Is internet short-hand out of control?

[Zer_]

I just ignore it.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Damn young uns' eh?

Not All of them. I use correct grammar, after all.

This is what is known as "Irony".

 

[Eternal_Rapture]

It use to see things like IMO, or SP? and be able to look up what those letters meant, but nowadays I can't help but notice people are just making them up at their leisure. Does anyone else feel this way? Or have we just gone crazy.

wtf u talkin bout?!1

Just playing, Magnetic. Indeed, it's getting out of hand. Sure, a while ago it was "Yeah, okay, that's interesting..." Now it's "Okay, that's just hurting my head to even try to read."

Their common defense is "It's easier" or "faster". Alright, so when ever you ask me for something I type "no" because it's easier then "yes".

Just say this. If you going to type "plz" cause its easier than "please" than I'm going to type "no" because its easier than "yes".

 

[Devil's Due]

It use to see things like IMO, or SP? and be able to look up what those letters meant, but nowadays I can't help but notice people are just making them up at their leisure. Does anyone else feel this way? Or have we just gone crazy.

wtf u talkin bout?!1

Just playing, Magnetic. Indeed, it's getting out of hand. Sure, a while ago it was "Yeah, okay, that's interesting..." Now it's "Okay, that's just hurting my head to even try to read."

Their common defense is "It's easier" or "faster". Alright, so when ever you ask me for something I type "no" because it's easier then "yes".

Just say this. If you going to type "plz" cause its easier than "please" than I'm going to type "no" because its easier than "yes".

Haven't heard that one since my World of Warcraft days, hah!

EDIT: Stupid Hyper Text Market Language format...

 

[Eternal_Rapture]

Yea I like that one, seems to piss people off a bit, and I love it.

 

[zoozilla]

I feel sorry for those who have to abbreviate their sentences so drastically.

They must not be very fast at typing.

 

[COR 2000]

Damn young uns' eh?

Not All of them. I use correct grammar, after all.

This is what is known as "Irony".

Nope. it's known as, what you would call, "An Escapist Youth."

 

[Gun of Brixton]

I'd rather have abbreviations for many things, than the travesty people make of English and grammar.

Hey, I'll ttyl, bye! > Hey il tlk 2 u l8r bb!

 

[the monopoly guy]

Leet speak isn't out of control. Sure, bad grammar and spelling are; but the only time you ever see leet speak is in people's names.

 

[wilsonscrazybed]

As long as the words convey some sort of meaning they are fine. For example; if my girlfriend texts me with "I luv you" I know what is going on. Where it annoys me personally, is when people use shorthand just to reply to something they actually have nothing to say anything about.

For example:
A: So I was talking to Jenny about microfusion heaters in the home.
B: That's an area of research I am very interested in, what did she say?
A: Well she was talking about how to dispose of spent fuel cells...
C: Fuel Cells FTW!

 

[zoozilla]

A: So I was talking to Jenny about microfusion heaters in the home.
B: That's an area of research I am very interested in, what did she say?
A: Well she was talking about how to dispose of spent fuel cells...
C: Fuel Cells FTW!

OMG, Fuel Cells LOL

 

[curlycrouton]

Damn young uns' eh?

Not All of them. I use correct grammar, after all.

This is what is known as "Irony".

Nope. it's known as, what you would call, "An Escapist Youth."

I believe the irony he was referring to was the fact that the first and second words in your sentence both begin in capitals.

That, and the comma between "grammar" and "after" was not needed.

Nope. it's known as, what you would call, "An Escapist Youth."

This is also incorrect, as the "what you would call" part of your sentence is superflous, because you have already illustrated that point when you said "it's known as". Also, after the "Nope." You haven't used capitals.

 

[COR 2000]

Damn young uns' eh?

Not All of them. I use correct grammar, after all.

This is what is known as "Irony".

Nope. it's known as, what you would call, "An Escapist Youth."

I believe the irony he was referring to was the fact that the first and second words in your sentence both begin in capitals.

That, and the comma between "grammar" and "after" was not needed.

Nope. it's known as, what you would call, "An Escapist Youth."

This is also incorrect, as the "what you would call" part of your sentence is superflous, because you have already illustrated that point when you said "it's known as". Also, after the "Nope." You haven't used capitals.

Oh, bugger. Now I feel like a Hypocrite. Thanks for pointing out my flaws/hypocrisy, then.

 

[curlycrouton]

Damn young uns' eh?

Not All of them. I use correct grammar, after all.

This is what is known as "Irony".

Nope. it's known as, what you would call, "An Escapist Youth."

I believe the irony he was referring to was the fact that the first and second words in your sentence both begin in capitals.

That, and the comma between "grammar" and "after" was not needed.

Nope. it's known as, what you would call, "An Escapist Youth."

This is also incorrect, as the "what you would call" part of your sentence is superflous, because you have already illustrated that point when you said "it's known as". Also, after the "Nope." You haven't used capitals.

Oh, bugger. Now I feel like a Hypocrite. Thanks for pointing out my flaws/hypocrisy, then.

No problem (lower case on "hypocrite").

 

[COR 2000]

Damn young uns' eh?

Not All of them. I use correct grammar, after all.

This is what is known as "Irony".

Nope. it's known as, what you would call, "An Escapist Youth."

I believe the irony he was referring to was the fact that the first and second words in your sentence both begin in capitals.

That, and the comma between "grammar" and "after" was not needed.

Nope. it's known as, what you would call, "An Escapist Youth."

This is also incorrect, as the "what you would call" part of your sentence is superflous, because you have already illustrated that point when you said "it's known as". Also, after the "Nope." You haven't used capitals.

Oh, bugger. Now I feel like a Hypocrite. Thanks for pointing out my flaws/hypocrisy, then.

No problem (lower case on "hypocrite").

Gah! I did it again!

 

[Lord Krunk]

I still don't understand a bit of internet shorthand; it took me a while to work out that 'STFU' means 'Shut The F@ck Up', not Stuff You.

Anyways, what does 'IMO' mean?

 

[the monopoly guy]

I still don't understand a bit of internet shorthand; it took me a while to work out that 'STFU' means 'Shut The F@ck Up', not Stuff You.

Anyways, what does 'IMO' mean?

In My Opinion

I always thought that it was just someone misspelling "emo" and screaming it at the same time.
I also used to thing QFT meant "Quit F*cking Talking"

 

[xitel]

You do realize that people have started putting chatspeak in their RESUMES (The things for job interviews)? This is just pathetic folks. Stop it. It may let you talk faster on your phone, but in real life, it feels much better to actually LAUGH than say lol.

 

[Lord Krunk]

I still don't understand a bit of internet shorthand; it took me a while to work out that 'STFU' means 'Shut The F@ck Up', not Stuff You.

Anyways, what does 'IMO' mean?

I always thought that it was just someone misspelling "emo" and screaming it at the same time.

I could see where that would go horribly wrong.

'IMO slash their wrists.'