Ignorance and Stupidity

06:50 hrs.
01 Dec 14

     Did the invention of "smart technology" drop our collective IQ level? Is our reliance on apps making us lazy?

     I know that most of these "smart" devices have an automated spell check or  autocorrect on them but even then the device is only anticipating what you are writing. You still have to double check what you are writing before hitting the send button. You have to. If you don't the you, Dear Reader, (to quote Red Foreman from the 70"s Show) are a Dumb Ass!

     Recently, I was answering questions posted onto another website. As much as I wanted to ensure the individual was given the correct information what I really wanted to do was text him in BOLD CAPS, "LEARN HOW TO SPELL, YOU MOOK!"

     Do you remember the Ebonics program in the States? You know Ebony Phonics. Also known as a poor excuse for not learning how to speak clearly and succinctly. Sometimes, you will still hear it on an old TV program.

"I axed him a question."
"You asked him a question?"
"Dat's wud I sez, I axed 'im."

     Pure bullshit!

     I know that when it comes to the spoken word the different regions across North America have their own dialects and colloquialisms. But the written word, if you are speaking English, should be readable as English. And I am not just picking on the You-Alls. There's a person who I converse with on a fairly regular basis and sometimes I think it would be less painful to have a hot shrimp fork jammed into my tongue that to decipher his posts.

     Dear Lord hear my prayer.
     Please let someone who cares for this person help him finish grades 7,8 and 9 English before he posts another unreadable message.
     AMEN