Comments on: Launching Operation SaturatEng – Because I *Could* Care Less http://blog.websitetodos.com/2007/10/29/operation-saturateng/launching-operation-saturateng/ Doing what needs to be done to do a website. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:50:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Sara http://blog.websitetodos.com/2007/10/29/operation-saturateng/launching-operation-saturateng/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Sara Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:38:46 +0000 http://blog.websitetodos.com/2007/10/29/operation-saturateng/launching-operation-saturateng-because-i-could-care-less/#comment-551 I think with things like "I could care less" the most effective thing to do is take it that way. (I don't really know how to explain that so I'll give an example.) Person A: I could care less about politics. Person B: Oh, so you're interested in it? Me too. What is your stance on _____. -Or- Person A: I could care less about politics. Person B: Oh, really? I couldn't care less about it, I absolutely can't stand politicians and their debates. If you have a particularly dumb "Person A," you may end up having to explain yourself, but most of the time it makes the offender think about what they said and realize that it is completely illogical. Obviously, a lot of grammatical issues can't be dealt with this way, but some can and it's an easy way to get your point across without saying something like, "HEY! That's wrong, stupid!" I think with things like “I could care less” the most effective thing to do is take it that way. (I don’t really know how to explain that so I’ll give an example.)

Person A: I could care less about politics.
Person B: Oh, so you’re interested in it? Me too. What is your stance on _____.

-Or-

Person A: I could care less about politics.
Person B: Oh, really? I couldn’t care less about it, I absolutely can’t stand politicians and their debates.

If you have a particularly dumb “Person A,” you may end up having to explain yourself, but most of the time it makes the offender think about what they said and realize that it is completely illogical.

Obviously, a lot of grammatical issues can’t be dealt with this way, but some can and it’s an easy way to get your point across without saying something like, “HEY! That’s wrong, stupid!”

]]> By: Status 203 http://blog.websitetodos.com/2007/10/29/operation-saturateng/launching-operation-saturateng/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Status 203 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:58:25 +0000 http://blog.websitetodos.com/2007/10/29/operation-saturateng/launching-operation-saturateng-because-i-could-care-less/#comment-56 Dave: I intend to put together a more detailed page for each target. I probably wasn't clear enough in my post but I want to avoid "correcting" people. I want to provide correct examples wherever we come across an incorrect example in order to try and out compete the mal-meme. If the page about the specific page is linked to at all then I think the link should only say "Operation SaturatEng" for recruitment purposes in order to avoid hijacking a large number of threads. Not hijacking threads is my main concern as this will only work if we can get a large enough group together. Speaking of which, I will not be starting this in November as I have not left myself enough time to do recruitment. I'm thinking maybe in the new year. If you know anybody else who might be interested then please do invite them along. A lot of people have blogged about this phrase but fewer seem prepared to try and do anything about it. Finally, I'm not trying to stop the language evolving. I'm just trying to apply some selection criteria to that evolution ;) . Dave: I intend to put together a more detailed page for each target. I probably wasn’t clear enough in my post but I want to avoid “correcting” people. I want to provide correct examples wherever we come across an incorrect example in order to try and out compete the mal-meme.

If the page about the specific page is linked to at all then I think the link should only say “Operation SaturatEng” for recruitment purposes in order to avoid hijacking a large number of threads.

Not hijacking threads is my main concern as this will only work if we can get a large enough group together.

Speaking of which, I will not be starting this in November as I have not left myself enough time to do recruitment. I’m thinking maybe in the new year. If you know anybody else who might be interested then please do invite them along. A lot of people have blogged about this phrase but fewer seem prepared to try and do anything about it.

Finally, I’m not trying to stop the language evolving. I’m just trying to apply some selection criteria to that evolution ;) .

]]> By: Dave Reed http://blog.websitetodos.com/2007/10/29/operation-saturateng/launching-operation-saturateng/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Dave Reed Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:13:10 +0000 http://blog.websitetodos.com/2007/10/29/operation-saturateng/launching-operation-saturateng-because-i-could-care-less/#comment-53 What you should do is put together a really detailed explaination of the mistake and put it on this site. Then whenever a would-be "correction" post is made, it can just point to it rather than risk explaining the mistake incorrectly. The last thing you should do when pointing out a mistake is to make one! :) I'm interested but I'm not sure I see enough posts on a daily basis to really come up with anything. But if enough people were interested it could really have an impact. But then again, I think the "evolution" of the language is probably unstoppable. Oh and blogs should be targetted, too. :) What you should do is put together a really detailed explaination of the mistake and put it on this site. Then whenever a would-be “correction” post is made, it can just point to it rather than risk explaining the mistake incorrectly. The last thing you should do when pointing out a mistake is to make one! :)

I’m interested but I’m not sure I see enough posts on a daily basis to really come up with anything. But if enough people were interested it could really have an impact. But then again, I think the “evolution” of the language is probably unstoppable.

Oh and blogs should be targetted, too. :)

]]> By: Scott http://blog.websitetodos.com/2007/10/29/operation-saturateng/launching-operation-saturateng/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Scott Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:09:51 +0000 http://blog.websitetodos.com/2007/10/29/operation-saturateng/launching-operation-saturateng-because-i-could-care-less/#comment-52 THANKS for this post. This has been a big pet peeve of mine for a long time. I have been mocked when trying to correct my friends. Needless to say I wish "I could care less." but I can't. THANKS for this post. This has been a big pet peeve of mine for a long time. I have been mocked when trying to correct my friends. Needless to say I wish “I could care less.” but I can’t.

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