[deathfun]

I've seen the majority of these mistakes
It's sad

[Lorric]

This one had me literally cringing in pain.

Really? Where did it hurt? Your brain? I didn't think such a reaction was possible.

[Scourge of Ages]

Really? Where did it hurt? Your brain? I didn't think such a reaction was possible.

Yes, in my brain. Because I read things as they would be spoken, I read this like somebody was sitting here, taking 2 second pauses at every period, mispronouncing "anniversary" and everything else. And it did cause literal psychological pain, whereby, I cringed. 

[Lorric]

Really? Where did it hurt? Your brain? I didn't think such a reaction was possible.

Yes, in my brain. Because I read things as they would be spoken, I read this like somebody was sitting here, taking 2 second pauses at every period, mispronouncing "anniversary" and everything else. And it did cause literal psychological pain, whereby, I cringed. 

Hmmm. I wonder if this is just that you are unusual or it can happen to others? I also read as if someone is speaking, but when I run into this garbage, my brain just filters out the garbage and filters in what should be there, though it does slow my progress. Unless it's so unintelligible that I don't know what it's supposed to be. That is if I don't just ignore it.

I decided to read it literally. I did feel strange and after I finished there was a bit of pain at the upper sides of my head at the back for a moment. How strange. I wonder if it's the stop start stop thing.

[deathfun]

Not sure if Lorric is being facetious, or serious

[Lorric]

Not sure if Lorric is being facetious, or serious

I'm serious. Why would you think otherwise?

[redsniper]

When he said "literally" he did not actually mean "literally," for FRED's sake! People very often exaggerate their pain and disgust on the internet to express disapproval. I mean... come on.

[Lorric]

When he said "literally" he did not actually mean "literally," for FRED's sake! People very often exaggerate their pain and disgust on the internet to express disapproval. I mean... come on.

Are you sure? I got the effect he described. Though nowhere near as severe. I use literally as a way to seperate such things from exaggerations. Anyway, surely he would have just clarified it was a joke if he was joking? It's very descriptive what he says.

[BloodEagle]

I have and do experience physiological pain upon reading comparable statements for the first time.  It's usually a rather sharp (if slowly emerging) pain behind and between the eyes (though it is slightly off-center).

[Nuke]

im always of the opinion that languages are rebellious amorphous blobs that will not allow themselves to be constrained by an established set of rules. for example i consider american english to be completely different from english. that said, i still find everything that these kids poke into their phone type devices to be completely atrocious such that i think there needs to be a law where by the device in which they entered the offending text be inserted into their rectum. i would then bring back brick phones and those massive ibm keyboards of days gone by.

[karajorma]

I blame Webster for this mess.

He was the pioneer of text speech after all, with his "Writing things my way uses less letters" ideas.

[BrotherBryon]

So is any one else beginning to think that the movie Idiocracy really is a glimpse into the future?

Oh and I second Nuke's law for grammar enforcement.

[BloodEagle]

So is any one else beginning to think that the movie Idiocracy really is a glimpse into the future?

Hmmmm..... We do have a black president....    [note: not intended to be racist or anything like that]

[Phantom Hoover]

So is any one else beginning to think that the movie Idiocracy really is a glimpse into the future?

http://xkcd.com/603/