![Eight-frame cartoon. Frame 1: Bespectacled editor sits at her desk, looking at her computer, her hand on her mouse. Frame 2: She sees on her screen a post she has composed on “Social Media Platform,” which reads “[Relatable observation about a frustration common to editors]” She hits “send.” Frame 3: Her computer makes a noise, indicating someone has replied. Frame 4: The first reply reads, “Haha. So true.” Three dots indicate the same person is typing. Frame 4: The computer once again makes a noise and this time “Grammar Peeve” flies out of the screen and bonks the editor on the forehead. Frame 6: She rubs her head where she was struck as she looks more closely at the screen. Frame 7: The computer makes more noises, and more words fly out of the screen, including “Author bashing” and “usage peeve.” She shields her face with her hands. Frame 8: The editor cowers under her desk with her hands protecting her head, while “Grammar Peeve” and “Usage peeve” and “Style peeve” fly out of the screen. She yells “HELLLLLP” and curly-haired editor runs in, yelling, “Delete, delete, delete!!!”](https://i0.wp.com/ivacheung.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A7D22957-890D-4A16-8E91-5F48F94E0D47.png?ssl=1 "““I")
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This is my 1rst participation in a Blog.
Please excuse my ignorance but I’m old school. This being said I don’t understand the frustration of Blog communication.
Can someone please clarify so I don’t abuse the protocol.
Perhaps an information website that would help?…especially with what the music notes & spelling that causes agitation.
I think I understand now.
I relate so very well to the last image with the girl under the desk.
I’m not sure if it was changed recently, maybe I took more time to focus on it and it’s meaning.
Thank you…The illustrations work for me very much as my first language is French.
viki
Hi, Viki,
Because I struggled to learn French, I admire anyone learning a second language. The comic means this: A woman posts about a frustration in editing. It might be something like “Microsoft Word makes editing tables so difficult” or “I have so many projects today, I don’t know where to start!” Then she starts getting responses (the little musical notes ♪ suggesting a notification that she received responses). And suddenly, there is a flood of responses. But they are the sort of things that professional editors prefer NOT to discuss in public. Perhaps making fun of someone’s grammar mistake in print. Or pointing out a typo in someone’s post. Complaints about authors. Heated discussions about some small detail that doesn’t matter. It’s like a mathematician asking for help on a difficult mathematical proof and then people start complaining that they don’t like the shape of the number “6” or explaining why they hate Pascal! At least I think this is what Iva was trying to show!