I do love the snark, but sometimes, I wonder if we couldn't just give most new people the benefit of the doubt and try to be extra tactful when we correct or challenge them.
Sure, some (and I may be one) are extra dumb about what they post, and some are clearly trolls or lifelong idiots incapable of learning. But because GC is bad about piling on when someone screws up (and I'm as guilty as anyone), and most new users aren't ready for a full on hit by the cult or whatever, couldn't we ease up?
Not a TOS issue, but just a matter of having good manners? Maybe?
Think about how effective MysticCat is. Isn't that something to strive for? He can bring the snark when he needs to, but he avoids just being kind of generally POed and waiting for someone to screw up and I'm not sure most of us do.
Holy shit if some Spanish speaker somehow gets this on Google, they're going to think I'm muy loca.
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This is funny... it's like a GC version of Name That Tune (Name That Sockpuppet).
I don't think bmburden is AlphaFrog. She (AF) knows the Spanish word for "Bat", and bmburden doesn't (or at least, if she does, she didn't use it, which doesn't make sense since she used Spanish for the other two words).
But, I think Dionysus is right. I don't think BA is bmburden.
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