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Wifes husband

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7. Word police

Reply to The Roux Comes First (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 12:25 PM

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Is It Just Me Aging and Getting Increasingly Grumpy [View all] The Roux Comes First 18 hrs ago OP

I think the former. Also, are you sure you want to use the word "smitten" here? Scrivener7 18 hrs ago #1

Now I'm really confused Lifeafter70 18 hrs ago #5

Show me someone who can't spell or write a lucid post and I'll show you a smoke show. Xavier Breath 18 hrs ago #12

Points Taken! The Roux Comes First 16 hrs ago #17

On fairness, auto correct is raising hell with displacedvermoter 18 hrs ago #2

Like I meant to write "In fairness" and it came out displacedvermoter 18 hrs ago #6

Same Here ProfessorGAC 15 hrs ago #24

Depends on the day Bettie 18 hrs ago #3

Message auto-removed Name removed 18 hrs ago #4

"On behalf of" is also puzzling in that phrase. Maybe the whole post is satire? enough 18 hrs ago #9

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Word police Wifes husband 18 hrs ago #7

Meh, could be worse. Xavier Breath 18 hrs ago #15

Have you read the Hill or Politico? mr715 18 hrs ago #8

As I get older, my spelling accuracy is floating away... Swede 18 hrs ago #11

I'm getting less judgmental in my old age. Emile 18 hrs ago #13

Or you put up a disclaimer ... like my sig line. MiHale 18 hrs ago #14

Choose your battles and suffer the consequences. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #16

Is it laziness? orthoclad 16 hrs ago #18

I Hear You Loud and Clear The Roux Comes First 16 hrs ago #20

I think a "blank post rule" would orthoclad 16 hrs ago #21

The typos don't bother me like the opaque titles GenThePerservering 16 hrs ago #19

Yeah. Clickbait. orthoclad 15 hrs ago #22

And, "TURN ON (whatever channel) RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!" Wednesdays 15 hrs ago #23

CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER, RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! madinmaryland 15 hrs ago #28

And the hyperbole. Disaffected 15 hrs ago #25

A lot of times I try to cram my entire post into the subject line, if it's short. LOL Beartracks 15 hrs ago #29

Not exactly smitten, more annoyed. nt Disaffected 15 hrs ago #26

It's the internet, sharing ideas quickly, shit happens. dem4decades 15 hrs ago #27

Does neatness count? H2O Man 14 hrs ago #30

Spill chick helps but it's not perfect. Norrrm 14 hrs ago #31

I'm on the dysgraphia spectrum. multigraincracker 14 hrs ago #32

Quilty as charged MustLoveBeagles 13 hrs ago #33

Just you, I think canetoad 10 hrs ago #34