Posted by Michelle Steiner on 11/16/21 11:36

In article <RkYuf.108540$J11.2244632@wagner.videotron.net>,
NRen2k5 <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > Considering that it's been in use as a standard term for at least a
> > decade, and you're so hot on standards, why should we have thought
> > that you wouldn't know what it means?
>
> Because usenet is a ghost town and most kids my age have never been
> on it, let alone know what any of your old language means.

OK, so you plead ignorance in addition to laziness and arrogance.

> People want to ignore me? I call that ignorance.

Nope; they know what they're doing. So it's not ignorance. it means,
though, that you're not worth their while.

> > As I said, "the hell with everyone else."
>
> The hell with you; you're not everybody. Self-righteous is what you
> are.

Pot... kettle... black...

> > The former will probably eventually kill file you--in any event,
> > they will not be reading your messages.
>
> A shame, really, if it had a grain of truth to it.

It's true; it's damn true.

> In such a situation, any sane intelligent person will say "well,
> here's something my newsreader can't handle. My newsreader mustn't be
> too hot". Reality is, people aren't quite so clueless that they'd
> rather killfile somebody than get a working newsreader.

No, the intelligent person will ask why you persist in violating
standards, and why you don't use a newsreader that adheres to the
standards.

> > The latter won't see the formatting anyway, so there's no need to
> > include it for them.
>
> I don't consider "them". I consider everybody. Hence, my messages are
> either plain-text-only, or plain-text-and-HTML. They're *never*
> HTML-only.

So you post redundant information, taking up bandwidth.

> > Oh, by the way, your italicizing text (I assume that what you meant
> > by using those slashes.)
>
> Yes, it is. Either your newsreader really is trash, or you need to
> loosen up some of those settings.

It is neither; it follows usenet standards.

> Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. I've been a spelling/grammar nazi for
> as long as I can remember, but I never knew there was such a thing as
> a typography nazi. ;)

Try "standards nazi" instead; that's closer to being accurate.

> Honestly though, I will keep it in mind.

Try to do more than just that--like putting it to use.

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