Then it's a good thing nobody used the full post of the user, isn't it?
Play word games all you like Dr., the concept I suggested, that you are now disingenuously attempting to downplay is that you used enough of my post to make it easy for others to identify the writer, when it wasn't needed. One doesn't need a full two sentence lead in to give a tutorial on the spelling of "ballot." Nor does one need that, or even a tutorial at all to explain to the world that a period goes at the end of a sentence. For the third thing, this appeared to suffice.
MIGHT OF: Extreme strength belonging to someone, e.g. the might of Hercules.
MIGHT'VE: A contraction of "might have." Pronounced almost exactly the same as the above, but the meaning is entirely different.
On our previous board I had two threads, one titled "Dr. Shades's Spelling Lesson of the Day" and "Dr. Shades's Grammar Lesson of the Day." So this concept isn't new at all. Ask anyone; the only thing that inspired an entry therein was an error in one or the other; it was never due to my feelings regarding the poster him- or herself.
Yes, I am aware of this. I've been here since 2011. The reason I am calling Bullship on it is: I have not seen you do a brake check on anyone for many moons now. Thousands of posts. I'd wager I could stroll through the board right now and find dozens of posts with grammatical errors more egregious than mine. Like say, every one of SGs. Yet you chose mine. Not because of its content though.
So, lets see. My understanding is, you are in law enforcement, your political views lean right, you dabble in conspiracy theories. My comment then,
"Choice of location...I'm going to wait for more information...Because, it might of been a retired Texas sheriff who finally located where all the secret missing ballets are.'
hit you right in the bread basket. For crying-out-loud Shades, why don't you grow a sense of humor. It was an attempted joke. This has recently been in the news, and on this board. Maybe you missed it.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/us/forme ... index.html
"Former Houston police captain charged with pointing gun at repairman, believing he was a voter fraud 'mastermind'
Hmm, apparently we've never met. Hello, my name is Dr. Shades. Allow me to tell you a little about myself: A) People's mere opinions don't rattle or anger me in any way. As such, you've never said anything to annoy me. B) I never resort to ad hominem (anymore) because it's intellectually lazy and never moves the discussion forward in any meaningful way. C) If I disagree with anything you say enough to react to it, I will make a post expressing said disagreement in the actual thread itself, in the full light of day, in plain, clear, straightforward American English.
See, what you did to me wasn't technically ad hom., it was more a straightforward humiliation, bullying tactic.
Yes, you like to present that you're James Bond in your posting style. It's easy to see through.
And now here's a tutorial for you. A gracious host, poster, corresponder, one as wonderful as you describe yourself, goes out of their way to not embarrass, antagonize, demean the person they are corresponding with. When possible.
Nobody gets to be a cowboy forever. - Lee Marvin/Monte Walsh
I'd like to say it was originally "might someday have less of an irrational aversion to." When I changed it to something less true, my subconscious must have objected.
