random question to settle a debate, if I texted you the following phrase, what would you think I was actually saying:

"man, I hate doing taxes, you should do them for me!"

6/19/2012 11:02:07 PM

it sounds like you hate doing taxes and want me to do them for you

like, filling out the actual forms and shit

not the paying part

6/19/2012 11:04:25 PM

i'd think you meant "man i sure do love sandwiches"

6/19/2012 11:04:42 PM

^ sigh

6/19/2012 11:05:19 PM

what settledown said

6/19/2012 11:06:21 PM

did i get it right

6/19/2012 11:10:07 PM

to me, its like saying "man its hot outside, you should just shoot me", obviously I am not asking you to do my taxes, just saying I hate doing them and I wish I didnt have to... like "damn I hate laundry, you should totally come do it for me"


remember, this isnt formal writing, I agree then that "you should" is an agressive command, but this is just normal, everyday texting

6/19/2012 11:11:16 PM

i, too, like sandwiches

6/19/2012 11:15:42 PM

this thread is dumb as shit

6/19/2012 11:16:32 PM

bunch of damn spoobys

6/19/2012 11:19:28 PM

does the recipient of the text have any special qualifications, skills, or hobbies that might make them more suitable (in their eyes) to do taxes than you?

that could affect how they read it

6/19/2012 11:26:30 PM

a semicolon could have helped..

6/19/2012 11:29:22 PM

well, the original was a slightly different topic but i wanted to make it more universal


^ motherfucker said use a semicolon while texting

[Edited on June 19, 2012 at 11:31 PM. Reason : d]

6/19/2012 11:30:41 PM

I am so confused.

6/19/2012 11:31:33 PM

man, I hate jerking off, you should do it for me!

6/19/2012 11:31:33 PM

not that vulgar

6/19/2012 11:34:02 PM

man, text messages are so confusing!

6/19/2012 11:43:35 PM

especially when you drip mayo and BBQ sauce all over your phone, constantly, right?

6/19/2012 11:44:09 PM

no, just when you have trouble understanding and/or conveying simple english language cellphone messages

i only made the sandwich comment since this thread premise was so dumb

6/19/2012 11:47:39 PM

not my fault she couldnt understand obvious sarcasm...

6/19/2012 11:48:33 PM

Quote :

"Be thoughtful/humorous - Hundreds of people browse the message board each day. Before you post something, think to yourself, "would the majority of the users want to read this?". If the answer is "no", then don't post it."

6/19/2012 11:51:09 PM

oh please... all the stupid "ask so and so a question" threads and every single thread BB has ever made and you worry about this one that is admittedly a random question??

and I was just asking for a few people's interpretation of the statement, half the posts in here are yours anyways

6/19/2012 11:56:00 PM

I got a text about 20-30 minutes ago saying "Lol how the game looking?"

maybe I should make a thread!

6/19/2012 11:57:47 PM

if you got into a three hour debate about the wording of the text that delved into regional dialects, slang, and gender issues, then please do... if I am not interested I wont go to the thread again.

6/19/2012 11:59:50 PM

i sense some jimmies being rustled

6/20/2012 12:04:19 AM

i since jaybee's jimmies being rustled for his shitty thread being called out as such

and who has 3 hour arguments over a simple text? not me

6/20/2012 12:09:06 AM

it happens

6/20/2012 12:16:56 AM

I would definitely think you wanted me to come over and bang you. Definitely.

6/20/2012 12:29:55 AM

it's a little late for taxes isn't it?

6/20/2012 2:13:55 AM

I would have thought you were asking me to do your taxes. If there were follow up texts or preceding texts that showed you were having a conversation about random shit I would take it as a joke, but the text in and of itself says you want me to do your taxes. So therefore I would do your taxes, send you a bill and take you to Judge Joe Brown when you refused to pay for said services. I would also inform the IRS of various shady deductions you forced me to take and testify against you at your trial in exchange for immunity. However, I will visit you in prison and bring you cigarettes and vaseline. The cigarettes would be for jailhouse currency in the hopes that could buy protection. The vaseline would be there in case you could not buy protection and had to become someone's girlfriend in lieu of being coming everyone's girlfriend.

6/20/2012 2:49:10 AM