countingnothings reblogged
That can't be right, can it? the 2000's weren't THAT long ago??
i know it’s petty of me - i know! - but when guidelines for things, especially unnecessarily detailed and restrictive guidelines, have spelling/grammar/consistency errors, i stop being able to take the guidelines seriously. like, if you cared about this, you would have proofread it.
#being unnecessarily detailed and restrictive is ALREADY enough to grind my gears#in everything from grant-writing to 'things you must tag your fanwork to participate in our event'#but if you can't even spell properly? bro#GPOY#things that genuinely make me want to opt out of whatever it is your guidelines are for#because do i want to associate myself with you?#also aware that this is hypocritical because of all of my own spelling/grammar/consistency errors no i will not be taking criticism at this#time#ALSO if your guidelines are interpretable in different ways#and you yourself perform inconsistent interpretation in responding to questions re: guideline interpretation#that means you did a bad job developing the guidelines#and you should feel bad