Overkill with Negative Rep

[jt25man]

I posted this on a the thread for leaving things to the last minute:

Originally Posted by jt25man

I'm a mixture, I plan ahead for my procrastination.

If that's confusing then I've done my job.

Then someone left negative rep with this comment: your limited skill in the use of the english language is depressing.

How is it that some people post fairly offensive and really offensive messages and have loads of positive reputation, yet others that post nothing more than a simple thought and get negative rep.