Awkward Email Greg’s Response
May 11th, 2009
greg Says:
May 11, 2009 at 12:16 am | Reply edit
Just a quick response from the author of the unintentionally hilarious email… Yes I absolutely deserved to lambasted for criticizing the writing here in an email that makes me appear to be barely literate. I walked headfirst, hubristically into that trap. And honestly, because I don’t post on the internet much, it was sort of thrilling to BE the douchebag laughingstock who gets slammed by a gazillion anonymous di**-weeds taking pot shots. It’s like the cheapest fame you can get. I mean that’s what the internets are for, right? And my unsolicited advice was absolutely the same type of thing as the guy who goes up to a band and tells them how they could improve. But in my defense, I love receiving constructive criticism. I really had the best of intentions and was being sincere. And the sad truth is that somewhere in my mid twenties I noticed myself mistaking homophones when writing i.e. here/hear, meet/meat. Maybe it’s a form of brain damage? I was late for a meeting and just puked out that email without giving it a second look and I have learned my lesson. So n-e-ways tahnks for reeding my awkward apologia. And yes I think vice “dos and don’ts” are fantastic and who the fu** would say “don’t listen to someone who compares this to vice dos and don’ts”. A big fat sniveling dipsh**, that’s who. xoxo
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What is it that you people arent understanding that he said “the internets” as a joke…. president bush made that popular(unknowingly)..did you really not know about that?. Ah well. i suppose people dont even watch debates anymore.
internets is copyright of George W Bush. Greg knew that, clearly a lot of you unlitterate peoples don’t
it’s “illiterate,” Chris, but you get points for knowing where “internets” is from.
think that was a part of the joke..?
why bother ??????????
the internets was prolly the funniest part of his post. what is wrong with you d-bags who can’t read that line within the context of greg’s otherwise comedic e-mail and realize the guy is being funny. and, yes, DBs, I nose prolly is not a wurd.
give him a break, he was late for another meeting!
hehe, you’re right… i wonder what step he’s on?
The internets?
I still think he’s illiterate, had his GF or mom write it for him… I know dyslexic ppl that made more sense than his first letter.
It’s as though he was drunk as a pig, and suddenly woke up sober AND a college prof…. right.
Wow greg totally redeemed himself and then some with this email. Great sense of humor! Stop messing with him, he’s aight now.
ROFL! This is priceless. Of course, I didn’t see this until after I joined the crowd and picked on him!
wow the people who comment here are boring, and don’t know much about interwebz humor.
Lame
> Bam_KY says:
> May 20, 2009 at 7:49 am
> While I don’t think correct grammar on the “internets” (which also happened to be one > of my favorite parts of the apology email) is too terribly important, I think that propper > writing and speech are “use it or lose it” skills. It urks me too when people make
> mistakes, but not to the point that I feel like I need to tell them because I’m almost
> positive I spelled propper wrong both times. But who cares, right? Actually, as I look at
> it, there is NO WAY that is right. Is it proper? But to me that looks like it would make the
> long “o” sound. Oh well. . .
The proper way to spell urk is irk.
I think you should use your skills less, in case you wear them out.
PEDENTRY IS IRELLEVANT! YOU WILL BE CORRECTED! CORRECTED! COR-REC-TED!
All that and then you add an extra p to proper. Step up!
Greg is a super awesome genius who appreciates the power of the internets to improve communication and really get down to business on the important issues. Go Greg! I love GREG!
The awkwidity of it is boggling…..
Technically “pedentry” is “pedantry”???
Oh my god! I can’t believe people, seriously. Greg, you’re awesome – and yeah, you’re right about the Vice comment.
About the grammar… children, he didn’t make any grammar mistakes. His grammar was spot-on. He made ortography mistakes. You dumbasses!
Ortography.
x
That’s orthography. Really.
>The proper way to spell urk is irk.
>I think you should use your skills less, in case you wear them out.
>PEDENTRY IS IRELLEVANT! YOU WILL BE CORRECTED! CORRECTED! COR-REC-TED!
in that vein, it’s “pedantry” and “irrelevant”.
Greg, you are comedy genius my friend!
Ah… sarcasm really is a lost art.
So you’re running late for a meeting while writing the original e-mail?
I guess your expected contribution to said meeting was anticipated to be minimal, and/or you are simply thoughtless about the time of others.
“that’s what the internets are for, right?”
Yes that’s what the “Internets” are for.
And from now on, thanks to the Awkward email above, the entire world will now call: “Apologies” – “Apologia”
“Apologia” is awkward-speak for “Apologies.”
Please except my apologia.
This guy unleashes a litany of both blatant and suggested language in his email, and yet my comment on the Vanessa Williams picture jokingly alluding to her bre_stfeeding her children gets censored? Somebody call the ACLU. (And get me a compound bow while you’re at it.)
i had the same thought, senor. i just made one innocent fluffy joke on the mommy the pooh picture and it got censored… but not this guy. he can apparently do no wrong.
greg u r awsum keep it up bro
(Seriously though, you are a hero. Hilarious.)
I like Greg and you should like him, too. He’s a good sport and a decent guy.
i like gregggg. heeees awkwardd!!
I love these idiots who have never heard the term ‘internets’.
I laughed so hard at this post. I was in a rotten mood today and just needed to read something where someone else told someone off a bit. Thanks for the pick me up!!
Agreed! But the humor here is a little slow. I think a few need a brush-up on their internets humor. I suggest FAILblog.
Vice Do’s and Don’ts aren’t really comparable, and I don’t think there’s anyone out there that really thinks Vice is cool. It’s knowingly horrendous and a waste of time, I mean, they don’t even charge you to read it!
Constructive criticism; no comment posting when running late for meetings. Unless it’s an emergency.
People don’t get the sarcasm at all and continue to correct his grammar. God you people are worthless.
lmao.
That is all.
Forums are so awesome. Truly, the thriving grounds for anonymous hate. And the best part is that it will all pay off one day. After enough posts, you will succeed.
Amen. Amen.
Damn. That’s funny.
I’m so glad the author took the time to write a really profound email this time – evidently wasn’t running late for a meeting the second time around…BTW, what’s he going for – the second-cheapest fame? ROTFLMAO
who listen to it. all speak differently. Some one from the other more
Jules, “nobody does grammar correctly”? How do you “do grammar”?
i just think you’re trolling.
and yes, the internets is a series of tubes,
any troll, or /b/tard, or even EDiot would know that.
yay for greg, and many lulz to ya.
haha, i love the xoxo on the end, Gossip Girl style
The Internets???
I think Greg’s email is genius. Just take it for what it is—-funny.
I loved Greg’s follow-up email. It was fun to read.
Gold…
Greg, are you afraid of homophones? or do you just not understand them?
holy crap! i started misspelling homophones in my mid twenties too. what the f is that? culmination of alcohol consumption?
Um, yeah, Iz? It’s Internet, not internet. You are correct, there is only one. And it is a proper noun.
But my real point is, I knew what you meant to say. So I don’t care if you neglected to capitalize the I. Do you guys really not have anything better to do?
C’mon Greg,
Post another gem e-mail!!! I need to kill another 10 minutes next weekend wondering how much time you spent proof reading.
drama? on the internets?
Awww…you just had to get all serious and take away the funny.
I cant believe how literal people can be. Its a funny website, and apparently half of the readers dont have a sense of humor. There is irony in there somewhere!
Someone take away Greg’s dictionary and thesaurus please… Or should I say ‘Would a person of anonymous status overtake Greg’s book of definitions and book of synonyms and antonyms to my satisfaction?’ oh and take away his ‘internets’ too.
Apparently, someone takes himself way too seriously.
me fail english? thats unpossible!
it am NOT!!
YES it ARE!
“I doesn’t know, I doesn’t be there…..”