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Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by kstenerud on Sunday December 15, 2019 @02:11AM (#21794927)
That was a cool nightmare scenario story, but holy mother of mercy was it ever tedious to read!

I can tolerate some bad grammar, but somehow the combination of incorrect articles, words auto-spellchecked to something completely different, run-on sentences, and lack of punctuation, made it a real chore to read through without getting lost...

Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by luka-birsa on Sunday December 15, 2019 @05:12AM (#21795432)
What? :)

I hope the OP writes a book with zero changes to his writing style.

OP, please write that book / collection of stories. Loved reading this, it makes me appreciate the culture and quality of work we have in our company.

Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by trenchgun on Sunday December 15, 2019 @03:42AM (#21795182)
What. Personally I really enjoyed the writing.
Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by ghego1 on Sunday December 15, 2019 @03:07AM (#21795083)
The author is probably a non native English speaker
Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by beojan on Sunday December 15, 2019 @03:27AM (#21795144)
It actually reads to me like the author is definitely a native English speaker.
Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by AndrewDucker on Sunday December 15, 2019 @04:36AM (#21795322)
Agreed.

The patterns sound like native English speech.

I suspect dyslexia.

Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by caymanjim on Sunday December 15, 2019 @02:26AM (#21794972)
I couldn't make it past the first block of text. I wonder if people who write like that realize how it makes them look? I'd never hire them.
Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by lucasverra on Sunday December 15, 2019 @02:41AM (#21795013)
Personally I found this piece pretty fun to read. The guy is ventilating some stress through prose, not applying to work with you.
Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by makarhum on Sunday December 15, 2019 @03:08AM (#21795090)
I enjoyed it too. It reminds me of The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll. Both were written in very similar style.
Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by caymanjim on Sunday December 15, 2019 @03:52AM (#21795205)
I don't doubt that there's an interesting story in there. I tried to hang in long enough to find out. I can only take so much, though.
Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by andai on Sunday December 15, 2019 @05:55AM (#21795582)
Hang in there, man.
Re:A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers by johnchristopher on Sunday December 15, 2019 @12:59PM (#21797684)
i en joyed it but s true that lack of pucntuation and grammatical errors made it harder to read then necessary. /s