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I use a spell and grammar checker to pick up accidental typos and mistypes before I post them. Is that a bad use of AI? I know what I want to say and can tell if the spell or grammar checker is misreading or making incorrect assumptions. I know how to communicate in English; most of the reason I use the spell and grammar checking is that I'm too lazy to more thoroughly proofread my posts before making them. If I took more time and care in posting, I wouldn't need a spell and grammar checker. And of course, if I took more time to proofread my posts, I wouldn't be able to spew out so many knee-jerk responses to so many posts that others make.

So maybe the lesson I should take away is that I should take more time to proofread and make more thoughtful replies. That never hurts. Most of my prolific posts are overreactions and knee-jerk anyway. I need to slow down. But chatting on a forum is so much fun. It would bog me down immensely to take more time and consideration in each one of my posts. Diligence and care are more annoying than fun.

Basically, everything always boils down to: I suck.
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Gary Childress wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 12:52 am I … I … I … I … I … I … I … my … I … I … I … my … I … I … I … my … I … me … my … I …
Hmmm 🤔
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Gary Childress wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 12:52 am Is … is … is … am … be … is … are … is … are …
Write the OP again, but this time …

1. Do not use any form of “to be,” in your rewrite.
2. Exorcise the me-monster words from your rewrite.

That will take the lead foot off the SOC (stream of consciousness).
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Walker wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2026 9:52 am
Gary Childress wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 12:52 am Is … is … is … am … be … is … are … is … are …
Write the OP again, but this time …

1. Do not use any form of “to be,” in your rewrite.
2. Exorcise the me-monster words from your rewrite.

That will take the lead foot off the SOC (stream of consciousness).
Yes. The world is shitty because I use the words "I" and "is" too much. At least I didn't vote for the abomination in the White House.
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mickthinks wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2026 9:40 pm
Gary Childress wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 12:52 am I … I … I … I … I … I … I … my … I … I … I … my … I … I … I … my … I … me … my … I …
Hmmm 🤔
No idea why you're complaining about me using first-person descriptors when writing. A person can't use the word "I" apparently.
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Obviously, I should stop being candid about my own character flaws. I really wish others would acknowledge some of their own once in a while instead of dogpiling me.
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One of your bigger character flaws is sharing what you imagine are your endearing admissions of weakness too much, inappropriately, and to no purpose.

Ask yourself, “What’s the About this Forum subforum about?” Then ask yourself why you started this thread in it.

mickthinks wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 8:02 am
Gary Childress wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2026 9:46 pmI'm evil. End of story.
You’re an attention whore, Gary. And it’s getting boring.
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mickthinks wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2026 11:34 am One of your bigger character flaws is sharing what you imagine are your endearing admissions of weakness too much, inappropriately, and to no purpose.

Ask yourself, “What’s the About this Forum subforum about?” Then ask yourself why you started this thread in it.

mickthinks wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 8:02 am
Gary Childress wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2026 9:46 pmI'm evil. End of story.
You’re an attention whore, Gary. And it’s getting boring.
To theists, I'm evil. To you, I'm an "attention whore" who is "boring". What else is new?
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Did you ask yourself what the About this Forum subforum is about?

You didn’t, did you Gary?
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mickthinks wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2026 11:58 am Did you ask yourself what the About this Forum subforum is about?

You didn’t, did you Gary?
I asked. But like many others here, I decided to post anyway. Apparently it was an unforgivable sin. Maybe I should have embraced Jesus as my "savior" too. Maybe that's why the world is such a shitty place.
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I decided to post anyway.

Why did you decide to post about yourself, Gary?
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Gary Childress wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 12:52 am I need to slow down.
Just showing a method to "slow down."

Glad to help.
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mickthinks wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2026 12:20 pm I decided to post anyway.

Why did you decide to post about yourself, Gary?
Because it's true. Why did you decide to respond to my post in the way you did?
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Walker wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2026 7:28 pm
Gary Childress wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 12:52 am I need to slow down.
Just showing a method to "slow down."

Glad to help.
Thank you for the tip.
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Gary Childress wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2026 2:04 pm
mickthinks wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2026 12:20 pmWhy did you decide to post about yourself, Gary?
Because it's true.
Do you really think it’s okay to ignore the forum categories and post about yourself anywhere you like? Really? That’s an astonishing sense of entitlement, Gary!

You’re an attention whore, Gary. And it’s getting boring.
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