If you have ever read a post/tweet/comment/text worded in the style of the title of this post and immediately felt the dark cloud of irritation creep into your mind, keep reading.

If you have ever written a post/tweet/comment/text worded in the style of the title of this post, stop reading now because I am going to offend you.

Actually, reverse what I just said. Those who were irritated may stop reading, because the message of this post really doesn’t apply to you. You already get what I’m trying to say, and you might just agree with me.

However, those of you who are guilty of using such language to “communicate”, you should be ashamed of yourselves. The art of the written word has been developed and practiced for millennia. Wordsmiths have devoted their entire lives to the perfection of their craft, to refining the science of language until it gains the beauty of art. People have DIED for their words. How the hell can you possibly justify producing a work riddled with errors and disregarding the fact that those errors are present? What you are doing is making a mockery of the English language, spitting on the graves of those who lived and died for what they crafted.

And why? Why is this genocide against grammar gaining ground? To put it simply, because we are lazy. We couldn’t be bothered to take the time to spell correctly. All that matters is speed. Get this status update finished so I can keep texting that rumor to my entire contact list before I check my Twitter feed and tweet what I just ate. Oops, too many characters, let’s omit some vowels!

I’m disgusted. America, the land of opportunity, and we deprive vowels of their liberty.

I apologize for the extremist content and the confrontational tone, but this plague has bothered me for a while now. Thank you for listening.