[Silver]

people need to step up and take responsibility. the computer does not make you stupid. the tv does not make you stupid. sitting around iming with horrible spelling and grammar, or watching soap operas and talk shows all day is what makes you stupid

The computer is akin to the machine gun in World War I. It magnifies stupidity and laziness to previously unheard of levels. I used to have to deal with idiocy in localized pockets, now I can read one of mack's posts on Ridemonkey anywhere in the world.

It's depressing.

 

[Austin Bike]

in the past 12 months we've been to paris, stockholm, denmark, and prague w/ our 2.5 and 4.5 year old boys. what's yr point?

You're definitely out of the norm - and well traveled, I like that. It's a shame that only 25% of americans have a passport.

 

[mack]

I find that Spell Check gets me into allot of trouble when I use it.

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

I find that Spell Check get me into allot of trouble when I use it.

Im not gunna ask!

Mack and I use it for the same reason bcuz we are in the same sittuation... boarding school, but he is a day student. :nuts: and to keep up with friends from home, but mainly acadmic reasons.

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>
Plus my solution is don't have kids. Don't think thats a good solution? Tell it to my wife, we just got back from Cancun. Can't do that too often with kids!

Why not? Do they confiscate them and sell them into slavery?

-S.S.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> the tv does not make you stupid.

I disagree. I'm pretty sure that TV *does* make you stupid.........

-S.S.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

If you have kids, and you let them use the internet, please don't let them use instant messaging.

It's turning otherwise normal kids into cretins unable to communicate with the outside world.

edit: A spelling mistake, imagine that...

Don't blame IM - blame age. 13-20year olds are generally speaking some of the most retarded creatures on the planet.

-S.S.-

 

[JRB]

I find that Spell Check get me into allot of trouble when I use it.

If you are referring to spelling trouble, it's not keeping you out of it by not using it, bro.

 

[ET_SoCal]

...well traveled, I like that. It's a shame that only 25% of americans have a passport.

It takes $$$ to "Travel" (unless it's part of your job).

My two teenage boys use multiple AIM windows open at one time, but they only talk to people they know from School & such...
(well - that they tell us anyways.

 

[Curb Hucker]

hey mack spell genius

 

[Kornphlake]

I think stoney must IM alot of kids, he seems to be pretty current on when it's appropriate to use the ! and when 1 should be substituted.

 

[flatulant_man]

Hm....I can see why that is definitely an issue, but I am 16 and use instant messaging all the time. Seems like I have fairly good communicating skills to an extent. Although it seems more often now adays at school instead of giving out your phone number to somebody its giving them your IM screen name.

i have a total of 4, yes, 4, names in my aim address book. and a lot of phone numbers. i agree that too much time staring at ANY screen is bad for you. (said the boy staring at the computer). i know a kid who is totally addicted to halo 2. he is famous for being a video game freak, and really is a pretty weird kid. if kyle reads this, you know ted. he needs some eRehab.

 

[Mumbles]

gah! it frustrates me so much when kids (ok, so i'm too young to be saying "those damn kids" but i'm going to anyway) don't know how to spell ANYTHING unless it's an internet short-hand. i was talking to a 13 year old that lives across the street from me and she wanted me to proof-read a paper she wrote for class, and there were like four instances of things like "r" for "are" or "ppl" for "people" and it's so damn annoying!
/rant

 

[mcA896]

y'all are just haitaz...

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

gah! it frustrates me so much when kids (ok, so i'm too young to be saying "those damn kids" but i'm going to anyway) don't know how to spell ANYTHING unless it's an internet short-hand. i was talking to a 13 year old that lives across the street from me and she wanted me to proof-read a paper she wrote for class, and there were like four instances of things like "r" for "are" or "ppl" for "people" and it's so damn annoying!
/rant

You have a really good point and I'm guilt but it still bugs me when im in the same situation. I use AIM all the time because I have nothing better to do at school since my bike is broken and all boxed up to go home. Its a nice way to communicate and keep the phone lines open for the adults of the family.

 

[mack]

Im not gunna ask!

Mack and I use it for the same reason bcuz we are in the same sittuation... boarding school, but he is a day student. :nuts: and to keep up with friends from home, but mainly acadmic reasons.

i can afford to board punk! :eviltongu: any way boarding is crappy!

 

[greenreese]

Ah, it's a beautiful thing, ain't it? :love:

Good idea, I have contemplated putting him on my list for a while...


-dAn

 

[Meat Foot]

So long as they use protection, where's the harm?

Yeah, time to show them how to use a firewall properly. "Son, it's time we have that father and son conversation about.....firewalls".
Could work.

 

[JRB]

You have a really good point and I'm guilt but it still bugs me when im in the same situation. I use AIM all the time because I have nothing better to do at school since my bike is broken and all boxed up to go home. Its a nice way to communicate and keep the phone lines open for the adults of the family.

How exactly did you become guilt??? Did you have to give up being a kid to do so??? Is it like being the ghost of Christmas past??? What the hell would you being doing at school if your bike wasn't broken??? I see a pattern of incomplete thought here.

 

[JMAC]

You're definitely out of the norm - and well traveled, I like that. It's a shame that only 25% of americans have a passport.

For Americans but not the rest of the world.

 

[Jeremy R]

Im not gunna ask!

Mack and I use it for the same reason bcuz we are in the same sittuation... boarding school, but he is a day student. :nuts: and to keep up with friends from home, but mainly acadmic reasons.

Your parents should get a refund.
Just tell them to print out this thread and take it to your school.
It should work like an instant rebate.

 

[mack]

I think my time wasted on this forum is a good as excuse for not geting a A in chemistry as AIM.

Both are prettty legitament. edit

 

[JRB]

You parents should get a refund.
Just tell them to print out this thread and take it to your school.
It should work like an instant rebate.

If will work if Mack doesn't fix legitimate.

 

[JRB]

I think my time wasted on this forum is a good as excuse for not geting a A in chemistry as AIM.

Both are prettty ligitament.

The fact that you almost spelled ligament should explain spelling or biology. I don't see why you would not do well in chemistry.

 

[mack]

never miss a beat do you gringo?

 

[-BB-]

I dunno in my english class today we got back an exam. It was an in-class essay thing, anyways my friend just barely passed cause of his spelling. He says "wtf they shouldn;t mark ppl on their spelling anymore, I don't know how to spell without spell check."

"wtf they shouldn;t mark ppl on their spelling ne-more, I don't know how 2 spell w/o spell check."


No THAT is how you say it...

 

[caputo1989]

I agree IM sucks thats why i dont do it. Talking on the phone is less work.
BUT ARENT WE DOING SIMULAR THINGS HERE ON RM?

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

How exactly did you become guilt??? Did you have to give up being a kid to do so??? Is it like being the ghost of Christmas past??? What the hell would you being doing at school if your bike wasn't broken??? I see a pattern of incomplete thought here.

i ment guilty!!! but ur complex thoughts confus me! u really never miss a thing do ya? i go to boarding school and i brought my steelhead with me and it got really messed up. So if that helps. I would probley ride alot me than spend time on AIM but it is cold and rainy. i think i confused myself.

 

[mack]

You still havent fixed it? Slacker. When are you changing school.

Price is currently in a all boys school. Point and laugh.

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

thats not funny... i wanna go to kent but will prolly end up at avon or berkshire... and did u need to tell everyone about my current situation? thats not cool!!! well im stuck here untill early june! maybe kent will accept me!

 

[Spitfired]

Hey, I went to an all male high school. It wasn't a boarding school, but I had no problem with it. It was usually a pretty fun time.

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

yeah it pretty fun... u can be urself all the time! and u dont have to try to impress anyone.

 

[Austin Bike]

For Americans but not the rest of the world.

My point exactly

When I am addressing large groups of salespeople in our regional offices I always tell this joke:

If you can speak 3 languages, you're tri-lingual, if you can speak 2 languages, you're bi-lingual, and if you can speak one language, you're an american." That really breaks the ice and lets everyone know that you respect the fact that they can be trained in a secondary language. In Zurich the hotel clerk spoke no less than 5 languages to different people while I was checking in. It may have been 6 but my german is really rusty so I couldn't tell if there was another dialect in there, the others were pretty clear.

 

[Curb Hucker]

Price is currently in a all boys school. Point and laugh.

maybe if I said that it'd be funny, but you live on a farm, which is just as bad
:eviltongu

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

VV got u mack

 

[SkaredShtles]

I think my time wasted on this forum is a good as excuse for not geting a A in chemistry as AIM.

Both are prettty legitament. edit

Bwaaaaaaaaahhahahahahahaha! And you *STILL* didn't get it right.

Here's a helpful link, Poindexter:

http://dictionary.reference.com/

HTH

-S.S.-

 

[JRB]

i ment guilty!!! but ur complex thoughts confus me! u really never miss a thing do ya? i go to boarding school and i brought my steelhead with me and it got really messed up. So if that helps. I would probley ride alot me than spend time on AIM but it is cold and rainy. i think i confused myself.

Oh - you live at the school. I get it. I thought you meant that you would ride instead of taking English classes (the one that I notice you had better not skip).

 

[JRB]

maybe if I said that it'd be funny, but you live on a farm, which is just as bad
:eviltongu

What are you talking about??? Illinois is just one giant farm.

 

[I Are Baboon]

I'm usually not a member of the spelling and grammar Nazi brigade around here, but this thread is making want to stick hot pokers in my eyes.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I'm usually not a member of the spelling and grammar Nazi brigade around here, but this thread is making want to stick hot pokers in my eyes.

Viva les idiots!

-S.S.-