Terra Incognita

Amy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 3:11 pm (I know no one asked for an explanation, but I’ll add it for clarification)

Sorry but it's still not clear to me Amy.
The 1% thing suggests that you couldn't do it earlier but the movie watching suggests that you took your time. So which is it and what did you think you were clarifying here ?

Also... you made another sentence fragment when you wrote your last post Amy

Wake up.

(ps : i didn't check the edited post yet. I got to go for now but i'll do that soon)

Vincent wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 3:54 pm

Amy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 3:11 pm (I know no one asked for an explanation, but I’ll add it for clarification)

Sorry but it's still not clear to me Amy.
The 1% thing suggests that you couldn't do it earlier but the movie watching suggests that you took your time. So which is it and what did you think you were clarifying here ?

Also... you made another sentence fragment when you wrote your last post Amy

Wake up.

(ps : i didn't check the edited post yet. I got to go for now but i'll do that soon)

I slept over at a friend’s house on Sunday. My mom called around 7am this morning asking where she was because my friend now works at the same place as my mom. My friend didn’t think she was scheduled to work today because she didn’t see there was a new email sent on Saturday. (It had went to her junk mail). My mom told her that my dad could come and pick us both up (since she didn’t have a ride) and bring her to work. While she was getting ready for work I checked the forum and liked Robin’s post to acknowledge it. However, my phone was already at 1% when I did this, and either way my dad would be there soon. After he dropped her off my dad and I went out for breakfast. When I got back home I had a shower and finally I relaxed a bit and watched the movie with my dad. Watching the movie is when I had time to myself at home and then did something else instead of just editing the post right away. However, I’m assuming that’s only 1-2 hours maybe (maybe a bit more) out of the whole day. I agree with you that I could have done it earlier than I did. However, I also had legitimate reasons for not doing it as early before I watched the movie. Also I know I never said when I would edit my post in the first place. However, I was trying to give some context in case anyone wondered why there so much time from when I liked Robin’s post to when I edited my own post.

I will check for that sentence fragment now.

Edit: I went back and (hopefully) fixed the fragment. Sorry for wasting your (and others) time again. I should have been more careful. I edited my wording in those last sentences a few times before posting. That’s why I don’t know how I could be so careless and miss yet another fragment. I keep worrying about my sentences being too long, but I should not have made that mistake again.

Amy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 5:18 pm I slept over at a friend’s house on Sunday. My mom called around 7am this morning asking where she was because my friend now works at the same place as my mom. My friend didn’t think she was scheduled to work today because she didn’t see there was a new email sent on Saturday. (It had went to her junk mail). My mom told her that my dad could come and pick us both up (since she didn’t have a ride) and bring her to work. While she was getting ready for work I checked the forum and liked Robin’s post to acknowledge it. However, my phone was already at 1% when I did this, and either way my dad would be there soon. After he dropped her off my dad and I went out for breakfast. When I got back home I had a shower and finally I relaxed a bit and watched the movie with my dad. Watching the movie is when I had time to myself at home and then did something else instead of just editing the post right away. However, I’m assuming that’s only 1-2 hours maybe (maybe a bit more) out of the whole day. I agree with you that I could have done it earlier than I did. However, I also had legitimate reasons for not doing it as early before I watched the movie. Also I know I never said when I would edit my post in the first place. However, I was trying to give some context in case anyone wondered why there so much time from when I liked Robin’s post to when I edited my own post.

Amy... i never said that you should or could have edited your post earlier.
I only asked you what you were trying to clarify because your clarification wasn't clarifying anything and because your post seemed to imply contradictory things.
There was way too much information (but not quite the relevant ones) in that post, and instead of fixing that you just made it even worse. I mean... Why the hell do we need to know about where your friend works, where her email went and about everything you did today in sequence... while your "legitimate reasons" remains a mystery ? The only alternate reality where this is clearer is in your head.
If you just wanted to say that you couldn't edit your post immediately after you liked Roshan's one because you were not settled you could have said just that, and it would have been fine.

Anyway, it's late here already and i better go now. I will check (and probably split) this thread tomorrow.

hmmm... I think that....

Vincent wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 6:22 pm

Amy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 5:18 pm I slept over at a friend’s house on Sunday. My mom called around 7am this morning asking where she was because my friend now works at the same place as my mom. My friend didn’t think she was scheduled to work today because she didn’t see there was a new email sent on Saturday. (It had went to her junk mail). My mom told her that my dad could come and pick us both up (since she didn’t have a ride) and bring her to work. While she was getting ready for work I checked the forum and liked Robin’s post to acknowledge it. However, my phone was already at 1% when I did this, and either way my dad would be there soon. After he dropped her off my dad and I went out for breakfast. When I got back home I had a shower and finally I relaxed a bit and watched the movie with my dad. Watching the movie is when I had time to myself at home and then did something else instead of just editing the post right away. However, I’m assuming that’s only 1-2 hours maybe (maybe a bit more) out of the whole day. I agree with you that I could have done it earlier than I did. However, I also had legitimate reasons for not doing it as early before I watched the movie. Also I know I never said when I would edit my post in the first place. However, I was trying to give some context in case anyone wondered why there so much time from when I liked Robin’s post to when I edited my own post.

Amy... i never said that you should or could have edited your post earlier.
I only asked you what you were trying to clarify because your clarification wasn't clarifying anything and because your post seemed to imply contradictory things.
There was way too much information (but not quite the relevant ones) in that post, and instead of fixing that you just made it even worse. I mean... Why the hell do we need to know about where your friend works, where her email went and about everything you did today in sequence... while your "legitimate reasons" remains a mystery ? The only alternate reality where this is clearer is in your head.
If you just wanted to say that you couldn't edit your post immediately after you liked Roshan's one because you were not settled you could have said just that, and it would have been fine.

Anyway, it's late here already and i better go now. I will check (and probably split) this thread tomorrow.

Sorry, I added more detail in hopes of clarifying any earlier contradictory points. I thought my phone being low battery and being out for breakfast were ‘legitimate reasons’ for why I couldn’t respond at those times. Watching a movie at home on the other hand was a choice completely within my control. I agree with you, however, that none of that is relevant nor necessary to explain. I also agree with you that I should have just said that I couldn’t edit my post immediately after liking Robin’s because I wasn’t settled yet.

Have a nice night, I will also check here again tomorrow.

I also agree with you that I should have just said that I couldn’t edit my post immediately after liking Robin’s because I wasn’t settled yet.

Well, you should have said something like that IF it was true and IF that was what you were trying to say.

At this point, i'm still not sure that's the case.

The reason for that is that you just did it again.
You said again that the low battery was "legitimate reasons". But you also implied that watching the movie was not. One one hand you're saying "i wanted to do it asap but i couldn't". On the other hand you're saying "i took my time". Yet you still don't acknowledge, resolve nor explain the apparent contradiction between those two things.

So i still don't know what was your point with that post.
And i strongly suspect that you didn't actually have one. It seems to me that you wrote that as if you were thinking out loud for yourself on the thread (an exemplar thread), sequencing things without articulating them, and without an actual idea of what you were trying to say.

And i suspect the reason you did that is because you don't feel you HAD TO have a point and you expect us to fill the blanks and "figure it out" for you instead, for the exact same reason you don't feel you have to write without making sentence fragments, and expect us to do the work of mentally reconstructing your syntax ourselves.

Am i wrong here Amy ?

Amy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 5:18 pm I keep worrying about my sentences being too long, but I should not have made that mistake again.

How 'bout you go back to that sentence structure thread and count the number of posts that are about fragments in whole or not INsignifcant part. Keep a separate tally of the ones that are mostly or completely about fragments. Then count the number of days that all those posts that deal with fragments in at least not INsignificant part span and calculate the number of hours I spent teaching you to stop making fragments every time you chop up your rambling run-ons.

Just for fun, Amy. Just for fun.

Vincent wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 1:51 pm

I also agree with you that I should have just said that I couldn’t edit my post immediately after liking Robin’s because I wasn’t settled yet.

Well, you should have said something like that IF it was true and IF that was what you were trying to say.

At this point, i'm still not sure that's the case.

The reason for that is that you just did it again.
You said again that the low battery was "legitimate reasons". But you also implied that watching the movie was not. One one hand you're saying "i wanted to do it asap but i couldn't". On the other hand you're saying "i took my time". Yet you still don't acknowledge, resolve nor explain the apparent contradiction between those two things.

So i still don't know what was your point with that post.
And i strongly suspect that you didn't actually have one. It seems to me that you wrote that as if you were thinking out loud for yourself on the thread (an exemplar thread), sequencing things without articulating them, and without an actual idea of what you were trying to say.

And i suspect the reason you did that is because you don't feel you HAD TO have a point and you expect us to fill the blanks and "figure it out" for you instead, for the exact same reason you don't feel you have to write without making sentence fragments, and expect us to do the work of mentally reconstructing your syntax ourselves.

Am i wrong here Amy ?

I gave details on why I wasn’t settled in the original post, but it was information that was never asked for. Which means that, yes, I was just thinking out loud, and I can not give a valid reason for doing that.

I’m sorry I’m repeating myself so much, but I want to understand where the contradictory information is confusing, so I can clarify it.
When I first liked Robin’s response I was in the mood to edit my post _at that time_. However, I couldn’t yet because I was leaving soon (and my phone was about to die anyways). By the time I got home and was settled (and could charge my phone), I _no longer_ felt like editing my post asap. Instead, I watched a movie first.

Basically, I wanted to edit my post asap only when I first saw Robin’s response. After being out for a bit, however, I felt like relaxing at home first _instead_. You’re right though, that sequence of events isn’t necessary, nor is there any point in saying that I changed my mind. It just adds unnecessary confusion for others. I also _assumed_ it would be obvious that I was just saying that I changed my mind, which it wasn’t.

Also, while I did not consciously try to make sentence fragments, doing so anyways showed a reoccurring pattern of carelessness. This, in turn, made it harder for everyone else. I also assumed that my syntax would be understood just because I understood myself, and was therefore not being considerate of others.

I was conscious in checking if my sentences were too long, but not checking for fragments after is inexcusable. I tend to write how I speak in my head naturally (usually I’m ‘rambly’), and edit mostly after. I think that because I’m a fast talker, that I’m prone to underestimating the length of a sentence unless I go back and check. I then overcompensated (again) and failed to actually be thorough or clear in what I was saying.

There are only four active board members now. We need to have a video chat about this. Soon.

This huge time suck is bullshit.

Yes it really is.
I will be available after 1pm NY time any day of the week, including today.
It can be late (ie : after 6pm) if necessary, except for tomorrow.