I have all but given up hope that the citizens of the United States of America will once again care about the English language.
Ending sentences with prepositions, improper use of who/whom, shorthand used in texting (even though most phones have full QWERTY keyboards), and several more bastardizations of this wonderful and confusing language have all been under my skin for a while, but I have decided to make peace with those minor infractions. But I haven't let everything off the hook. Not knowing the difference between your/you're [ex.
You're ability to retain second grade grammar knowledge is astounding.], knowing when to use "my" or "I", [ex.
Steve and I's new show is pure awesome sauce!], putting the dollar sign AFTER the numerical digits [ex.
If your still looking for something fun to do in Poughkeepsie, bring you're friends and meet Tonya and I's friends at Slippy Wickets, only 5$ cover.], and a few other offenses will set forth a chain of reactions inside me which is very similar to what Bruce Banner struggles with on a nearly day-to-day basis. Knowing how to properly use each of these common words/phrases is elementary, but-believe it or not-this isn't the worst display of idiocy which exists. The worst thing to see is misinformation stated which could be easily fact-checked using Wikipedia! There's no excuse anymore. Google has answered every question asked. And to make things go from bad to worse, a writer actually confused Metallica and Megadeth. "Blasphemy!", I cry aloud. "Blasphemy!"
I was looking through this guitar book I was just given* when I noticed a very familiar guitar. It's
Metallica's
James Hetfield's
ESP Truckster model. The first mistake is laughable. Obviously, the writer and some proofreader (assuming the book actually had a proofreader) has dyslexia confusing ESP and EPS. It's easy to find humor in brain disorders. But mixing Metallica and Megadeth,
sir, is no laughing matter. There is no way in hell that this oversight can be excused. James in Megadeth? Just typing that sentence took 20 minutes. This is just wrong.
I'm giving you folks a first look at this before I send it along to Metallica and the book's publishing company. Why? I know that my massive amount of readers will help me in my quest to rake the people responsible for this appalling act over the coals. This just disgusts me to no end. But, it's still a pretty cool guitar.
*Yes, I was just given the book last week but it was intended as a Christmas gift...from my lady.
