From a forum post, and it was awesome! Credits to =Foxbane for writing it!

"I am fussy about grammar. I admit that sometimes I have nothing better to say than 'learn to spell' when I see a truly dreadful dog's dinner of a post on here. I have been reprimanded before for my bad attitude towards grammatical error/chatspeak/poor spelling/complete idiocy - and, indeed, even lost an argument about it, mainly because I forgot how the argument started - but regardless, it changed nothing and I'm still as unpleasant about it as ever.

However, I believe I have good reason to be. All grammar-related arguments seem to follow a pattern here.

The 'IT'S NOT IMPORTANT' argument
Those of you who don't present your posts decently always without fail go around making it much, much worse. "It's just a forum," you say. "I am not writing for an exam, nor am I submitting a job application."
Or, more accurately, you garble, "its just a froum,im not writting 4 an exam,and im not submiting a job aplicashun".

So, I suppose that if you were writing for an exam, beautiful, novel-esque script would fart right out of your pen, would it? If you're in the habit of typing up your coursework brilliantly, surely it takes ten times the effort to think of an alternative (and shitty) way to spell 'intelligence'? It's certainly taking me a lot of effort to muster the energy to even type out an impression of poor spelling.

Besides, the 'it's not important' argument is much the same as debating that you shouldn't have to speak properly to someone you meet face to face in the street. It's not like you're talking to the Queen, after all!

"ISH A NIIIISH DAAAUHHHHH ISHN'THHH ITHHHHHhhhhhhh_hhhhhhhh."
"What?"
"AAHM TOO LAASHY THO FORRRRM WORSHHH PROPLY. Y'NOTHH THATH IPORTANNNNnnnn_nnnnnnnn

If you can pull yourself together enough to actually form words properly with your mouth, you can put the same amount of effort into not making yourself look stupid with bad typing. That's what I say.

The 'I'm going to continue to type like this purely to piss you off' trick
You get angry when people chastise you about your poor spelling. This is understandable. I get secretly butthurt about critiques of my art. However, there is one important difference - I try to improve my art. Well, sometimes I just mope about it, but at least I'm not like you:

You dig your shitty little hooves into the ground and stand stock still, like a stubborn donkey, because YOU ARE RIGHT and everyone else is WRONG WRONG WRONG. The first person might have given you a helpful pointer (for example, 'spaces follow commas' ). You reply (probably with as many commas as possible) implying that you don't care, and from then on, your entire complaint is a massacre of epic proportions wherein all repliers rip you a new arsehole over the same mistake. Guess whose fault that was?

The clinging to Tolerant Samaritans
There are one or two people in the forum - better people than me - who will see past the spellugn erors to the diamond in the rough, the sparkling gem that is without doubt a witty opinion, and they will respond only to the content of your post. They'll probably also have a pop at other forum members who care more about the presentation. I commend these people. I admire these people, I really do. However, they have the unfortunate effect of re-motivating the original poster.

"u!" the original poster screeches. "u understan me!ur the only persn hoo has given me a sensble rply!!!1"

Oh, no. Don't try to back out now. Your post stopped being about popular girls/yaoi/etc long, long ago, because you decided to tempt fate and moon the Complaints forum with poorly spelled words painted on your behind. Your post is now about your grammar - face it.

The seeking of like-minded 14 year olds
Then, you either post another terrible Complaint, in which you complain about people complaining about your poor spelling, and you spell badly in that one too, and you receive even more complaints about your poor spelling. How did you not see that one coming? After this, you are inspired to write a shitty little journal that appeals to your watchers, because they all think that the sun shines out of your arse.

"THEY WUR SO MEEN" you squeal.
"YEH THEY WUR SO MEEN" they reply, complete with hug emotes.
"i cant beleve they wud b so meen!"
Then, along comes one persistent forumer, who explains calmly to you exactly why you were treated so roughly.
"U R SO MEEN! GET FUCKED OFF" screech all of the original poster's fans, friends and relatives.

You (your courage restored by your flock of yesmen) do not learn anything. Two days later, the whole thing starts again when you try to express yourselves in the forums about some other deeply significant topic.

For heaven's sake, please just put spaces after your commas and capital letters at the start of your sentences, and try not to miss letters out of your words. Then none of this would happen. "

Thank you =Foxbane. Thanks.