Can we get a nitpickers forum? We need a place for people to post nitpicking bullshit

[xultar]

Who is we?
Why do you say all when you mean some?
Why do you say DU when clearly some of us on DU don't?


Do the nitpickers meet, discuss, and decide the nitpick of the week? How do you do it? Do you do it in real life too? I mean do you like go to parties and jump into conversations and ask why do you say Terriers when it's just your Terrier who won't sit? Would you do it @ a funeral, the speaker says, "We all loved Bob." Would you then jump from your seat in the pew to say, "Why do you say all? Clearly not everyone loved Bob. You should say some loved Bob."

I mean seriously people...I have read some beautiful posts with great replies and then there are the couple of nitpicker's that have to jump in and post the most nonsensical bullshit.

I think all of DU would benefit from a new Nitpickers forum. Because clearly some of us are fed up with the nitpicky bullshit.

:evilgrin:

[Xipe Totec]

1. It's nit-pickers

:hide:

[xultar]

2. ROFFPNMFPLMFAO

[Xipe Totec]

72. To add to your amusement

The word for nit, in Spanish, is piojo.

But the word for flea, is pulga.

When you pick nits and fleas by hand, you are supposed to crush them between the nails of your thumbs.

Which is why the thumb, in Spanish, is called the pulgar.

And the inch, which is a unit of distance, roughly the lenght of your thumb, is called a pulgada.

Gross, isn't it? :evilgrin:

[kid a]

3. nice - i vote you mod for the NPF :)

[baldguy]

20. And it should be in the posessive; i.e. "nit-picker's" - as in "the forum belonging to"

[JaneQPublic]

58. Actually, it should be "nit-pickers' forum" (plural possessive). (nt)

[demwing]

61. Well, technically, it would be the nit-picking forum

Not everyone participating would be a full time picker of nits, but it would be a place to gather to pick said nits.

[WolverineDG]

74. God I hate it when people turn verbs into nouns & vice versa

:grr:

:rofl:

dg

[Bicoastal]

4. First off, I HATE your screen-name.

x(

[xultar]

21. Screen name does not have a hymen.

[MattBaggins]

39. Mine has a hymen

[Warren DeMontague]

40. And in some countries, that would be grounds for divorce.

Just sayin'. :shrug:

[bigtree]

5. ever have a nit?

. . . hard to avoid picking it

[onehandle]

6. I don't like your font. nt

[xultar]

8. Awww FONT YOU!

[JonQ]

7. "nitpickers" not "nitpicker's"

In your 3rd to last paragraph.

Not a big deal but it changes the entire meaning of everything you've written on this entire post.

;-)

[xultar]

10. Aww fuck, my pulitzer is ghone. it waz my best chance. DU is where I write for

consideration for my Nobel Peace Prize.

[seabeyond]

22. pease prize.... geesh, get it right already. nt

[PVnRT]

9. Unrecc'd per request

[xultar]

11. Thanks. I love the feature. I think it is the best thing about DU. People get

all crazed about it, I think it is funny as hell.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Make up your mind - do you want a nitpickers, Nitpickers, or nitpicker's forum?

You can't even decide that within one post, and we're supposed to take your political opinions seriously?

[xultar]

14. seriously.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. I mean, totally.

:crazy:

[BrklynLiberal]

16. Wouldn't it be nitpickers' ?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[BrklynLiberal]

13. I think this entire thread should get a DUzy.

[xultar]

18. You spelled DUzy wrong, and what is with your capitalization. Ugh...amateurs.

[silverweb]

54. +10

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

17. Who the fuck has pink hair and why the fuck do they have it??!

WTF.

[xultar]

19. At least the carpet and the drapes match.

[Kurovski]

26. And what the hell's a "hitpickler"?

what kind of word is that? Is that some dayum inside DUish talk?

[xultar]

29. DUlols

[BrklynLiberal]

51. lololol

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DearAbby]

23. Persnickity Nitpicker picking Nits

Is what I live for!

[Nye Bevan]

24. *Everyone* has got it wrong so far in this thread.

It's "nitpickers' forum", with the apostrophe *after* the "s", because the forum is for more than one nitpicker. Alternatively to avoid this kind of pedantry it could be named the "nitpicking forum".

[xultar]

33. That would be correct. Sir. May I take that as a vote in favor of the forum in question?

[BrklynLiberal]

52. Aha! I knew it!!

:headbang:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6909492&mesg_id=6909588

[lumberjack_jeff]

25. This is too controversial. It should be locked to protect our peace of mind.

[xultar]

31. You're squelching free speech.

[lumberjack_jeff]

36. You're squelching free nitpicking.

So there. :)

[Kurovski]

38. "Quashing" not "squelching."

[Lance_Boyle]

57. Who's felching Screech?

[xultar]

66. No one. He's gross.

[Kurovski]

75. What's Fletch's screed?

[lpbk2713]

27. Unrec cuz I don't like people with pink hair.

Nah .... J/K.

[Kurovski]

42. Pink hair is ok as long as they use a pick.

I don't like people with pink bows.

[pipi_k]

28. Why do you hate the Nitpickers?

I hear they're a very good band

[xultar]

30. They look like republican goom-bahs

[pipi_k]

32. It's just a very clever disguise....

[Kurovski]

43. LOL.

No, you mean "goof-balls".

How the hell do they look Italian to you? Scotch-Irish...maybe German.

Whatever, they all piss me the fuck off.

[underseasurveyor]

34. Oh that's just great. Give the nitpickers their own forum.

Pretty soon the nose pickers will want their own, then the ass kissers will want their own, then the butt scratchers.

Tell me..... WHERE WILL IT STOP:banghead:

[xultar]

37. The man on dog forum is where it will stop.

[gratuitous]

56. There's a butt scratchers' forum?!

I am always the last to know.

Oh, and nits don't nest in bullshit, so "nitpicking bullshit" would be a real waste of time. Just sayin'.

[underseasurveyor]

77. Damn I suck as a friend

I should have pm'd you about it... My most humble apologies:-(

Hey.. I think we need a friends suck forum or a suck friends forum but I guess the latter wouldn't work very well. Every thread would get locked.:spank:

[joeybee12]

35. It's already here...the general discussion forum...n/t

[xultar]

67. +1 -----i can haz free speech?

[Warren DeMontague]

41. I reserve the right to get pissy when folks use "loose" in place of "lose"

or vice versa.

Other than that, right on.

[xultar]

44. Oh when people use "bring" instead of "take" it makes my eyelids curl back.

[Warren DeMontague]

46. Funny, I haven't noticed that one as much.

The lose/loose thing is fucking everywhere.

Like the pirate with the steering wheel sticking out of his pants said, "Arrr, it's drivin' me nuts."

[zbdent]

45. Gawd ... you'd have 4 million replies

to just the first post ...

I don't think there would be a second topic ...

besides, Bob was a real prick ...

[xultar]

47. I heard Bob was a prick too. But show some respect.

[zbdent]

48. Look ... I wasn't at the funeral ...

[zbdent]

49. what's the current wage for Nit Picklers?

I could use the extra income ...

oh, wait ...

[xultar]

65. I know right? Getting paid already by the RNC netroots company. Me too.

[AndyA]

50. I think there's already one. It's called the Guns forum.

:rofl:

[xultar]

64. I would never stick an ass cheek in that forum...nevah.

[damntexdem]

53. I have some problems with this.

For example, why do you say "you" when not all of we yous do such things -- well, at least not always.

;-)

[la_chupa]

55. I don't know when to use its vs it's

true story

carry on

[xultar]

63. neither do I & it Shows in my OP.

[LeftHander]

59. A priori Analyisis of "nitpicking"

HAHA made you look.

[Captain Hilts]

60. Some people are interested in the nuts and bolts of policy. Prize goes to the gun forum comment!

[Liberal Gramma]

62. Personally, I've never encountered a nit-picker who owned up to it

It's a trait you can recognize in others, but not in yourself. Give it a positive spin. Call it the Grammar Correction Forum or the It's the Principle of the Thing Forum.

[xultar]

70. I only nitpick when it relates to chihuahuas or Vin Diesel. Nothing else matters.

[11 Bravo]

68. In your penultimate paragraph "nitpickers" should simply be plural, not possessive.

[xultar]

69. You are correct!

[MilesColtrane]

71. It's not nitpicking.

It's just good grooming.

[mullard12ax7]

73. How I got ripped in just 4 weeks reading repuke smear ads!

Look at my nude body and repuke smear ads!

[dysfunctional press]

76. not to pick nits, but how can you claim that ALL of du would benefit..?

clearly- those people who pick nits would then be segregated from others- and more social division is never the answer.

[Stinky The Clown]

78. I can't agree more!

Hahahaha

You nailed it.

So many here have nothing to say so they pick nits and argue about how great the unrec fiasco is.

[bridgit]

79. LOL!

:spray: :thumbsup: :yourock: