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submitted 5 months ago by Nyarlathotep@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I've seen a number of posts lately like "How to get yadda yadda yadda" but when you click, the content is actually a question about the subject line, which sucks.

If you're posting a question, please make it look like a question. It's EASY... Just put a QUESTION MARK at the end of your subject line. It looks like this:

We're pirates here, not fucking savages.

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 5 months ago

Keelhaul the offenders, oh Black Pharaoh¡

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

So what did you think of the game .

[–] Nyarlathotep@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

I can't believe you've done this.

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you're posting a question please get to know this tricky little guy: ?

I'm sorry, but I can't understand your question????

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone uses multiple question marks at the end of a statement. I'm triggered right now and reporting you for harassment. Lol

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

So it works as intended

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They prolly don't use turn signals either. Anarchists!

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

You just made me hate them.

[–] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

That seems a bit unfair to anarchists.

[+] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone -6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Arrrr, I'm here t' make replicas o' all yer punctuation!

Avast, wher' be th' interrobang!?

Seriously though, while this post is cute, let's remember not everyone speaks English as a first language, and while many languages do use the English Alphabet, many do not and so there are still quite a few people unfamiliar with the proper English punctuation.

[–] eltimablo@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

That's great and all, but for those of us that do speak English and are expecting certain grammatical norms, eschewing those norms, regardless of the validity of the reason, makes it significantly harder for us to parse.

The question mark is not a rare piece of punctuation, either. It's used in China. It's used in Japan. It's used in Vietnamese, every Romance language I've ever encountered, and every Germanic language I've ever encountered. I'm not saying I understand all those languages, but I can certainly recognize when someone's asking a question in one because the question mark remains the same.

This is a piss-poor excuse and reeks of the attitude of one who's never encountered a language that doesn't use the Latin Alphabet even in passing. Oh yeah, by the way, it's called the Latin Alphabet, not the English Alphabet.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

there are still quite a few people unfamiliar with the proper English punctuation.

The irony of this coming from an American. You guys are so clueless.

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Yep, non native speakers get the punctuation right every time. Native speakers whose education system is in the toilet are the real perpetrators 😂

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are there any languages that don't have punctuations?

[–] Mariemarion@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I mean, most languages are not written.