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GenThePerservering

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19. The typos don't bother me like the opaque titles

Reply to The Roux Comes First (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 02:09 PM

Yesterday

'Question'
'So...'
'And so it begins'

Etc etc

Cute, but uninformative. Not everyone has time to open.every.post.

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

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

Now I'm really confused Lifeafter70 Yesterday #5

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

Points Taken! The Roux Comes First Yesterday #17

On fairness, auto correct is raising hell with displacedvermoter Yesterday #2

Like I meant to write "In fairness" and it came out displacedvermoter Yesterday #6

Same Here ProfessorGAC Yesterday #24

Depends on the day Bettie Yesterday #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Yesterday #4

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

Message auto-removed Name removed Yesterday #10

Word police Wifes husband Yesterday #7

Meh, could be worse. Xavier Breath Yesterday #15

Have you read the Hill or Politico? mr715 Yesterday #8

As I get older, my spelling accuracy is floating away... Swede Yesterday #11

I'm getting less judgmental in my old age. Emile Yesterday #13

Or you put up a disclaimer ... like my sig line. MiHale Yesterday #14

Choose your battles and suffer the consequences. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Yesterday #16

Is it laziness? orthoclad Yesterday #18

I Hear You Loud and Clear The Roux Comes First Yesterday #20

I think a "blank post rule" would orthoclad Yesterday #21

I can deal with spelling and grammar issues fujiyamasan 35 min ago #35

The typos don't bother me like the opaque titles GenThePerservering Yesterday #19

Yeah. Clickbait. orthoclad Yesterday #22

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

CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER, RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! madinmaryland Yesterday #28

And the hyperbole. Disaffected Yesterday #25

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

Not exactly smitten, more annoyed. nt Disaffected Yesterday #26

It's the internet, sharing ideas quickly, shit happens. dem4decades Yesterday #27

Does neatness count? H2O Man Yesterday #30

Spill chick helps but it's not perfect. Norrrm Yesterday #31

I'm on the dysgraphia spectrum. multigraincracker Yesterday #32

Quilty as charged MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #33

Just you, I think canetoad Yesterday #34