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[greensnake123]

I have no idea what this means.


I tried to think of some clever quip to add, but I am just too dumbfounded.

not in red neck language so you don't understand

 

[daan]

who is banned and why.

GT4.5 is banned. That was why I said his name.

You think the staff is having a go at you, yet you have 0 warnings and 0 infractions. That's not much of a go is it?

And quit with the double posts. I got your message the first time. No need to repeat it.

 

[greensnake123]

okay sorry daan i will try my best

 

[BigYoSpeck]

I see so many people complaining about being dyslexic when in fact they are actually just thick. It REALLY annoys me. Being dyslexic doesn't not affect your grammar in any way. People should grow up a bit me thinks, if being told your spelling is crap offends you, you really need a bit more self confidence. Use a full stop and a comma or two, and then use a spell chcker, job done. Stop using dyslexia as an excuse for laziness.

Rules are there for a reason, if you don't like them, leave

To be fair my bro and niece are dyslexic, and to talk to them you wouldn't think them anything other than typical intelligence, but when I've read things they've written, it isn't how they talk and does come across as much lower intelligence.

Watching them write things they look very stressed and it takes a great deal of concentration so I have a lot of sympathy for others and can quite believe that punctuation and grammar take a back seat when it's difficult enough to even get the words they're thinking down in writing.

That being said, there are tools that can help. You can get software that will read a page aloud and voice recognition software if typing is a major issue.

 

[birksy82]

Right big fan gt5 massive fan joined this site to get help i like others don't expect to get moaned at for bad spell and grammar it's wrong and if some ones asking for help but are very dislexic like me why have a go at them give them points and stuff it's bang out off order don't you think people who can't spell feel bad enough already buy it instead being ripped into

I don't exactly follow the correct grammar rules myself I do it by choice so I could if I wanted to. In your case I understand your point have you told the moderators about this? Also there are far worse than this one not that this forum is bad imo. Not sure if this is allowed but I will put it up anyway http://www.teamnabr.com/vbb/showthread.php?p=369100#post369100.
Overly strict is an understatement .

I see so many people complaining about being dyslexic when in fact they are actually just thick. It REALLY annoys me. Being dyslexic doesn't not affect your grammar in any way. People should grow up a bit me thinks, if being told your spelling is crap offends you, you really need a bit more self confidence. Use a full stop and a comma or two, and then use a spell chcker, job done. Stop using dyslexia as an excuse for laziness.

That sums up your intelligence or rather lack of it really well. Why not go the whole hog and say disabled people are lazy and blind people should open their eyes to see because that's as ludicrous as what you are saying here.

 

[liamvr6]

I love how a Swedish guy comes on here and posts in perfect English (respect, as I cannot speak a word of Swedish), there's English/American members who struggle to string a sentence together. What's more amazing is that all these people are genuinely dyslexic! Yes... and I'm genuinely a multi millionaire porn star, GT God, and I'm just about to go to the shops in my Veyron...

 

[Azuremen]

okay sorry daan i will try my best

"Okay. Sorry daan, I will try my best."

Figured you might want a hand with that.

I honestly do not get why people feel they should be able to hide behind their claimed disabilities to have inferior post quality. And then claim that it is unfair.

It is perfectly fair, and would be unfair if they were given exceptions based on claimed problems.

That sums up your intelligence or rather lack of it really well. Why not go the whole hog and say disabled people are lazy and blind people should open their eyes to see because that's as ludicrous as what you are saying here.

But these are people hiding behind a "disability" to be lazy. It might take them a bit more work to post properly, but they can do it. And taking shortcuts is just being lazy. My mail man when I was a kid had no legs. He still managed to get up and down stairs to houses, carry boxes up them, and do this all in a foot of snow as well. Or he could've just said "hey, I can't do this, I've got no legs." Most people that bring attention to their disability as a reason why they can't perform are generally using it as an excuse.

 

[Popeye]

Well, i'm from Sweden. I have dyslexia, adhd, insomnia, ocd, aspergers. It annoys me that people cant write correctly, however, more of the newer members seem unable to read the aup. Even me, with all my conditions find it really easy to follow. The staff are helpful. The only time you fall foul is when you argue you are right when 100 people tell you you are wrong. The staff will give tolerance to genuine cases. No i'm not a kiss butt person. But just been around long enough to know better.

 

[Aldo]

"Okay. Dorry daan, I will try my best."

Figured you might want a hand with that.

I honestly do not get why people feel they should be able to hide behind their claimed disabilities to have inferior post quality. And then claim that it is unfair.

It is perfectly fair, and would be unfair if they were given exceptions based on claimed problems.

Psst...
*Sorry.

 

[speedthrill]

I see so many people complaining about being dyslexic when in fact they are actually just thick. It REALLY annoys me. Being dyslexic doesn't not affect your grammar in any way. People should grow up a bit me thinks, if being told your spelling is crap offends you, you really need a bit more self confidence.

Hmm, you're wrong on this one, knowing my best mate has this since he was born... They swap letters from places while reading, swap them again if they start typing themselves,... Alot of grammar and spelling problems...

It can be that this dude has the problem, it also can't. I still think this is a mods thread and they should solve this peacefully...
I hate people who love to see one dude get some slaps from mods for doing something wrong, and then try to magnifie it so they believe him even less then before.

It is perfectly possible this dude has the problem, and as you can see, the mods solved it already...

Mister perfect yourself?

Dyslexia is a broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's ability to read, write, and spell, [1] and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, and/or rapid naming.[2][3] Dyslexia is separate and distinct from reading difficulties resulting from other causes, such as a non-neurological deficiency with vision or hearing, or from poor or inadequate reading instruction.[4][5] It is believed that dyslexia can affect between 5 to 10 percent of a given population although there have been no studies to indicate an accurate percentage.[6][7][8]
There are three proposed cognitive subtypes of dyslexia: auditory, visual and attentional.[7][9][10][11][12][13] Although dyslexia is not an intellectual disability, it is considered both a learning disability[14][15] and a reading disability.[14][16] Dyslexia and IQ are not interrelated, since reading and cognition develop independently in individuals who have dyslexia.[17]

 

[Azuremen]

Psst...
*Sorry.

I had that correct the first time around, and then decided a period after the Okay was better than a comma, and changed it. Which produced my typo - Colemak layout keyboard but using Qwerty at the OS level. Kind of confusing since only half the keys match up.

But I have corrected it

 

[itsbenjibrand]

I'm not dyslexic, but I have a learning disability which can make communicating difficult. I completely agree with these rules as my communication skills have developed since I started contributing my thoughts and ideas to this forum. In my opinion, if you had an issue with these rules you should not have click the accept button and joined the forum. I have a disability and use a spelling and grammar checker to get by. Please do not use your disability as an excuse, rather you should use this forum as an oppurtunity to improve your english skills.

 

[M40_Sniper]

I always thought it was ironic how "dyslexia" was spelled.

 

[Famine]

The rules were in place when you signed up. You ticked a little box to say you had read them, agreed to them and you would abide by them. That was the time to opt out, not afterwards.

Try and pull the dyslexia card with site staff who don't have significant experience in SEN. It won't wash here. Incidentally, there is no time limit on your posts - you don't need to make them as quickly as possible - so you can take the time to run them through a word processing program and make sure they're right rather than just blowing your brain onto the screen.

if some ones asking for help but are very dislexic like me why have a go at them give them points and stuff

You don't have any points and no-one's had a go at you.

I totally agree i am dyslexic and they keep having a go at me

You don't have any points and no-one's had a go at you.

come down on the scammers there's lots of those and leave me alone

Yes. We should look after the site to stop people who break the rules in a manner you don't like, but not stop people who break the rules in a manner you think is acceptable.

Next time you're in a car that gets pulled over by the police for speeding, tell them they should be "out catching real criminals". See how that plays out for you.

 

[speedthrill]

Dislexia has to do with letter placement in words and generally applies to hand written work. When typing you can actively view the letter before you enter it, making your argument invalid.

The grammar mistakes you're making in every post have nothing to do with dislexia. Dislexic people are fully capable of periods, commas, and capital letters. You're just using it as an excuse to be lazy and not put effort into what you type. Judging by the posts you make, I doubt you even have dislexia at all...

They first have to see the word in their head, so it is entirely possible they see it wrong in the head and type it that way (fe head very rapidly becomes haed).

It's a fault too because none of our school books were handwritten, and my mate dyslexia didn't help there too...

Left and right for example, are dyslectic problems too, in a way...
It is bigger than alot of you here seem to think...

Indeed this guy got busted, but please, the real people who have heavy dyslectic disorders are finding such comments not funny at all...

 

[McLaren]

If this kid is asking for special treatment, then I demand exemption from punishment for drunk posts. Alcoholism is my disease, after all.

 

[Azuremen]

If this kid is asking for special treatment, then I demand exemption from punishment for drunk posts. Alcoholism is my disease, after all.

This would clear up some of my points, I do think. Hmm... maybe I can get behind this "well, I have this problem, and so to be fair, you need to give me special consideration"

But then I'd be British... I kid, I kid.

 

[birksy82]

But these are people hiding behind a "disability" to be lazy. It might take them a bit more work to post properly, but they can do it. And taking shortcuts is just being lazy. My mail man when I was a kid had no legs. He still managed to get up and down stairs to houses, carry boxes up them, and do this all in a foot of snow as well. Or he could've just said "hey, I can't do this, I've got no legs." Most people that bring attention to their disability as a reason why they can't perform are generally using it as an excuse.

If they are using dyslexia as an excuse for bad spelling or grammar when they are not dyslexic then yes i agree it is wrong. I was just pointing out to the user I originally quoted that what was said was totally wrong as they obviously are not in possession of the full facts about dyslexia. I got the impression that they were making out that genuine dyslexia is an excuse for being "thick" (unintelligent in other words) when it is not , maybe I jumped the gun and they were just talking about the people who use it as an excuse apoligies if that is the case. Thanks for the story about the mailman I like hearing about that sort of thing as a lot of people where I live claim disability benefit when there is nothing wrong with them , it really annoys me but that's another story.

 

[gtsmashbros]

Dude, just write a solemn note saying that you're dyslexic, if you really are.

 

[Akira AC]

Right,I'm abig fan of gt5 massive fan ,I joined this site to get help,like others I don't expect to get moaned at for bad spelling and grammar,it's wrong and if some ones asking for help but are very dislexic like me why have a go at them give them points and stuff it's bang out off order,don't you think that people who can't spell feel bad enough already buy it instead being ripped into

*is wrong,and for dyslexic people is a pain in the neck because I get point and an I can get ban.

As far as I know dyslexic people confuses b with d,p with q and so on(one of my relatives has it),but dyslexia doesn't affect your grammar,I also had a hard time when I started on this forums,the cure for this is read,the more you read,the more grammar skills you get(if it can be consider an skill).

What I'm seeing here is laziness,the rules stablish grammar because there are people that uses different languages and it will be really complicated to understand them,so there is two options,stop the laziness or get ban.

Is all up to you mate.

 

[alexleighton]

The rules on this site have actually broken some bad internet typing habits I had gotten into. My wordiness has improved by a tenfold in just a short while, and what I'm seeing here doesn't seem like dyslexia.

I'm sort of getting the feeling of people who make suicide jokes and think it's okay because they suffer from depression too, it's just not cool.

 

[VooDoo-Reverend]

They first have to see the word in their head, so it is entirely possible they see it wrong in the head and type it that way (fe head very rapidly becomes haed).

It's a fault too because none of our school books were handwritten, and my mate dyslexia didn't help there too...

Left and right for example, are dyslectic problems too, in a way...
It is bigger than alot of you here seem to think...

Indeed this guy got busted, but please, the real people who have heave dyslectic disorders are finding such comments not funny at all...

Agreed. Although I'm lost at the funny comment part. Not entirely sure what part of my post came off as attempted humor. Could you elaborate on that part?

 

[DOUQA]

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

 

[speedthrill]

Agreed. Although I'm lost at the funny comment part. Not entirely sure what part of my post came off as attempted humor. Could you elaborate on that part?

I didn't meant you there, that is why i press double enter to separate it from the first block of text. I mean people in general who come in here to throw a bit more wood on the fire.
But i probably did mean it for this part:"You're just using it as an excuse to be lazy and not put effort into what you type."

For this guy this seems to be true here. But alot of younger kids these days hear it in their own class, from fellow students,... I just tried to make a wink there into the direction of the real world, i think.
Please, don't feel attacked by this, because it's just my experience from 23 good friendship years with my bloodbrother cousin... A guy who had alot of dreams shuttered just because of the dyslexia.

 

[Sphinx]

I'm heavily dyslexic and I have the psychologist report to prove it. I also have the handwriting skills of a six year old, but I know how to capitalise when required because I know where the shift key is on my keyboard.

Enlighten yourselves my fellow dyslexic friends. Try using the shift key


Also, we don't issue infractions for spelling mitakes.

 

[Open Addict]

In my opinion, I think the rules regarding grammer and spelling are fantastic. The reason being is that, I, for one, cannot understand half the things that are typed incorrectly. (especially "text" type).

It is a great way to help people to learn English, as a first or subsequent language.

Keep up the great work Mods, because with out you, I fear this site would become unreadable.

 

[Stevisiov]

Dislexia has to do with letter placement in words and generally applies to hand written work. When typing you can actively view the letter before you enter it, making your argument invalid.

This is not entirely true as dyslexia can pertain to reading.

While I have a mild form of dyslexia, my Google chrome has a an automatic spell checker, so its problem solved for the most part.

I would also like to take the time to point out, that my poor reading and writing skills have improved immeasurably, since I joined here. Thanks in part to this site no doubt, so I guess for those of us who have always struggled with reading or typing for whatever reason, its perhaps a good thing that this site encourages improvement. I dread to think what some of my first posts here on this forum look like.

 

[VooDoo-Reverend]

I didn't meant you there, that is why i press double enter to separate it from the first block of text. I mean people in general who come in here to throw a bit more wood on the fire.
But i probably did mean it for this part:"You're just using it as an excuse to be lazy and not put effort into what you type."

For this guy this seems to be true here. But alot of younger kids these days hear it in their own class, from fellow students,... I just tried to make a wink there into the direction of the real world, i think.
Please, don't feel attacked by this, because it's just my experience from 23 good friendship years with my bloodbrother cousin... A guy who had alot of dreams shuttered just because of the dyslexia.

No no, it's alright. That's why I said YOU'RE. I also have a friend with severe Dyslexia and I couldn't say he's a lazy effortless piece of poop. I can't say 23 years worth of friendship though, so I couldn't tell you about before I met him

This is not entirely true as dyslexia can pertain to reading.

While I have a mild form of dyslexia, my Google chrome has a an automatic spell checker, so its problem solved for the most part.

I would also like to take the time to point out, that my poor reading and writing skills have improved immeasurably, since I joined here. Thanks in part to this site no doubt, so I guess for those of us who have always struggled with reading or typing for whatever reason, its perhaps a good thing that this site encourages improvement. I dread to think what some of my first posts here on this forum look like.

I can't claim to have a huge knowledge base on the subject so I could have definantly been wrong. I did just learn something new though. 👍

 

[Keef]

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Quoted for truth.

Dyslexia =! laziness.

Chalk me up for the "special treatment" thing because I heavily near-sighted and can't survive without Prilosec. I should be exempt from any rules pertaining to proper conduct.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Anybody who claims they have dyslexia - especially as an excuse to try and get out of trouble - will, in all likelihood, be banned. One of the conditions of the AUP is that "you will not knowingly post any material that is false, misleading, or inaccurate". Ergo, claiming that you are dyslexic when you are not is a violation of the AUP, and a serious one. Several members of the staff have experience in dealing with people who have dyslexia; I myself am a high school English teacher, for one. It is my experience that people who genuinely have dyslexia do not hide behind their condition. Rather, they actively work to countermand its effects. 95% of the posts I have seen from people claiming to be dyslexic exhibit no signs of dyslexia. Attempting to use this as an excuse because you are too lazy to put a bit of effort into your posts will be met with severe repercussions. Most likely you'll get some infraction points, if not a ban.