Miserable people.

MissTree it was me that mentioned commas, but only because you were quoting from a book, criticising the author’s choice of words and yet you hadn’t copied faithfully what he had written and had adulterated his writing,

So really what are you moaning about yourself?

I'm new on here and I must admit I was surprised at how snippy some of the posts are. Most are supportive and constructive but some just seem to want to stir people up.

In the last three months, we have all witnessed what is the very best in the people of Britain while also in parallel we have also witnessed the very worst in some of the people in Britain.

There have been days when we all have felt high in the thought we will get through this period, while there have also been days when we all have felt low in the thoughts that this epidemic and all that has accompanied it will never come to an end.

It would seem that the opening poster has been having one of those low thought days when she feels all around her is not as it should be, but does not know why that is and so haves a dig at all and sundry.

Cheer up MissTree we will all get through this, so keep that in those thoughts.

Could it be an age thing? That's the only thing that identifies us as similar. Most people join a group for a shared interest but the only shared one we start with is that we are at least in the autumn of our lives. Why would that mean we have anything in common and if we don't then some will mind the comma and some won't; some will find the comment on the comma pedantic and some will find it rude while others will see it as reasonable. Let's face it very few will have joined to talk about commas.

Don’t get hung up on her comma comments GG she has totally misrepresented that.

She's a comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, comma chameleon..

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Good morning fellow grumpies !

GG
I think you’re right. I joined for the book recommendations initially . I do like a good discussion but it’s difficult to get the tone right. Difficult to get your point across without sounding pompous. And all the flaming typing , punctuation etc. I’ve forgotten where to put my capitals and to get the message over seems more important. Yes I can speak into the built-in mike but that brings its own problems of predictive text etc.

The strength of feeling is hard to convey. Yesterday I was at a loose end not in the slough of despond. ( caps!). I didn’t get that over very well did I ?

Just one more answer to posters who ask about providing the evidence etc and why I don’t name names. This is why. You don’t agree but you asked why so...

I had 3 children. When something went wrong I used to say something like ‘ I really hope that next time I come in this messy room the person who did this will have tidied it up .’ It worked more often than not. As I said earlier. An escape route.

The trouble is I can now see the other side of this. When I was working and the boss said something had happened my first thought was to name names because it wasn’t me. Isn’t life hard?

Anyway thanks for contributing to my thread. I learn something everyday. ?

You mean “ the Victor Meldrew Syndrome?” Yes some on here are very vehement at putting across their own view and accept no deviation from it. Others are more open minded but at the end of the day it takes two to argue so either don’t reply or just agree to differ. Don’t get drawn into an argument that just gets more heated and that no one can win, apart perhaps from those who look at both sides. A well reasoned argument is always best rather than a bigoted rant - there now I’ve deliberately asked for it to demonstrate my point!!

Victor Meldrew syndrome?

I don't believe it!!

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