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Rant time.
If you don& #39;t know me... I& #39;m an author, an editor, I have creative writing & English lit minors. I& #39;ve written for *32* years. I actually do know how to use words exceedingly well.
And I don& #39;t try to on twitter. It& #39;s not worth the extra angst it gives me. I just let
If you don& #39;t know me... I& #39;m an author, an editor, I have creative writing & English lit minors. I& #39;ve written for *32* years. I actually do know how to use words exceedingly well.
And I don& #39;t try to on twitter. It& #39;s not worth the extra angst it gives me. I just let
it hang here. I RELAX here.
I work HARD on my & my clients& #39; books.
This here? Twitter? It& #39;s social time, not work time for me. I& #39;m here to let my readers get to know me if they want to & to complain about whatever is pissing me off on that particular day.
And to share cat pics
I work HARD on my & my clients& #39; books.
This here? Twitter? It& #39;s social time, not work time for me. I& #39;m here to let my readers get to know me if they want to & to complain about whatever is pissing me off on that particular day.
And to share cat pics
Cause those are important damnit! My cats are cute.
I& #39;m here to advocate for ppl like me & for diversity in everything, especially entertainment.
Enough background? Okay, on to the rant. I am not going to be polite y& #39;all.
I& #39;m here to advocate for ppl like me & for diversity in everything, especially entertainment.
Enough background? Okay, on to the rant. I am not going to be polite y& #39;all.
You know why I don& #39;t correct people& #39;s Grammar/Typing/Writing/Spelling on twitter?
Cause it& #39;s a real jackass thing to do. Yes. Really. It is. (and like, a *pathetic* jackass thing to do, you REALLY have nothing better to do w/your time than piss off a stranger by correcting their
Cause it& #39;s a real jackass thing to do. Yes. Really. It is. (and like, a *pathetic* jackass thing to do, you REALLY have nothing better to do w/your time than piss off a stranger by correcting their
language usage? I feel so sorry for you if that& #39;s how you get your jollies. Dang.
You know... you apparently can access twitter, so it& #39;s a safe assumption to believe you can use the internet.
There& #39;re these things called books... oh & just WAIT til you hear about MOVIES!)
You know... you apparently can access twitter, so it& #39;s a safe assumption to believe you can use the internet.
There& #39;re these things called books... oh & just WAIT til you hear about MOVIES!)
Oih. Have you ever noticed they only do it to ppl they don& #39;t know?
(I& #39;m pretty sure this particular pilgarlic was probably my bored, pitiful troll with the sad life and truly horrible addiction.)
But it touches on something that infuriates me bcs I see ppl doing it to
(I& #39;m pretty sure this particular pilgarlic was probably my bored, pitiful troll with the sad life and truly horrible addiction.)
But it touches on something that infuriates me bcs I see ppl doing it to
marginalized ppl ALL THE TIME!!!
I& #39;m not mad about some jerkspooge correcting me, (mildly annoyed, yes, cause really?? Really. Gif = my reaction)
gif: Robert Downey Jr. EPICALLY rolling his eyes.
I& #39;m not mad about some jerkspooge correcting me, (mildly annoyed, yes, cause really?? Really. Gif = my reaction)
gif: Robert Downey Jr. EPICALLY rolling his eyes.
I& #39;m FURIOUS about how ppl treat marginalized folks about language.
Look. Correcting someone else& #39;s language use, no matter who they are, or YOU are doesn& #39;t make you look smart, it makes you look like an arsecandle, oh, & before you correct someone...
if you& #39;re gonna be THAT
Look. Correcting someone else& #39;s language use, no matter who they are, or YOU are doesn& #39;t make you look smart, it makes you look like an arsecandle, oh, & before you correct someone...
if you& #39;re gonna be THAT
asswipe, maybe read the comments first?
You know, to make sure some OTHER dickshit didn& #39;t get there first to correct a sick person? And it shouldn& #39;t even matter that I& #39;m sick!!! Grrrr.
Don& #39;t. Do. This.
You have *no* idea what personal shit is going on for the person you& #39;re
You know, to make sure some OTHER dickshit didn& #39;t get there first to correct a sick person? And it shouldn& #39;t even matter that I& #39;m sick!!! Grrrr.
Don& #39;t. Do. This.
You have *no* idea what personal shit is going on for the person you& #39;re
& #39;correcting& #39;
you don& #39;t know if they& #39;re typing in a language they don& #39;t usually speak,
you don& #39;t know if they& #39;re having a hard time,
had a hard day, are sick, drunk, high, (legal substances do these things, you know?), in pain...
you don& #39;t know if you& #39;ve had WAY more
you don& #39;t know if they& #39;re typing in a language they don& #39;t usually speak,
you don& #39;t know if they& #39;re having a hard time,
had a hard day, are sick, drunk, high, (legal substances do these things, you know?), in pain...
you don& #39;t know if you& #39;ve had WAY more
privilege as per education than the person you& #39;re so "helpfully" correcting.
(Hint, fast & easy way to guess if you& #39;ve probably had more privilege? If you& #39;re light-skinned? You prob have.)
When I taught in inner-city schools where most of my students were black WE DIDN& #39;T HAVE
(Hint, fast & easy way to guess if you& #39;ve probably had more privilege? If you& #39;re light-skinned? You prob have.)
When I taught in inner-city schools where most of my students were black WE DIDN& #39;T HAVE
TEXTBOOKS.
Really.
Ask yourself this, before you correct someone on twitter dot com.
1) Are they your student? No? Then shut up.
2) Are they a friend w/whom you& #39;ve previously discussed things like if they& #39;re okay to have their stuff corrected by *you*? No? Then shut up.
Really.
Ask yourself this, before you correct someone on twitter dot com.
1) Are they your student? No? Then shut up.
2) Are they a friend w/whom you& #39;ve previously discussed things like if they& #39;re okay to have their stuff corrected by *you*? No? Then shut up.
3) Are they perhaps an editing client who is paying you for your services? Again no? Shut the fvck up.
4) Are they a critique partner or are you beta-reading one of their books? No?
Shut. The. Fvck. Up.
(I think I& #39;m channeling (gif) Samuel L Jackson
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No one wants your
4) Are they a critique partner or are you beta-reading one of their books? No?
Shut. The. Fvck. Up.
(I think I& #39;m channeling (gif) Samuel L Jackson
No one wants your
