they should all die--or at least not allowed to breed
they are sending this society down the tubes--too many weak people are allowed to continue in their miserable existance, which leads the dilution of the already pathetic genepool...
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Brutal Juice, brutal...and I thought I was harsh. Anyway, I'd settle for a Tsunami hitting Hollywood and the surrounding area...or maybe a sign of consciousness from the news media and entertainment industry as a whole. I can dream....
I know that none of you actually write out "the limit of the sum of the quantity of x minus one to the nth power as n approaches infinity" ( I don't even know if that'll work out, I'm trying to avoid thinking about calculus tonight). What's the big deal about abbreviations?
I usually don't abbreviate even online except in chats, and that's just because of time.
I saw my absolute worst example of all the above earlier this year.
I had just seen "Hannibal" (ugh...) and a day or so later, I'm poking around the web and I end up going to an AOL Internet chat thing, divided by categories. I scroll down to the movies section and saw a "Hannibal" room, so, curious if others were as grossed out and disappointed as I was, I clicked on it...thinking I would be in for some good conversation and film critique.
OHMIGOD. It was as if every smart-ass 15 year old in the western hemisphere were all there, holding court and, by all appearances, having a Championship Slangathon.
I swear to God, I may has well stumbled across a Chinese poetry room or "Abstract Nuclear Theory Made Easy 101" because I didn't know ANYTHING that was being said.
In the space of about 3 minutes, I gathered, between the insults and the invitations to "sUck mY dIckz!!!", that Hannibal was "like, TOTALLY ****in' GROSS and shit..." and so forth.
I was not right for several weeks afterward and I even came to doubt my place in the universe.
Seriously folks, if it werent for TV everyone would speak a different dialect any ways, language is not meant to be fixed down, it evolves and changes.
If you ask me we should all grunt more, efficiency is king eh?
<strong>I saw my absolute worst example of all the above earlier this year.
I had just seen "Hannibal" (ugh...) and a day or so later, I'm poking around the web and I end up going to an AOL Internet chat thing, divided by categories. I scroll down to the movies section and saw a "Hannibal" room, so, curious if others were as grossed out and disappointed as I was, I clicked on it...thinking I would be in for some good conversation and film critique.
OHMIGOD. It was as if every smart-ass 15 year old in the western hemisphere were all there, holding court and, by all appearances, having a Championship Slangathon.
I swear to God, I may has well stumbled across a Chinese poetry room or "Abstract Nuclear Theory Made Easy 101" because I didn't know ANYTHING that was being said.
In the space of about 3 minutes, I gathered, between the insults and the invitations to "sUck mY dIckz!!!", that Hannibal was "like, TOTALLY ****in' GROSS and shit..." and so forth.
I was not right for several weeks afterward and I even came to doubt my place in the universe.
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah, AOL/AIM chatrooms are the worst. I don't think anyone in them knows how to speak English correctly.
"what's his face" ? When you say something like this, usually you remember the face, but not the name, so you say "what's his name". Why would you say "what's his face"?
"wut"
"eva"
"b" instead of "be". Not that much extra effort people.
"2"
"4"
"kno"
AHH!
Sample from this girl's profile I know:
When u die, u leave behind a memory. whether that memory b good or bad,u'll kno not till that day comes, but no matter wut, remember that u had enuf impact on a person's life2leave a memory at all, b it good or bad. I hope someone remembers me.
My girlfriend is starting to get REALLY annoying with the way she talks online. She's doing love as Wuv, nothing as nuffinz and so on. I tell her how retarted it is but she just doesn't care.
[quote]When u die, u leave behind a memory. whether that memory b good or bad,u'll kno not till that day comes, but no matter wut, remember that u had enuf impact on a person's life2leave a memory at all, b it good or bad. I hope someone remembers me.<hr></blockquote>
And you know, for what it's worth, I think I will always remember that girl. As luck would have it, probably not the way she wants, though.
I think most people enjoy utilizing occasional slang, abbreviations or obscenities. However, I am concerned that many people today communicate in a degenerate manner by relying too heavily on these non-standard forms of English. No, that is not the evolution of the language. Call it the disintegration of clear, descriptive communication into a vague, lowest common denominator form of dialogue.
What irritates me is when people constantly cheapen or minimize their message with "kinda" and "sorta". These slang terms originated from the phrases "a kind of" and "a sort of". I kinda feel this...or it sorta tastes like that... It's a way, I think often based on laziness, to avoid accurately describing what you really mean.
I'll finish with a quote from my 14 year old nephew: dat's kinda ghetto!
I had just seen "Hannibal" (ugh...) and a day or so later, I'm poking around the web and I end up going to an AOL Internet chat thing, divided by categories. I scroll down to the movies section and saw a "Hannibal" room, so, curious if others were as grossed out and disappointed as I was, I clicked on it...thinking I would be in for some good conversation and film critique.
OHMIGOD. It was as if every smart-ass 15 year old in the western hemisphere were all there, holding court and, by all appearances, having a Championship Slangathon...I was not right for several weeks afterward and I even came to doubt my place in the universe.
</strong><hr></blockquote>
*LOL* Yes, definitely teenagers who can't speak (or write) English...that annoys the hell out of me, 2 G-Money. Every time I see some lilly-white kid in his baggy jeans and sketchers walking around, speaking as if he went to the Snoop Dawg School of "Gramma 'n Sheeit", it makes want to puke. Why can't suburban white kids rebel like they used to -- drive their friends' fathers' sports car without permission, trash someone else's house with a bitchin' party, bribe some college kid into buying a couple six packs and calling it "a party." Heheh...
Luckily these snoop-dick wannabeez always makes me think of that Collin Mockery (sp?) beeyotch from Whose Line it be Anyway...he once did an outstanding ebonic immitation by saying, quite eloquently:
"Yo yo yo from the hood!"
Pure Genius. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
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<strong>lets see...what pisses me off??
stupid people suck
they should all die--or at least not allowed to breed
they are sending this society down the tubes--too many weak people are allowed to continue in their miserable existance, which leads the dilution of the already pathetic genepool...
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Brutal Juice, brutal...and I thought I was harsh. Anyway, I'd settle for a Tsunami hitting Hollywood and the surrounding area...or maybe a sign of consciousness from the news media and entertainment industry as a whole. I can dream....
<img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
<strong>I hate all people that aren't as good as me.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I must be nice not to hat many
I usually don't abbreviate even online except in chats, and that's just because of time.
<strong>I think anyone that uses "ne1" instead of "anyone" should have their toe hair pulled out.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah, that one annoys me too.
ROTFLMAO
All dis shit bout gramir en crap. Wut bull. I ain't got no need for no english!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<strong>WTF?! AFAIK that's fine. OTOH it annoying.
ROTFLMAO
All dis shit bout gramir en crap. Wut bull. I ain't got no need for no english!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</strong><hr></blockquote>
LOL, nice murbot.
I had just seen "Hannibal" (ugh...) and a day or so later, I'm poking around the web and I end up going to an AOL Internet chat thing, divided by categories. I scroll down to the movies section and saw a "Hannibal" room, so, curious if others were as grossed out and disappointed as I was, I clicked on it...thinking I would be in for some good conversation and film critique.
OHMIGOD. It was as if every smart-ass 15 year old in the western hemisphere were all there, holding court and, by all appearances, having a Championship Slangathon.
I swear to God, I may has well stumbled across a Chinese poetry room or "Abstract Nuclear Theory Made Easy 101" because I didn't know ANYTHING that was being said.
In the space of about 3 minutes, I gathered, between the insults and the invitations to "sUck mY dIckz!!!", that Hannibal was "like, TOTALLY ****in' GROSS and shit..." and so forth.
I was not right for several weeks afterward and I even came to doubt my place in the universe.
PEOPLE WHO BITCH ABOUT SPEECH MANNERISMS!(sp?)
Seriously folks, if it werent for TV everyone would speak a different dialect any ways, language is not meant to be fixed down, it evolves and changes.
If you ask me we should all grunt more, efficiency is king eh?
<strong>I saw my absolute worst example of all the above earlier this year.
I had just seen "Hannibal" (ugh...) and a day or so later, I'm poking around the web and I end up going to an AOL Internet chat thing, divided by categories. I scroll down to the movies section and saw a "Hannibal" room, so, curious if others were as grossed out and disappointed as I was, I clicked on it...thinking I would be in for some good conversation and film critique.
OHMIGOD. It was as if every smart-ass 15 year old in the western hemisphere were all there, holding court and, by all appearances, having a Championship Slangathon.
I swear to God, I may has well stumbled across a Chinese poetry room or "Abstract Nuclear Theory Made Easy 101" because I didn't know ANYTHING that was being said.
In the space of about 3 minutes, I gathered, between the insults and the invitations to "sUck mY dIckz!!!", that Hannibal was "like, TOTALLY ****in' GROSS and shit..." and so forth.
I was not right for several weeks afterward and I even came to doubt my place in the universe.
Yeah, AOL/AIM chatrooms are the worst. I don't think anyone in them knows how to speak English correctly.
I hate it when people say...
"newho"
"what's his face" ? When you say something like this, usually you remember the face, but not the name, so you say "what's his name". Why would you say "what's his face"?
"wut"
"eva"
"b" instead of "be". Not that much extra effort people.
"2"
"4"
"kno"
AHH!
Sample from this girl's profile I know:
When u die, u leave behind a memory. whether that memory b good or bad,u'll kno not till that day comes, but no matter wut, remember that u had enuf impact on a person's life2leave a memory at all, b it good or bad. I hope someone remembers me.
God help us!
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And you know, for what it's worth, I think I will always remember that girl. As luck would have it, probably not the way she wants, though.
What irritates me is when people constantly cheapen or minimize their message with "kinda" and "sorta". These slang terms originated from the phrases "a kind of" and "a sort of". I kinda feel this...or it sorta tastes like that... It's a way, I think often based on laziness, to avoid accurately describing what you really mean.
I'll finish with a quote from my 14 year old nephew: dat's kinda ghetto!
<strong>
I had just seen "Hannibal" (ugh...) and a day or so later, I'm poking around the web and I end up going to an AOL Internet chat thing, divided by categories. I scroll down to the movies section and saw a "Hannibal" room, so, curious if others were as grossed out and disappointed as I was, I clicked on it...thinking I would be in for some good conversation and film critique.
OHMIGOD. It was as if every smart-ass 15 year old in the western hemisphere were all there, holding court and, by all appearances, having a Championship Slangathon...I was not right for several weeks afterward and I even came to doubt my place in the universe.
</strong><hr></blockquote>
*LOL* Yes, definitely teenagers who can't speak (or write) English...that annoys the hell out of me, 2 G-Money. Every time I see some lilly-white kid in his baggy jeans and sketchers walking around, speaking as if he went to the Snoop Dawg School of "Gramma 'n Sheeit", it makes want to puke. Why can't suburban white kids rebel like they used to -- drive their friends' fathers' sports car without permission, trash someone else's house with a bitchin' party, bribe some college kid into buying a couple six packs and calling it "a party." Heheh...
Luckily these snoop-dick wannabeez always makes me think of that Collin Mockery (sp?) beeyotch from Whose Line it be Anyway...he once did an outstanding ebonic immitation by saying, quite eloquently:
"Yo yo yo from the hood!"
Pure Genius. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
[ 12-02-2001: Message edited by: Moogs ? ]</p>