Twas Brillig

Many of you already know how I feel about the word verification thingies. Today’s poll addresses this sensitive issue. Go on over to my sidebar and vote. I must know these things.

And, may I also ask, to those of you who use word verification thingies on your blog, why? Have you had experiences that made you implement one? Did you just think it was a wise idea? Do you just love to torture people like me? And for those of you who DON’T use them, why not?

In my blog’s little lifespan, I’ve only received one Spam. And guess what? It was kind of entertaining. I mean, I deleted it and all, but for one brief moment, I thought, “hmmm, that’s kinda funny!” But if it turned into a real problem, I would definitely go to a word verification system for comments (which would be a DRASTIC measure for me!)

And one last question: Does anyone besides me try to SOUND OUT the word verification? I don’t know why I feel the need to do this, but I do. And sometimes they’re really entertaining. And maybe that’s why I always spell them wrong–I sound it out in my brain and then I spell it the way it OUGHT to be spelled, not the way it IS spelled…. I dunno. I think really I’m just dumb. Which is sort of a painful revelation to me…
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ETA:
Look. LOOK! I’m NOT STUPID!!!

You Are Not Stupid

You got 10/10 questions right! While acing this quiz doesn’t prove you’re a genius, you’re at least pretty darn smart.

Apparently, word verifications are not the be-all, end-all indicator of brain capacity. AND THIS QUIZ PROVES IT!!! (Okay, but really. If you don’t get ten out of ten on this particular quiz, then there may just really be something devastatingly wrong with you. Still it’s what I needed today…)