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taketheleapAug 12, 2010
I want a pair of ruby/panda bear pants.
Put THOSE in your store.
tii9Aug 12, 2010
I liked those pants, alot
pip182Aug 12, 2010
Wrong comic...
IllBeBackAug 13, 2010
Has Oatmeal done a comic explaining that "alot" is not a word?
muffinmonkAug 13, 2010
IIIBeBack, you don't get it.
ronmexico69Aug 13, 2010
Well... it is an oatmeal about grammar, and a lot is technically two words...
wupikeAug 13, 2010
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
I totally expected you to finish you comment with "and smoke it".
rahulmaxAug 16, 2010
Oatmeal again!
webconnoisseurAug 12, 2010
Great stuff--only missing piece is an example of using both i.e. and e.g. in the same sentence. Anyone care to take a shot?
pxmmAug 12, 2010
Anyone, i.e., you diggers, care to take a shot, e.g. a punch or firing a pistol?
amidoinitrite?
dolomite808Aug 12, 2010
I'm pretty sure that you just did it.
doctechnicalAug 12, 2010
To comply with your request, i.e., provide such a sentence, the writer would probably require an onerous number of non-alphabetic symbols, e.g., commas, periods or parentheses.
vendrakeAug 12, 2010
Don't use i.e. -- get a real browser, e.g. Firefox.
hakonanAug 12, 2010
Way to steal oatmeal's own comment.
vendrakeAug 12, 2010
Heh, you're right. I didn't see that. I guess great minds really do think alike.
kuzmiakAug 12, 2010
Did you read their article about semicolons?
ayeroxorAug 12, 2010
and so do yours
Closed AccountAug 12, 2010
Some browsers suck, e.g.i.e.
mobixxAug 13, 2010
, i.e., Firefox
it is a finite list FIREFOX FTW
Closed AccountAug 12, 2010
The comments above mine are awesome.
kitsuaAug 13, 2010
Unfortunately, trickle-down awesome doesn't work.
yankeefan138Aug 13, 2010
Or does it?!
anoriginalnameAug 13, 2010
no.
greatquizzardAug 12, 2010
Oh, so THAT's how you kill a unicorn. [goes off to kill that unicorn in the backyard]
iboxAug 12, 2010
Damn pests.
cygnus2112Aug 12, 2010
I've been using the wrong type of claymore. But I was able to chop the legs and arms off of a knight!
dolomite808Aug 12, 2010
Twas but a flesh wound.
th3wh1terabb1tAug 13, 2010
You yellow bastard!!! I'll bite your legs off!
zorton213Aug 13, 2010
It worked in Oblivion
kimbomittAug 12, 2010
No, the best way to kill a Unicorn is to perform Inception on it, planting in it's brain the idea that unicorns don't exist, so that it thinks that since it can't be real, it must be in a dream, and then it kills itself.
fightfortruthAug 12, 2010
If that's the case I should be VERY popular with the ladies... if only I had a Koala.
missamooAug 13, 2010
Koalas are smelly little bastards that will pee on you if they get a chance, avoid them at all costs. Do not believe the hype. On the other hand be very scared of drop bears!
nistion13Aug 12, 2010
The Oatmeal tricks me into learning using cute creatures (e.g. koalas, unicorns, and dead pandas).
allantronAug 12, 2010
I thought this would be relevant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZEgvViNAFk
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
The best way to blow a unicorn into unrecognizable bits is with a claymore, or multiple claymores.
thegreenspanputAug 13, 2010
nope. i.e.
tii9Aug 13, 2010
You forgot the alot
seren2399Aug 12, 2010
I love how The Oatmeal is hilarious and educational.
kwcarpenterAug 12, 2010
Hilarducational.
spazattack5000Aug 12, 2010
Just like real oatmeal.
xnorwaksAug 12, 2010
I too enjoy the Oatmeal ,i.e., an educational and hilarious website, they come out with some pretty educational stuff, e.g., "Proper Usage of A Semi-Colon".
boyprodigy1Aug 12, 2010
Now if only he would make a graphic about run-on sentences...
xnorwaksAug 12, 2010
Should've used a semi-colon in retrospect
recruzAug 12, 2010
@xnorwaks the Oatmeal is a single person.
atarioAug 13, 2010
I do too. But I do wish he'd actually given the Latin words.
i.e. = id est, "that is"
e.g. = exempli gratia, "for the sake of example"
Knowing the actual root words does help avoid screwing things up, in general. For example, knowing that "etc." is short for et cetera, "and the others", helps me avoid saying stupid things like "eck cetera" (in spoken language), "etc., etc., etc.", and the like.
tkeajaxAug 12, 2010
Thank you Oatmeal for continuing the advancement of education to diggers everywhere.
Closed AccountAug 12, 2010
My mom is going to start using these in her classroom!
heavypettingzooAug 13, 2010
Actually, I was in your mom already
dlite922Aug 13, 2010
Badum - TISH!
dmurphy04Aug 13, 2010
I read this as "education to gentlemen everywhere" and was like, ಠ_ಠ
v3rtex7740Aug 18, 2010
I know, how would they read it?
teexcueAug 12, 2010
I've learned more useful things about the English language from The Oatmeal than over a decade in English classes in school.
guitarchitectAug 12, 2010
wow... you must have been a terrible student. the oatmeal has told me everything I already knew, but in a cute and charming way
teexcueAug 12, 2010
Give me a break, the comment was more out of fun than seriousness. And why assume that I was the terrible student? In my opinion, my teachers were never qualified to teach English. (Aced every English class, by the way. Not a slacker.)
acqua206Aug 13, 2010
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robotochanAug 13, 2010
Maybe you should try another school.
IllBeBackAug 13, 2010
I just wish more people would find Oatmeal's education comics so that I would stop reading hundreds of posts per day where "its" and "it's" are reversed from the way they should be.
It seems like most people simply don't know that "it's" means "it is" or "it has". It can't all be blamed on laziness.
solisAug 13, 2010
Oh, I love the Oatmeal, but f**k anyone that thinks they can stop the change of a language, i.e, go f**k yourself.
timmmmAug 15, 2010
Yeah, although I don't think you should use 'i.e.' for definitions (the claymore example). It doesn't flow at all well, and no-one does it. Better to use brackets:
"The best way to take out a unicorn is with a Claymore (a directional mine which explodes shrapnel into a designated kill zone)."
Much better.
gefahrAug 17, 2010
those are parentheses.
these are [brackets].
/TMYK
unluckybastardAug 12, 2010
unicorns are kinda douchey. need more claymore
joglebyAug 12, 2010
The Oatmeal is one of the best comics on the Internet, i.e., the series of tubes.
diggpickAug 13, 2010
Yo dawg, I heard you like i.e...
jedipilotAug 13, 2010
The series of tubes is awesome, e.g., tube 1, tube 2, and tube 3.
mrkmrkmrkAug 12, 2010
Oatmeal needs to create an English textbook as soon as possible. Millions of dollars will be made.
aquapeteAug 12, 2010
The Oatmeal is the School House Rock of the internet!
pdaisaokAug 13, 2010
Vagina junction, what's your function?
darkshroudAug 13, 2010
To enslave men.
stilesjaAug 13, 2010
passing along the herpes and taking your pay check.
rglarson13Aug 15, 2010
Taken' in sperm and spittin' out babies!
eastwood24Aug 12, 2010
It was cool the language in the Oatmeal's grammar guide was appropriate for a middle school classroom. I think I'm going to buy the poster for this lady friend to put in her English classroom.
jektalAug 12, 2010
There's no better way to a woman's heart than hot Oatmeal.
Or, so I hope.
dolomite808Aug 12, 2010
It's gonna be awful hard to drink the unicorn's blood if I blow it to little bits. Anyone have any other sub-optimal recommendations?
iboxAug 12, 2010
get the blood before you blow up the unicorn... try a machette.
doctechnicalAug 12, 2010
A duck press would do the job. Assuming you have either a very large duck press or a very small unicorn.
dolomite808Aug 12, 2010
Wow. Had to google that one. Now I just need to find one big enough.
jektalAug 12, 2010
Blow the unicorn to bits over a giant funnel.
originalmadmattAug 13, 2010
use a straw?
Closed AccountAug 12, 2010
If I ever become an English teacher I will post Oatmeal posters all over my room.
Hell, even if I become some sort of other teacher. Teach those kids some desperately needed grammar.
gr00verAug 12, 2010
I, too, love eating meat whose ingredients are a mystery, e.g. torpedo-shaped-porkmeats, unicorn liver pâté and yak gumbo.
iboxAug 12, 2010
where is the mystery in Unicorn liver?
gr00verAug 12, 2010
Fillers. There's a lot of fillers in unicorn liver pâté.
doctechnicalAug 12, 2010
Vienna sausages. What are those made of? Not Vienna, evidently.
rain12913Aug 12, 2010
Is it really correct to say "meat whose..."? Don't you need to be referring to an entity to use "who"?
ak666jkAug 13, 2010
As long as there's a noun, it's capable of possession within an English sentence. "Meat" is a noun, and 'whose' is properly used.
almightyzamAug 12, 2010
I've learned more about grammar from The Oatmeal than I ever did in high school english!
rockaway17Aug 12, 2010
That's terrible.
thegreat0neAug 13, 2010
Let me guess. Did you go to public school?
hrishikesAug 12, 2010
1. Armpits....check.
2. Unkempt back hair…check.
Now All I need is a Koala, i.e., Phascolarctos cinereus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala
oatmealAug 12, 2010Submitter
Here's one other way to use i.e. in a sentence:
IE sucks raging koala scrotums; I recommend using Chrome or Firefox.
diuleiAug 12, 2010
I was kind of hoping it would appear in the comic. Oh well, still good.
scottishcookieAug 12, 2010
I LOVE the Oatmeal!!! this one was very cute thanks!
invictus125Aug 12, 2010
Here here... IE once forced me to do jQuery gymnastics for half an hour to get a damn event listener to work properly. With the amount of web development you've done, I can only imagine the horrors you've endured.
kwcarpenterAug 12, 2010
Dugg for semicolon usage.
omega286Aug 12, 2010
naw, you just wanted to digg Oatmeal.
kwcarpenterAug 12, 2010
I don't need an excuse to digg Oatmeal. In this case, however, I had one.
elperegrinoAug 13, 2010
"Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college." Kurt Vonnegut
exloserAug 12, 2010
dear oatmeal,
my parents got me a poster from your gift shop. You made all my birthday wishes come true. thank you.
sincerely, satisfied digger that likes oatmeal.
oatmealAug 12, 2010Submitter
Awesome - thanks for buying a copy. I'm saving up for those ruby panda bear pants.
spazattack5000Aug 12, 2010
Lies! We all know he is using the money to buy claymore mines.
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
I think he's saving up to buy my house, it's up for sale for $900.
originalmadmattAug 13, 2010
id rather buy the oatmeal's oatmeal o.o ABC
doctechnicalAug 12, 2010
Alternately, "raging koala scrota".
qwerty314Aug 12, 2010
Alternatively, "Alternatively".
drdoesdiggAug 13, 2010
Your right IE does suck. but there are alot of other crappy browser's to ie., (opera chrome etc.)
philogosAug 13, 2010
whoa..
sucka27Aug 13, 2010
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drdoesdiggAug 13, 2010
You seen worse then IE? i doubt it man.
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe
Please refer to the preceding educational articles for lessons on how not to be an idiot. Thank you.
nspriggsAug 13, 2010
@Phoward That was the joke
bartledooAug 13, 2010
If I was you; I'd of gone full retard...
"your write IE does suck: But their's alot of other crappy browser's to ie, (oprah chrome etc...)"
anoriginalnameAug 13, 2010
"your right"??????
really?
sigh.
stormdancerAug 13, 2010
Ow ow ow... the GSP, it burrrrns!
Well played, though.
drdoesdiggAug 13, 2010
@ anoriginalname
you dont Think hes right?
IE lover!
philogosAug 17, 2010
I didn't want to ask before because I was unsure if you was joking. DRdoesdigg, I said whoa because how can you make a post like yours with all of its flaws as a reply to an Oatmeal comment?
Sometimes I get lazy with my capitalization and punctuation; but not in a thread like this!
insomniasystemsAug 13, 2010
@DRdoesdigg
,e.g.,
princednaAug 13, 2010
HOLY CRAP HE USED THAT PERIOD FLOATING ABOVE THAT COMMA THING!!!! WHAT DOES IT MEAN??!?!!
Closed AccountAug 13, 2010
I would also recommend using a different browser (eg. Firefox or Chrome).
llanowarAug 13, 2010
Dear Oatmeal,
If I was a prostitute, I would give you a freebie.
Sincerely,
A fan.
jaybolAug 20, 2010
Except for IE6, it keeps web designers sharp
spawnofyanniAug 12, 2010
I was really, really hoping for a "but you should never use IE" joke.
amorriseAug 12, 2010
I too expected something along the lines of
Example sentence: "The web browser that sucks the most is IE"
matthewf01Aug 13, 2010
"[...] ie, Internet Explorer"
kwcarpenterAug 12, 2010
Look up very slightly.
spawnofyanniAug 12, 2010
Hah, s**t. Beaten by one minute by the man himself.
FPSmotoAug 12, 2010
GENIUS! HAve my babies plzkthx.
beesknees21Aug 12, 2010
Ok but what about use of "ex."?
inmsweantitrustAug 13, 2010
"I can't believe I ever hooked up with my ex."
thejackylAug 13, 2010
"I think my ex was the one and now my life is empty."
beesknees21Aug 13, 2010
Of course I was trying to find out the difference between e.g. and ex. (as in example). It was a legitimate question but it was just voted down and given 'funny' answers. :(
skinturtleAug 12, 2010
Only the anal care about this stuff.
tk0680Aug 13, 2010
The anal and those who prefer not to appear retarded.
powderedtoastyAug 12, 2010
E-G-I-E f**k you. The point is when I say jump you say OK, OK?
Yeah Ray, OK
-get shorty
powderedtoastyAug 13, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_PL8ouEAus
Guess it's funnier when he says it.
Closed AccountAug 12, 2010
This sucks i.e. it blows.
I keeed, I keeed.
wondertwinsAug 12, 2010
Who knew I would get proper and coherent grammar lessons on the internets?
raumschiffAug 13, 2010
There's a capital I on the Internets ;)
tinkafooAug 12, 2010
excerpt from "The Super-Modern Up-To-Date Illustrated Web 2.0 Elements of Style" by Strunk, White & Oatmeal
bartledooAug 13, 2010
I'd buy that for sure.
t0bygAug 12, 2010
This is the best oatmeal ever!
packers2009Aug 13, 2010
There shall be no Binky or users who strive to be Binky in the comments section of The Oatmeal articles!
That is all!
cloudberriesAug 12, 2010
Highly informative. Although using a comma after an abbreviation seems strange and un-natural to me, I fear I shan't be doing that the next time I misuse those terms i.e. right now when I say that this example, and many other examples of the use of e.g., e.g., I enjoy eating toasted foodstuffs i.e. toast, muffins etc., I have a fear of tiny things i.e. small clowns, mice and so on - are wrong, or otherwise inaccurate for the purposes of lulz e.g. they have been mistyped purposefully in a futile attempt at a joke, many examples of which I have tried to include in this sentence e.g. when I said 'e.g. e.g. I enjoy eating toasted foodstuffs'Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountAug 12, 2010
lol wut
someeguyyAug 12, 2010
The Oatmeal likes to use childish, gimmicky form of writing e.g. "When eating a squirrel taco, Bigfoot..." to which people fall victim to and makes them retarded i.e. ......more retarded.
Grow the f**k up.
/Oatmeal haterComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
plundstedtAug 12, 2010
Haters gonna hate
isobaneAug 12, 2010
Lovers gonna love
pip182Aug 12, 2010
I don't even want,
None of the above
blackpawnAug 13, 2010
I want to pee on you.
...I really didn't want to be the guy that had to post this. I really didn't. Damn you R. Kelly!
barneysposseAug 13, 2010
Freight trains gonna freight.
IllBeBackAug 13, 2010
Having fun while learning reinforces the knowledge, no matter how old the person is.
If you were as smart as you think yourself to be, you would know that.
tigerstar337Aug 12, 2010
Squirrel Taco, yummmm.
Closed AccountAug 12, 2010
IE sucks, i.e., Internet Explorer sucks.
kwcarpenterAug 12, 2010
IE, i.e., Internet Exploder, sucks.
sup3rsh3epAug 13, 2010
o snap
kidlover69Aug 12, 2010
I need to think of something funny because this will definitely get to the first page.
tunitg6Aug 12, 2010
Why is The Oatmeal SO BAOSSS!!!
I really love their grammar lessons. Despite the fact that they're a little childish and 1337 H4x0ry for my taste, they're awesome.
Definitely wouldn't buy one of those posters.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jdpwnsyouAug 12, 2010
I would like to take this moment to announce my love of the oatmeal. (i.e. - not gay sex)
amidoinitrite?
gregdogumAug 12, 2010
I like oatmeal. The Oatmeal ain't too shabby either!
ishqboliAug 12, 2010
once again, thanks to The Oatmeal for being a grammar nazi and enjoyably informative at the same time.
vman81Aug 12, 2010
I just learned what the difference between infer and imply was.
A reader/receiver can infer something in what he reads/hears
A writer/sender can imply something in what he writes/says
easy peasy :D
cynicaltylerAug 12, 2010
Weird Al hates it when you get those mixed up.
cubicledroneAug 12, 2010
What's this new feature of Digg where you can put your own content on the front page several times a month?
cesclaveriaAug 13, 2010
its called quality submissions.
joemanjiAug 12, 2010
Damn Oatmeal you smart!
simonmasonAug 12, 2010
When you make poorly drawn web comics, you use the same formulaic overly exaggerated imagery, e.g., yak blood, gorilla penis, manta ray vulva, rhinoceros farts.
You make the same unfunny "educational" comics every week with the same exaggerations, the same horribly drawn panels, and exploit digg by submitting your own stories. If you only did two of those three things I think I'd be ok with it. For example - learn to draw. Or let someone else find and submit your work. Or maybe stop doing the same s**t over and over again. I'm sure this will get dugg down, but there has to be a balance to all the dumb-ass "Dear Oatmeal, you rule, sincerely, Digg" comments. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
fallout22Aug 12, 2010
I wish exploiting Digg was as easy as submitting your own stories.
Unfortunately, it takes a group of radical patriots who are on digg/bury patrols 24/7...but that would be impossible, right ?
Closed AccountAug 12, 2010
http://myapokalips.com/show/125#comic
bigdorkaramaAug 12, 2010
Should have included "viz." Not enough people use that.
shoff88Aug 12, 2010
Sometimes I wish I was an English teacher so I could put up Oatmeal posters in my classroom... then I remember how much money English teachers make...
phylaxerAug 12, 2010
When did anally proper grammar become cool? What happened to not giving a s**t?
fallout22Aug 12, 2010
One day The Oatmeal needs to create a strip where the wrong usage of a certain word is taught. It will then cause a breach in the space-time continuum, and 15% of all male 17 to 22 will forever fail at whatever word was shown.
tyrghastAug 12, 2010
Dude. Bro. Chillax.
fallout22Aug 16, 2010
NO YOU CHILLAX. YOU COME IN HERE, THINKING YOU'RE THE BIG MAN ON CAMPUS?! (i.e. Chuck Norris).
AND I'M NOT YOUR BRO...PAL.
s4forum18Aug 12, 2010
from ESPN today,
Then there's Cain, "a guy who can get very hot and really pitch great," one NL scout said. And Zito, who has made seven more postseason starts than the rest of this rotation put together (i.e., it's 7-0), "is still capable of dialing up a good game," another scout said.
hellicusAug 12, 2010
The Oatmeal should start writing children books. Seriously.
misteratozAug 13, 2010
Eh... but the stuff that makes his work relevant to us semi-adult to adults ( violence, language, and references he uses) would not work well with kids
Closed AccountAug 22, 2010
I don't understand that over-protective behaviour towards 14-16 years-old. They already know and use that language.
anti404Aug 12, 2010
I don't get why people start using phrases they don't understand; do they just randomly decide that they know what they mean after hearing them used once and then continue to use them the rest of their lives or something?
Closed AccountAug 12, 2010
Yes.
powderedtoastyAug 13, 2010
Well you see, vis a vis being integral to the vernacular, its not really that bad, per se.