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Truthfully, I get the five minute window. This IS the Internet after all. Leave it to someone to type something in a fury, post it, walk away, decide to fluff it up so it doesn't sound like an angry rant, and then repost. Just like one of our "let me fix that for you," but in that case, someone is already blasting the OP for blasting, doesn't know the OP went back 15 minutes later, half an hour later, three hours later, or a day later, to make it into something else. Which then makes the person blasting back look like a Neanderthal boob.
So, nope. Five minutes. If we aren't into being responsible for our actions immediately, we get a grand total of becoming responsible for our actions for five whole minutes. Something we do NOT get IRL.
As for typos and junk? So what? Worst comes to worst, we find out who the Grammar Police are to correct out booboos, and frankly, I wouldn't mind the Grammar Police following me all around, because between my ineffectiveness when it comes to basic grammar and then my aphasia, I really would love the Grammar Police to stop making me look like what I am -- an incompetent communicator with a degree in Communications.
That said...
Okay. So how brave are you? Did you really text that or keyboard it? lol
So, nope. Five minutes. If we aren't into being responsible for our actions immediately, we get a grand total of becoming responsible for our actions for five whole minutes. Something we do NOT get IRL.
As for typos and junk? So what? Worst comes to worst, we find out who the Grammar Police are to correct out booboos, and frankly, I wouldn't mind the Grammar Police following me all around, because between my ineffectiveness when it comes to basic grammar and then my aphasia, I really would love the Grammar Police to stop making me look like what I am -- an incompetent communicator with a degree in Communications.
That said...
Okay. So how brave are you? Did you really text that or keyboard it? lol
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Yes we all understand to proof read,and hopefully never have to edit anything.
Yes indeed we all understand that.
Yes,we all understand we should never,ever have to edit anything,and that in a perfect world,everyone would take an extra,extra,extra amount of time,and never,ever need to edit anything. Yes,we all do understand that ..
And yes the 5 minute rule is so,so generous,and we should be thankful that there is an edit button,even though we should never,ever have to use such a thing. Yes,yes,yes,so true.
But no,I am not concerned with the edit button at all. I could care less about it.
My pint is...... 5 minutes.
It COULD be extended with ZERO negative impact.
ZERO.
You guys act like it some holy ground or something.
eeeek ,gads !!!!!!
He dared to question the thinggy.....our thinggy.
Yes indeed we all understand that.
Yes,we all understand we should never,ever have to edit anything,and that in a perfect world,everyone would take an extra,extra,extra amount of time,and never,ever need to edit anything. Yes,we all do understand that ..
And yes the 5 minute rule is so,so generous,and we should be thankful that there is an edit button,even though we should never,ever have to use such a thing. Yes,yes,yes,so true.
But no,I am not concerned with the edit button at all. I could care less about it.
My pint is...... 5 minutes.
It COULD be extended with ZERO negative impact.
ZERO.
You guys act like it some holy ground or something.
eeeek ,gads !!!!!!
He dared to question the thinggy.....our thinggy.
Perhaps you have heard of this phenomena:
Here is a brief sentence that has intentional misspellings. Can you read it?
We bet you could read it, couldn't you? See? Your brain helped you to read the sentence — despite the misspellings — so you could understand it even without AutoCorrect!
So how does your brain do this? And how does it do it so easily? You didn't even have to think about the misspellings and figure them out, did you? Your brain just did it automatically.
Scientists believe that the brain's ability to make sense out of misspelled words — and to do so automatically and so quickly — stems from the fact that most proficient readers don't read words one letter at a time. Instead, most readers recognize entire words at once by seeing the first and last letters of the word and combining that information with other important information, such as the length, shape and content of the word.
So, as long as the first and last letters are correct and the other letters that make up the word are there — even if they're mixed up — our brains can make sense of them quickly. This allows us to read quickly and efficiently without getting slowed down or tripped up by misspellings.
Our brains do this in about a dozen different areas of the brain. Most of it occurs in the left hemisphere, which is why people with exceptional written language skills are sometimes referred to as “left brain" thinkers. https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/does-your-brain-autocorrect
Here is a brief sentence that has intentional misspellings. Can you read it?
- Tihs is a smaple snetecne to tset yuor brian's abiltiy to corrcet mitskaes.
We bet you could read it, couldn't you? See? Your brain helped you to read the sentence — despite the misspellings — so you could understand it even without AutoCorrect!
So how does your brain do this? And how does it do it so easily? You didn't even have to think about the misspellings and figure them out, did you? Your brain just did it automatically.
Scientists believe that the brain's ability to make sense out of misspelled words — and to do so automatically and so quickly — stems from the fact that most proficient readers don't read words one letter at a time. Instead, most readers recognize entire words at once by seeing the first and last letters of the word and combining that information with other important information, such as the length, shape and content of the word.
So, as long as the first and last letters are correct and the other letters that make up the word are there — even if they're mixed up — our brains can make sense of them quickly. This allows us to read quickly and efficiently without getting slowed down or tripped up by misspellings.
Our brains do this in about a dozen different areas of the brain. Most of it occurs in the left hemisphere, which is why people with exceptional written language skills are sometimes referred to as “left brain" thinkers. https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/does-your-brain-autocorrect
My sad problem is I will mean genitals and choose genitals in spell check... I wish there there was some rule to fix spell check incompetency... lol...
Sad but true have made this error... Not smart enough to use even spell check....lol
If you cannot laugh at yourself maybe... I don't know... but I know I don't think I would laugh so much in life if I cannot laugh at myself... and who cares what other people think... I'm online... I don't even know them....
Sad but true have made this error... Not smart enough to use even spell check....lol
If you cannot laugh at yourself maybe... I don't know... but I know I don't think I would laugh so much in life if I cannot laugh at myself... and who cares what other people think... I'm online... I don't even know them....
I'm not seeing it, despite having re-read my post three times. I'm beginning to think you're messing with me. 
Here, I will show you (I went back to get it )~
The formatting messed up and I know from experience that the two quote boxes cannot be eliminated. I have no idea why it does that
I saw it right away, and waited five minutes to see if you would catch, and change it, which you did not. I do not even have to look again to tell you: you used the word "if" in place of "it," near to the end of your first post. I am not messing with you Here, I will show you (I went back to get it )~
Here, I will show you (I went back to get it )~
Thanks, btw.
Yup, I totally missed that one! It simply proves that even well-intentioned effort to catch one's errors does not guarantee perfection.
Thanks, btw.
Thanks, btw.
It also proves that small errors like that are not deal breakers. I knew what you meant, and am pretty sure most others would, too. Also, that is the type of mistake I would miss no matter how many times I proof read my own message. Some small thing will escape my attention until it is way too late to change it I did not mean to pick on you, or be critical of you, or make fun of you, or anything like that... I just thought it a small point of humor given the topic Please forgive me for pointing it out it really is kinda of funny/sad, when we can't even allow ourselves even the smallest
of mistakes, and just let them go... I'm guilty, hubs not, he's so layed-back and so full of
a special kind of assurance that I m striving to attain - are we striving for Jesus' perfection,
or is it simply a part of our refining?!?!?
(is He saying, 'leave yourself alone sometimes and give yourself a break' for you know in
your hearts that I always pardon even the smallest things)even those small errors that we can't
go back and fix?!?!?
may we all be the best that we can be for Jesus, but let us Love ourselves enough to always remember
that there is only ONE who is perfect! no offence intended!
of mistakes, and just let them go... I'm guilty, hubs not, he's so layed-back and so full of
a special kind of assurance that I m striving to attain - are we striving for Jesus' perfection,
or is it simply a part of our refining?!?!?
(is He saying, 'leave yourself alone sometimes and give yourself a break' for you know in
your hearts that I always pardon even the smallest things)even those small errors that we can't
go back and fix?!?!?
may we all be the best that we can be for Jesus, but let us Love ourselves enough to always remember
that there is only ONE who is perfect! no offence intended!
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At least you have spellchecker as a reason. I'm assuming you didn't really mean genitals both times, and yet got spellchecked incorrectly. I'm thinking, "gentle," type "genitals," and even when I proof it I'm seeing "gentle."
Aphasia. Might be lucky the next day to see the real word, but...alas. Genitals it is.
(Truthfully, I feel sorry for readers, because it's not always easy to see my mis-types for what is meant. lol)
Aphasia. Might be lucky the next day to see the real word, but...alas. Genitals it is.
(Truthfully, I feel sorry for readers, because it's not always easy to see my mis-types for what is meant. lol)
At least you have spellchecker as a reason. I'm assuming you didn't really mean genitals both times, and yet got spellchecked incorrectly. I'm thinking, "gentle," type "genitals," and even when I proof it I'm seeing "gentle."
Aphasia. Might be lucky the next day to see the real word, but...alas. Genitals it is.
(Truthfully, I feel sorry for readers, because it's not always easy to see my mis-types for what is meant. lol)
Aphasia. Might be lucky the next day to see the real word, but...alas. Genitals it is.
(Truthfully, I feel sorry for readers, because it's not always easy to see my mis-types for what is meant. lol)
Duly noted, and observed.
This vital piece of information couldn't be more timely, seeing as I've long-planned on writing an entire series of threads about genitals, and I certainly wouldn't want to "reproduce" any errors...