high school dropout correnting people's spelling

hrd2imgn

I was watching Storytellers (again) and I find it rather hypocritical(not really sure if this word fits the idea I have) of Ed to be making fun of people for not spelling correctly. Coming from a guy who never even finished high school I find that message rather contradictory.

Now I don't care why he dropped out, the fact is he did drop out, and to belittle people on national TV for spelling something wrong, well I find it bullshit. If he was on the honor roll I could care less, I just find it a crock of shit he is being so condescending on TV towards the person who could not spell. I know you don't need a high school diploma to be successful, brilliant, and all the rest of the adjectives. I know Ed has risen up over his past yada yada yada... but for a guy who tries to be soo real I found it kind of a prick move myself.

Coming from a guy who regularly makes up words and tenses for his songs you'd think he would stay away from that. I think he tries to justify his lack of education by saying he researched this or that. We congratufuckulations you researched it so you must be the authority now.

I love Ed, his music, his showmanship, but I found this to be a bad move by him.

Now lets keep the thread on task here, Was Ed out of line for calling out that dude for not spelling something correctly.

I am not all worked up about this, it is a minoredit) thing on the big picture. Just wondering how you thought when he called that person out in front of millions. Yes, I also know I spelled correcting incorrectly, I hit submit before I caught it, a few others as well.

keep this away from what it is to be a drop out and towards the idea of him being a jerk for calling uneeded attention to it

MrBrian

hrd2imgn wrote:

I am not all worked up about this, it is a monor thing on the big picture. Just wondering how you thought when he called that person out in front of millions. Yes, I also know I spelled correcting incorrectly, I hit submit before I caught it.

what does monor mean :(

Cosmo

I kind of like this line:
"high school dropout correnting people's spelling"
...
Sorry... I'm just a prick sometimes.

hippiemom

If you're going to correct someone's spelling, you should absolutely be able to spell. You don't need a high school diploma for that.

This is a silly thread.

Flannel Shirt

Dose any one rellay crae? I maen, its not lkie he broghut the kid up on stgae and said "this fucknig kid splled siht wonrg, lets all ponit and laguh at this dmub fcuk"!

Relax bro...no biggie. Kinda funny.

Ahnimus

High-school is an indoctrination to society. Nothing to do with being intelligent.

_Crazy_Mary_

I liked it when Ed mentioned the spelling. I do that all the time at work. My management somehow makes 2 or 3 spelling errors on every new memo.

RockinInCanada

My spelling classes quit at Grade 6....therefore to me high school as nothing to do with spelling....

josevolution

come on at least make sure you spell every word correct before you rag on ED moron........

soulsinging

i think it was simply a matter of ed being drunk and joking around onstage as he so often does. he's got a dry sense of humor.

josevolution

MrBrian wrote:

what does monor mean :(

yeah never heard of this one lmao ...:)

Ahnimus

Rockin'InCanada wrote:

My spelling classes quit at Grade 6....therefore to me high school as nothing to do with spelling....

Spelling is really aquired knowledge. And if I spelled dermatofibrosarcomaprotuberance wrong, would anyone here know? How about pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

Some words aren't learned in school at all, and spelling them would require some exposure to them.

I used a word here a while ago that a few people didn't think was an actual word. My brother who was a straight A studen in high-school also thought I made the word up, but no, it's a real word.

RockinInCanada

Ahnimus wrote:

Spelling is really aquired knowledge. And if I spelled dermatofibrosarcomaprotuberance wrong, would anyone here know? How about pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

Some words aren't learned in school at all, and spelling them would require some exposure to them.

I used a word here a while ago that a few people didn't think was an actual word. My brother who was a straight A studen in high-school also thought I made the word up, but no, it's a real word.

Oh I agree...I was just being a smart-ass....I learned the vast majority of my words through reading and outside of grade school.

I learned more from reading on my own time growing up then I ever did in grade school, which to me was boring and easy.

Ahnimus

Rockin'InCanada wrote:

Oh I agree...I was just being a smart-ass....I learned the vast majority of my words through reading and outside of grade school.

I learned more from reading on my own time growing up then I ever did in grade school, which to me was boring and easy.

I know, I was just reiterating the point.

hrd2imgn

I can spell fine I just suck at typing

again, was it funny or Ed being a jerk for calling him out?

I think he meant for it to be funny, but was it in absolute terms?

RockinInCanada

hrd2imgn wrote:

I can spell fine I just suck at typing

again, was it funny or Ed being a jerk for calling him out?

I think he meant for it to be funny, but was it in absolute terms?

I really believe he meant no ill will.

KidCarnivore

I was there; Eddie was joking. The poor speller was loudly and laughingly mocked by his friend.

norm

hrd2imgn wrote:

towards the idea of him being a jerk for calling unneeded attention to it

Why was it unneeded? If I'm reading something aloud and it has a misspelling I'm gonna acknowledge it. For christsakes it was "climb"!! I learned to spell that when I was what, 6. What sort of opinion are you looking for here? Schooling is not a sign of intelligence.

pirljamgirl

i still need to watch storytellers. anyone know when this will be on again?

JOEJOEJOE

In many cases, such a small bit of "dissing" is actually endearing.

I assume many pearl jam fans would remember some friendly ribbing from Eddie forever!

boxwine_in_hell

hrd2imgn wrote:

I was watching Storytellers (again) and I find it rather hypocritical(not really sure if this word fits the idea I have) of Ed to be making fun of people for not spelling correctly. Coming from a guy who never even finished high school I find that message rather contradictory.

Now I don't care why he dropped out, the fact is he did drop out, and to belittle people on national TV for spelling something wrong, well I find it bullshit. If he was on the honor roll I could care less, I just find it a crock of shit he is being so condescending on TV towards the person who could not spell. I know you don't need a high school diploma to be successful, brilliant, and all the rest of the adjectives. I know Ed has risen up over his past yada yada yada... but for a guy who tries to be soo real I found it kind of a prick move myself.

Coming from a guy who regularly makes up words and tenses for his songs you'd think he would stay away from that. I think he tries to justify his lack of education by saying he researched this or that. We congratufuckulations you researched it so you must be the authority now.

I love Ed, his music, his showmanship, but I found this to be a bad move by him.

Now lets keep the thread on task here, Was Ed out of line for calling out that dude for not spelling something correctly.

I am not all worked up about this, it is a minoredit) thing on the big picture. Just wondering how you thought when he called that person out in front of millions. Yes, I also know I spelled correcting incorrectly, I hit submit before I caught it, a few others as well.

keep this away from what it is to be a drop out and towards the idea of him being a jerk for calling uneeded attention to it

I thought it was great. Apparently Ed didn't need to finish high school to know how to spell.