Re: Sunday Dinner Feb 2

On Wed, 5 Feb 2025, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-02-05, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-02-05, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

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If you never had formal training in typing or formatting, the only
importance it getting your message to someone on their phone.  IDK,
seems, FWIW many abbreviations are understood.

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I'm a former copy editor and proofreader.

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  I can do it if I have to, but I see no reason to do it for
things that are mostly just light entertainment or recreation.
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  if i'm being paid to write it's a much different result.
i'm certainly not being paid to write here...

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I hold myself to a high standard.  Other people can do as
they wish.
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Of course, if a typo results in humor or bawdry, I'm happy to
point it out.

But how can regular people aspire to your high standard? Is it even possible? And how would you rank yourself compared with Trump and Musk?