09-01-2007, 09:20 PM
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| Parent behavior; the dark side
If there's a light side thread, there should be a dark side thread. I'll tell my stories if you do.
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09-01-2007, 09:43 PM
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| I think the light side thread was started because the dark side was revealing itself in almost all of the other threads.  If you want the dark side you can even browse the forum by topic, whereas the light side has one lone thread.
On the other hand, a grey side might be interesting: times when people have got the card or retribution they richly deserve.
Anna
Last edited by annacattiva; 09-01-2007 at 09:44 PM..
Reason: Style and punctuation.
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09-01-2007, 11:00 PM
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| An example of unsavory parenting:
"Punctuation; The Dark Side."
Our story is a chilling tale of grammatical abuse which includes acts of horrific brutality to an already-battered-by-bad-fan-fiction punctuation mark. Overworked and misunderstood, the semicolon is forced to take on the role of a colon.
This does not help but add chaos to the already troubling situation which is caused by Greek and its use of the mark to signify a question. The punctuation mark is slowly, and understandably disappearing from the English language.
All the more disturbing is the lack of aid from the mark's father, Aldus Manutius, and his inability, and much more appalling, decision not to aid his deformed, malnourished, and abused child. He stands, or rather lies, quite dead and resolute not to move or do anything.
How can a parent stand by, no matter what his status on the mortal coil or membership with the choir eternal, by and watch such brutality and sadism?
Aldus Manutius, both the elder and the younger, have committed a terrible breach of parenting and family commitment respectively.
Aldus is like a self-centered parent who wishes to live, or rather unlive in his current state, vicariously through his contributions through the world. Yet, like the selfish individual he is, does not wish to aid.
He is the parent coldly sneering at their child as they cry after losing a bout on strip. Never mind the fact he invented italics; he should feel obligated to post in this thread and protest the blatant abuse which I have seen occur here today.
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Reason: I mixed my words up, butchered grammar and invented phrases that didn't exist. It all has been fixed now...or...so I think?
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09-02-2007, 01:41 AM
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| Hilarious! Rep!
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09-02-2007, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Phaeton  An example of unsavory parenting:
"Punctuation; The Dark Side." | Should be a colon. You filthy punctuation troll....
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09-02-2007, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Phaeton An example of unsavory parenting:
"Punctuation; The Dark Side."
Our story is a chilling tale of grammatical abuse which includes acts of horrific brutality to an already-battered-by-bad-fan-fiction punctuation mark. Overworked and misunderstood[comma, please] the semicolon is forced to take on the role of a colon.
This does not help but add chaos to the already troubling situation which is caused by Greek and its use of the mark to signify a question. The punctuation mark is slowly, and understandably [potential stylistic comma? see next paragraph] disappearing from the English language.
All the more disturbing is the lack of aid from the mark's father, Aldus Manutius, and his inability, and much more appalling, decision not to aid his deformed, malnourished, and abused child. [Too confusing] He stands, or rather lies,[if you don't use a comma in the previous paragraph after "understandably", there shouldn't be one here] quite dead and resolute not to move or do anything.
How can a parent stand by, no matter what his status on the mortal coil or membership with the choir eternal, [delete- by] and watch such brutality and sadism?
Aldus Manutius, both the elder and the younger, have committed [delete- a] terrible breaches of parenting and family commitment respectively.
Aldus is like a self-centered parent who wishes to live, or rather unlive [comma?] in his current state, vicariously through his contributions through the world. Yet, [no comma?] like the selfish individual he is, [he] does not wish to aid.
He is the parent coldly sneering at their child as they cry after losing a bout on strip. Never mind the fact he invented italics,[this should be a semi-colon] he should feel obligated to post in this thread and protest the blatant abuse which I have seen occur here today. | Just some comments Some stylistic, some actually on the topic of colons and semi-colons.
Anna
P.S. Tried to rep you but apparently I've done so too recently to do it again. | |
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09-02-2007, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Anna Just some comments Some stylistic, some actually on the topic of colons and semi-colons. | You're completely right about all of them too. Thanks. Changes made!. I'm not well known for punctuating forum posts well.
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09-02-2007, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Durando Should be a colon. You filthy punctuation troll.... | I think that was the point of his indirect beating the bush all around Robin Hood's barn answer! 
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09-04-2007, 05:30 AM
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| A co-worker used to be a long-haul truck driver, he had to have an annual semicolonoscopy...
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09-04-2007, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Durando Should be a colon. You filthy punctuation troll.... | I actually know that. Sorry for the typo. My keyboard's dieing.
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09-04-2007, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata A co-worker used to be a long-haul truck driver, he had to have an annual semicolonoscopy... | I bet he tried to rig the results. | |
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09-04-2007, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata A co-worker used to be a long-haul truck driver, he had to have an annual semicolonoscopy... | Another half-assed medical procedure, no good in the end. | |
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09-04-2007, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata A co-worker used to be a long-haul truck driver, he had to have an annual semicolonoscopy... | I hear that when he was preparing for this, he would drop his load quickly!
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| You're all boweling me over with your cheekiness.
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09-04-2007, 12:20 PM
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| When filling out his medical questionaire, he failed to fully anal-lies his answers, and was forced to undergo the procedure. 
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09-04-2007, 12:44 PM
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| Hopefully he didn't go into a comma as a result of this for any period of time. You should probably dash over and wish him well. | |
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09-05-2007, 03:55 AM
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| I presume that you are speaking hyphenthetically...
In any event, the poor fellow under discussion had to give up driving trucks eventually, because he rectum too often.
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09-05-2007, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata I presume that you are speaking hyphenthetically...
In any event, the poor fellow under discussion had to give up driving trucks eventually, because he rectum too often. | If you're fully loaded and have an accident, it'll blow you straight to Uranus. | |
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09-05-2007, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata In any event, the poor fellow under discussion had to give up driving trucks eventually, because he rectum too often. | Something tells me all his accidents were rear-end collisions.
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09-05-2007, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Capt. Slo-mo Something tells me all his accidents were rear-end collisions. | Good Lord...What have I done!!?!?!?! | |
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