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ComputerWorld's Help Form Elicits Some Laughs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the read-before-you-send dept.

PetManimal writes "Like many websites, Computerworld has a 'help' Web form for users to submit website-related questions. The page asks people not to ask about general Web problems, or other issues not related to Computerworld, but that hasn't stopped a regular stream of funny submissions, ranging from a question about using a computer to watch soap operas, to questions about troubleshooting printer problems."

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  1. Should replied to the lotto winner by Tweekster · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Yes, it is legit, send 500 dollars imediately"

    Help the concept of seperating a fool from his money

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  2. Re:reminds me of.... by Red+Alastor · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Definition of programming. Programming is race between Programmers, to produce idiot proof apps, and God, to create better idiots. So far God is winning.

    Of course, since idiots get into programming too.

    Check the Daily WTF if you want exemples : http://thedailywtf.com/

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  3. Re:Not funny. by evilviper · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not funny, not sad, just a waste of time.

    The problem with the internet is that you have no way to tell if a message came for a 7 year-old kid, someone who is mentally handicapped, some foreigner who can hardly understand the language, etc. I certainly don't believe those messages are representative of the public at large.

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  4. Re:reminds me of.... by TheDreadSlashdotterD · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In case you haven't noticed, people make better idiots all on their own. It doesn't take any help from God to make people breed.

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  5. It's also somewhat disturbing by pandrijeczko · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I remember a time when we all used to write things down on paper with pens or pencils and were taught all about capitalisation, punctuation and English grammar in school.

    Nowadays, most people can type faster than they can write and have access to all manner of spelling and grammar checkers but just look at the messages on that site (and many others) and it's quite shocking to witness the poor quality of what they've written, excluding the minority where English perhaps isn't their first language.

    Maybe some of this change for the worse is down to poorer quality teaching nowadays but I feel it's probably more attributable to simple downright laziness on the part of the writers who just cannot be bothered to take a little more time to communicate effectively.

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  6. Re:Not funny. by Atzanteol · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I certainly don't believe those messages are representative of the public at large.

    You need to meet more people. :-)

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  7. Re:Its more like it makes me feel like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That's barely even English. I'm surprised that dumbass can even breath.

    Oh, the irony.