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Usually.
Unless you are just commenting to let me know that Firefox didn’t realize ‘Karma Sutra’ is actually ‘Kama Sutra’, in which case I bow down to your obviously more prolific knowledge of porn, and apologize on behalf of my somewhat-lacking spellcheck.
Joennis (unregistered) wrote:
It’s actually *Kama* Sutra, but oh well…. close…
It’s actually called ‘having a life’ Joe, which clearly you don’t.
Asshole.
Now THAT is karma. And it comes from hindu lore, not porn.
Isn’t karma sutra like when you give your wife earrings, and then you get laid?
Actually it isn’t just spelling but a complete misunderstanding of the subject(s). The defensiveness just amplifies the misunderstanding. If an opportunity arises to learn a person should take it and be appreciative. That you get irritated by something so minor reflects rather more on you than the gentle correction you received.
Kama is pleasure, sensual gratification, sexual fulfillment, pleasure of the senses, desire, eros, the aesthetic enjoyment of life in Sanskrit. Sūtra literally means a thread or line that holds things together, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a manual.
Karma in Indian religions is the concept of “action” or “deed”, understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect. In theistic schools of Hinduism, humans have free will to choose good or evil and suffer the consequences, which require the will of God to implement karma’s consequences, unlike Buddhism or Jainism which do not accord any role to a supreme God or gods. In Eastern beliefs, the karmic effects of all deeds are viewed as actively shaping past, present, and future experiences.
Sure, you don’t have to spell everything correctly. Same as mispronunciations like “nucular” or “foilage,” we’ll understand what you mean. You’ll just sound like an idiot.
So… you went out of your way to publish a post/article in which what you’re doing is admitting that you were wrong, and that you’re upset that someone else was right?
No Jack, I got upset because it’s annoying that someone will come to the site, and apparently have nothing in the world to say other than ‘you spelled a word wrong’.
If you invited someone to your house for dinner, and they ate and said nothing to you the entire night other than ‘you overcooked the steak’, would you not be annoyed?
We have since put a comments policy in place to cover this sort of douchebaggery.