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WHY ARE YOU NOT EMBARRASSED??

240 replies

Doingtheboxerbeat · 27/08/2023 20:36

Why do people not check and double check the original post before adding a scolding reply which makes them look really silly, when the answer is right FKING there? Honestly, should we take a breath, a moment to consider if we are not going to look really twattish by letting our angry little fingers type stupid responses?

It almost makes so much sense why society fails so spectacularly when people are so confident in being loud and wrong.

I already know that I have made several errors in this post, and I fully expect to be pulled up on them because of murphrys law 🤭.

OP posts:
FuckingHellAdele · 27/08/2023 21:46

Maireas · 27/08/2023 21:45

Is your spelling correct?

In this context, yes.

Maireas · 27/08/2023 21:46

OP, is there a particular thread, or just general asshattedness? (Yes, I know that's not a word).

Hawkins0090 · 27/08/2023 21:46

If I make mistakes I try to apologise sometimes I do miss parts of the thread or the updates, then it's on to the next thread.

RisingSunn · 27/08/2023 21:46

Are you all trying to spell Murphy’s?

VeniVidiWeeWee · 27/08/2023 21:47

Does anyone know how to spell Murphy's law, or know what it is?

Or are there various laws with spellings close to Murphy's of which I am unaware?

Maireas · 27/08/2023 21:47

FuckingHellAdele · 27/08/2023 21:46

In this context, yes.

Right. I always thought it was "Murphy" like the Irish surname.

YeOldeBuxomWench · 27/08/2023 21:47

I think some people get a bit too overinvested in threads.

MolkosTeenageAngst · 27/08/2023 21:47

Doingtheboxerbeat · 27/08/2023 21:19

I love you for this honestly, but murphrys law was deliberate. It means that when you correct someone's grammar and spelling in a post, you end up FKING up your own spelling and grammar. It's a thing of beauty when it happens, when someone is being an absolute arse.

Only it’s not murphrys, it’s Muphrys: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

Your spelling of the misspelling law was still wrong!

Muphry's law - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

Fancylike · 27/08/2023 21:47

It’s you who should be embarrassed, OP, not poor Mumpfree. Although should be old enough to learn his own life skills.

Maireas · 27/08/2023 21:47

RisingSunn · 27/08/2023 21:46

Are you all trying to spell Murphy’s?

I think they are. They're all getting it wrong.

SomeCatFromJapan · 27/08/2023 21:48

angry little fingers 😂
I like you, OP.

CakeForAll21 · 27/08/2023 21:48

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Maireas · 27/08/2023 21:49

Well. We shall never know who the elusive M person was. Many variant spellings, of course.

FuckingHellAdele · 27/08/2023 21:50

Maireas · 27/08/2023 21:47

Right. I always thought it was "Murphy" like the Irish surname.

Is your Google broken?

Nobody is talking about Murphy's Law.

Maireas · 27/08/2023 21:51

Is this M person who has the law (qv) connected to a certain Sod?.

Maireas · 27/08/2023 21:52

FuckingHellAdele · 27/08/2023 21:50

Is your Google broken?

Nobody is talking about Murphy's Law.

Yes. My Google is broken. I used duct tape but it only helped when I looked up the word "sarcastic".

Doingtheboxerbeat · 27/08/2023 21:52

MolkosTeenageAngst · 27/08/2023 21:47

Only it’s not murphrys, it’s Muphrys: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

Your spelling of the misspelling law was still wrong!

🤭 My bad, but I am dying on this hill I built because so many people broke their legs running to tell me how wrong I was, despite me explaining (incorrectly) what Murphy/Murphrys law was.
At least they read my original post .

OP posts:
Maireas · 27/08/2023 21:53

Well, this thread has been most enlightening. So many pleasant posters. I'll be off now, enjoy your laws. Toodle pip!

bladebladebla1 · 27/08/2023 21:57

What in the headfuck is going on here?

CrazyArmadilloLady · 27/08/2023 21:58

YANBU, OP - but it’s just because many people’s reading comprehension is so poor. Actually unbelievably poor.

Muphry’s Law is when you criticise someone’s SPAG, while making a spelling and/or grammatical mistake yourself.

CClaire · 27/08/2023 21:58

Maireas · 27/08/2023 21:51

Is this M person who has the law (qv) connected to a certain Sod?.

😂

CClaire · 27/08/2023 21:59

bladebladebla1 · 27/08/2023 21:57

What in the headfuck is going on here?

You couldn’t make this shit up 😂😂

Doingtheboxerbeat · 27/08/2023 22:00

Hawkins0090 · 27/08/2023 21:46

If I make mistakes I try to apologise sometimes I do miss parts of the thread or the updates, then it's on to the next thread.

Yes , me too in real life and online. I actually like being wrong sometimes, because it means I am learning something new.

OP posts:
SoIinvictus · 27/08/2023 22:02

@CakeForAll21
What in the name of all that is holy does your nasty, offensive, ageist rant have to do with the OP, the replies, or indeed, Muphry?

Fallingthroughclouds · 27/08/2023 22:02

Nope, I'm not embarrassed at all, but thanks for asking.