Internet Stupidity
March 3, 2009
Have you ever noticed how truly stupid some online comments are? I had to stop reading You Tube comments because I was frustrated by all of the grammatical errors. True, one does not have to indulge in perfect grammar when online but one DOES have to communicate effectively. It seems like I encounter every last meaningless comment online. Here are some examples on a random Marilyn Manson interview “if you have pimples no girl would fuck you” “wow I completely agree with him, I didn’t realize he was thoughtful in person”
The problem with the first one: COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT to the video. The second on, I’m sorry but you STILL don’t know what Manson is like in person. Thank you for judging him based on his THEATRICAL performances though. I feel like it would have been better if these two people just didn’t post those comments. A lot of comments are so meaningless that they should not have been posted. The spelling errors are horrendous and there is a complete lack of subject verb agreement. Hello people, you can’t just put ANY subject with ANY verb, geeze…Part of me thinks “Well maybe these people aren’t completely fluent in English..” but then that part quickly thinks “Holy cow, they can’t ALL be influent in English.” Then I started checking their pages, yep all from the good ol’ U S of A.
I know I am biased because I am an English major, but I firmly believe that the US has a dreadful method of teaching English. There are far too many people that do not understand subject verb agreement, that have no concept of sentence structure and that can not spell for all the money in the world. This is a SERIOUS condition folks. There are people that are in their 20’s and 30’s that can not write a decent essay, or even paragraph. English is the main language in the United States, how come we can’t speak it intelligently? Could it be that Americans aren’t fluent in our own language? This is ridiculous, there is a serious problem with our education system that NEEDS to be corrected. I say we start by abolishing standardized testing, but that’s another blog.
I think the internet causes a lot of people to leave their manners behind. People grow a set to say things that they would never say in person. Sometimes this is good, rarely, usually it’s someone’s excuse to lash out for no reason. I think it just so happens that a lot of these jerks have poor grammar. It maybe a coincidence, but I doubt it. That having been said, don’t let them get to you.
…and also, death to all Jews.