Me <wouldnt you like to know?> at 2003-12-05 11:11:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I want you so bad
Submitted by Scottie H <Bobber03.at.aol.com> at 2003-12-05 05:46:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Funny as shit, but there's a typo in the article about typos making people stupid. "selling you intelligence" I'm quite sure that "you" should be "your". But correct me if I'm wrong, you retarded chimpanzee!
Submitted by Valacosa (user info) at 2003-12-05 01:43:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This is excellent. People should be forced, at gunpoint, to read this before sending me any email.
Submitted by TheKingofSiam (user info) at 2003-12-05 01:05:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Well done Jesus!
Submitted by virgil (user info) at 2003-12-04 23:02:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I wish this were real...
(I'm not so sure a study wouldn't find SOMETHING... I have no idea what, but there must be some genetic difference between a grammer-nazi like me and THOSE people)
Submitted by Random Joe at 2003-12-04 22:15:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Thank God! And my friends made fun of me for actually forming sentences when I was instant messaging... Glad you gave me something to rub in their face!
Submitted by Insaneatneu (user info) at 2003-12-04 21:07:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
nicely done stu :p
Submitted by Judoka (user info) at 2003-12-04 17:58:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This is an extraordinary post. Bravo
Submitted by the_3_toed_sloth (user info) at 2003-12-04 17:45:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Hahahah, excellent! (uh oh, sentence fragment, what do i do?)...though i for one find LOL and LMAO more annoying....but why are people complaining about your accidental mistakes when your entire post was about deliberate mistakes? Bah!
Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2003-12-04 14:33:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
i behleve alot uv thiz 2 B tru.
oops. Forgot to spell-check...
Submitted by Random Joe at 2003-12-04 14:25:28 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
No Comment
Submitted by IvyBekket <washuu.at.mad.scientist.com> at 2003-12-04 14:17:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I agree wholeheartedly with the post. if people are going to type, they might as well spend the extra half a second it takes to put the y and o in You. there should be a worldwide ban against idiots who use that sort of language. I have to bash myself in the head a couple of times just to be able to read the damn stuff with any clarity.
a plus two because of the chimpanzee thing. good god, what has the world come to?
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2003-12-04 14:05:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
U R FUNNY!
Seriously though, best piece in quite some time.
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2003-12-04 13:23:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
'None of the "Dr's" have a period. Is "Dr." a national thing?'
I've given up complaing about this one. 'Dr.' is a contraction and thus should have a full stop. So should 'Mr.' 'Mrs.' and 'Ms.' as well has a whole host of others. But, given that I wasn't taught this rule at school I guess I'll have to forgive those who took what their teachers as the truth and didn't go and look it up to make a point with them. It's a lesser sin than many others.
Submitted by Bob_Dole (user info) at 2003-12-04 13:01:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Congrats, you've earned the resounding "meh" award.
Submitted by Raul Duke at 2003-12-04 12:55:37 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
yawn... what a load of bollocks! one of the least funny posts ive ever read on this site. go ahead and analyse this for typos. the reason theyre there is because this was so utterly terrible that it really isnt worth the effort to be grammatically correct etc.
truly a terrible post by some "advanced" graduate with a chip on his shoulder big enough to build statues out of.
Submitted by tuesdaydelay (user info) at 2003-12-04 12:22:55 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Boring.
Submitted by The_taste_of_goats (user info) at 2003-12-04 12:22:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"The ones who did enjoyed an average IQ of 57. That indicates severe mental retardation, or some form of brain trauma," said Dr Doucet. Dr Coleman was overheard saying, "Christ, even people who just had strokes and can barely move score better than that."
I snorted when I laughed at this
Submitted by The_taste_of_goats (user info) at 2003-12-04 12:20:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
It really gets me when people think that just because you're online you can typo like a fucking retard. If you have the motor control of a retarded chimpanzee with Parkinson's disease you should be able to do it."
Best insult EVER!
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2003-12-04 02:49:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The best.
Submitted by Legendary_Threat_2 (user info) at 2003-12-04 02:32:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I be know wright, u b rong.
Submitted by Orodruin (user info) at 2003-12-04 02:30:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Simply a stunning piece. *standing ovation*
Submitted by antluvdog (user info) at 2003-12-03 22:49:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Finally!
Submitted by teh caroleeen <nothing.at.nothing.com> at 2003-12-03 22:33:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh Dr. coleman, you rock my world. mua haha. nice job.
Submitted by SpawnOfStifler (user info) at 2003-12-03 21:46:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"while people with a high school diploma or less tended to type with the grammatical accuracy of a horse bashing its hoof against a keyboard."
Priceless.
Submitted by Ritaz <rita.at.jimperry.net> at 2003-12-03 21:38:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Hm.. cool stuff.... hehehe
Submitted by Stupac (user info) at 2003-12-03 20:41:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Thank you Dernoith for the CNN.com setup, I was going to do that but am too lazy, instead I opted to copy the format. http://www25.brinkster.com/clanxplicit/typos.html that is the "article." Oh, and for your information, that "you" that should be a "your" was completely unintentional. I tried my best, but I can't always be perfect...
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2003-12-03 19:30:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I started to laugh, but that made me cough. So I'll have to settle for giving this a +2.
Submitted by DirtyBird (user info) at 2003-12-03 19:17:06 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I was gonna give this a +1 because it made me laugh, but then I saw this post by Monkeymofo: "Dr Coleman says:
"Sometimes people would inquire about the study, and when I explained it to them, try to write off the typos as time saving," said Dr Coleman. "But when you think about, selling you intelligence for a few microseconds it takes to type the extra ' and e to spell "you're" correctly, is it really worth it?"
hrmmm...
...selling you intelligence for a few....
gee didn't you spell that wrong Dr Coleman? (you=your)
learn to spell yourself before you bitch about eveyone elses spelling, motherfucker.
oh and i did get an advanced degree, advanced enough show the hypocracy of grants wasters. " and I nearly pissed myself I was laughing so hard. Finally, I didn't even have to flame this ass because Bart did it for me. This is a kicker of all ass, definitely.
Submitted by Jinx at 2003-12-03 17:43:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Oh plz plz plz rite more! PPl wood wahnt to see ur writing I no it. I was rofl! Omg! Wtf? Y dont u write more ! LOL.
Hee hee. Nice work.
Submitted by Ingsoc (user info) at 2003-12-03 17:42:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Excellent. Genius in excess.
OMG WTF BBQ
Submitted by chicagogirl (user info) at 2003-12-03 17:24:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
no wonder you stayed safe by cutting and pasting..
;-)
Submitted by Jeriko2k3 (user info) at 2003-12-03 15:24:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Great, very funny.
Submitted by Murphy1844 (user info) at 2003-12-03 15:07:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This is great!
Submitted by daidoji (user info) at 2003-12-03 14:21:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
rofl rofl rofl rofl
lol lol lol
this is fucking hilarous. i laffed the hole way thru.
Submitted by Garrett <aaa.at.adsfdsaf.com> at 2003-12-03 13:52:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This is the best thing I've seen on this site. Ever.
Submitted by ScoutCJustice (user info) at 2003-12-03 13:39:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Pure genius. This should be required reading for new Ubersite posters.
Submitted by DrunkMonk (user info) at 2003-12-03 13:36:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
None of the "Dr's" have a period. Is "Dr." a national thing?
Submitted by daqiri (user info) at 2003-12-03 13:29:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Just a comment for clownporn. He is grammatically correct without the "and". He is describing the person has one hand two feet up their a$$. Two feet being the distance the hand is up.
Thought I'd clarify.
Submitted by AcornAndrew (user info) at 2003-12-03 13:28:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Putting one hand up your ass is hard enough. Now try to imagine a hand AND two feet in your ass.Just so YOU know, two feet is also a measurement.
Submitted by clownporn (user info) at 2003-12-03 11:45:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
oKaY, i read all the reviews so that I didn't repeat. But you missed an "and" in there.
"I saw way too many posts that looked like they were written by a second grader with one hand ***and*** two feet up his ass talking about how Black people suck, or how Mexicans are destroying the economy, or God knows what other garbage."
i don't know if it was on purpose, but great post anywhay.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2003-12-03 11:38:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
funny
I make typos because I type too fast that and truth be told I can't speel.
Submitted by Insanethemind (user info) at 2003-12-03 11:36:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
brilliant work, journalist.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2003-12-03 11:29:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
anybody who is offended by this is obviously part of the test group.
This is great.
Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2003-12-03 11:02:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This strikes home with many Über users... thank you!
Submitted by White_Vampire (user info) at 2003-12-03 08:29:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2003-12-03 08:11:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I love it. I can't bring myself to use any internet verbiage so I found this post to be particularly entertaining. It took me a while to find the typo in the "selling you intelligence for a few microseconds" seconds as I tend to read what I expect to read. Well, that and I was fixated on your use of "a" instead of "the".
Submitted by itchy (user info) at 2003-12-03 07:46:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"The study concluded that people with advanced college degrees made almost no typos, and would actually fix accidental ones they found. People with a standard four year degree tended to use time savers, (i.e. skipping apostrophes in you're, as well as capitalization), while people with a high school diploma or less tended to type with the grammatical accuracy of a horse bashing its hoof against a keyboard."
Fucking gold.
What is there to say?
Bored at work?
How about this? Before someone can register a name on Uber, they have to read the terms and conditions of Uber. This will be the terms and conditions. You must click, "Yes, I have read and understand the foregoing," in order to register.
Beautiful.
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2003-12-03 07:29:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
'...selling you intelligence for a few....
gee didn't you spell that wrong Dr Coleman? (you=your)'
Ummm.. he's being quoted in an article here, so the fault lies primarily with the moron who wrote the article. Christ, the advanced degree (which I also have, by the way) was so good for you that you can't even recognise that particular point. Christ, what was it in, Media Studies? Psychology? A Science?
Nice post by the way, I knew there was a reason I was able to use proper English most of the time and not nonsense...
Submitted by Walrus <jamespeddle.at.hotmail.com> at 2003-12-03 06:44:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I thought that this was an interesting piece of satire. I am assuming that it is satire due to the fact that it did have a high amount of gramatical errors and the occasional typo.
My theory is that the authour of this piece went back to correct the typos at the end and then felt it would be best to leave them in as they would add a bit of irony. The link that goes to an apparant CNN site is quite funny although also unreal.
It was well worth my time reading.
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2003-12-03 03:57:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"oh and i did get an advanced degree, advanced enough show the hypocracy of grants wasters."
Apparently with your "advanced degree", they didn't teach you how to spell the word "hypocrisy". Oh, and by "advanced degree" I meant that I got a C in high school gym class. Idiot.
Submitted by GrizzlyHunter62 (user info) at 2003-12-03 03:14:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Well, I'd say this was a great post, but there were WAY too many typos and grammer mistakes. So instead, I'll say it was a good post. +1 for some originality.
Submitted by monkeymofo (user info) at 2003-12-03 03:04:44 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Dr Coleman says:
"Sometimes people would inquire about the study, and when I explained it to them, try to write off the typos as time saving," said Dr Coleman. "But when you think about, selling you intelligence for a few microseconds it takes to type the extra ' and e to spell "you're" correctly, is it really worth it?"
hrmmm...
...selling you intelligence for a few....
gee didn't you spell that wrong Dr Coleman? (you=your)
learn to spell yourself before you bitch about eveyone elses spelling, motherfucker.
oh and i did get an advanced degree, advanced enough show the hypocracy of grants wasters.
Submitted by Franger (user info) at 2003-12-03 02:49:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Would have been better if you hadn't started mentioning ubersite specifically.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2003-12-03 02:21:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
thats some funny shit.
if it were true, i would be the stupidest motherfucker on the planet.
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2003-12-03 01:43:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh my god this is fucking hilarious. I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud that much throughout a post.
Submitted by atz (user info) at 2003-12-03 00:59:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Funny.
kthxbye
Submitted by chipolatte (user info) at 2003-12-03 00:42:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
anyone who thought that this was a seroius article...is the subject matter OF this article.
fucking hilarious, dude, assuming you wrote it...
"The study concluded that people with advanced college degrees made almost no typos, and would actually fix accidental ones they found. "
that made me laugh out loud.
omglol!!!!11
:)
Submitted by Party03 (user info) at 2003-12-03 00:27:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I couldn't resist...
R3S3ARCHERS FIND TYPOS INDICATIEV OF STUPIDITY!111 OMG LOL
Submitted by jeetkunetony (user info) at 2003-12-03 00:15:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"But when you think about, selling you intelligence for a few microseconds it takes to type the extra ' and e to spell "you're" correctly, is it really worth it?"
found the typo, but it's still great.
Submitted by Dernoith (user info) at 2003-12-03 00:05:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I thought it was fake...until I saw it for myself.
http://www25.brinkster.com/clanxplicit/typos.html
(I only spent 5 minutes on this, something's bound to not work.)
Submitted by cshape (user info) at 2003-12-02 23:03:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
iono maybe i just can't tell where the sarcasm is. but i didn't think it was that great. maybe this is cause i use net slang =P
Submitted by LucidCognition (user info) at 2003-12-02 23:00:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Nice...I hope that for irony's sake someone finds a typo in there.
Submitted by Quartermain (user info) at 2003-12-02 22:59:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Quartermain (user info) at 2003-12-02 22:58:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This is, quite possibly, one of the greatest posts EVER!
And the fact that it is riddled with typos just makes it funnier.
Submitted by dakingisdead (user info) at 2003-12-02 22:56:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Now what paper was this in???? hahaha...just fooling with ya.
Some of the posts I have read this morning (my time) would give a retarded chimp a bad name.
Submitted by fell-8-me (user info) at 2003-12-02 22:33:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I htink you're mistaken.
Submitted by wijormiclat (user info) at 2003-12-02 22:12:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The chimpanzee comment made me laugh out loud...TWICE!
Submitted by Party03 (user info) at 2003-12-02 22:11:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Not too bad. I was wondering why they wanted me to take that IQ test.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2003-12-02 22:08:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
funny, but bullshit.
even the most intelligent people that I know use "internet slang"
Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2003-12-02 22:01:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Thumbs up.
Submitted by Deisangua (user info) at 2003-12-02 21:56:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Well written.
Submitted by LongDongSilver (user info) at 2003-12-02 21:55:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Ya don't say?
I have to agree, though, correct spelling and grammar have become lost arts amongst the general populace.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2003-12-02 21:51:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Hehehehehheeee
Submitted by DJMattB241 (user info) at 2003-12-02 21:51:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
EVERYBODY CHANT WITH ME!
BORED
AT
WORK!
BORED
AT
WORK!
Submitted by DJMattB241 (user info) at 2003-12-02 21:51:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HOOF!!! HORSE!!!!
ahfashahahahaHAHAHAHAAHAH