After being on the Internet for over a decade, I realize I've started to get a bit of an "old man" mentality. When I was sixteen, everything was new, and nothing seemed played-out or overdone on the web. Now, however, I'm sitting on my virtual porch swing, griping about all these "damn kids on my lawn." Am I just getting jaded, or are these little peeves of mine actually worth me wanting to beat people?
Lawl - "LOL" is acceptable. If you thought something was funny on the internet, it'd be stupid to type out "I am laughing at what you just said, for I find it humorous." LOL is quick, and gets the point across. "Lawl" is the product of people who actually say the word "LOL" offline, in the presence of others. It's just... sad.
Roffle - Same as above, only it's "ROFL" instead of "LOL" that's being raped.
"Fail" - It doesn't bother me when someone says "you fail". Or, even better, "you fail at life." However, the misusage of the word in such sentences as "this is total fail" really grate on my nerves. Something can not BE "fail;" it can only go through the process of failing. "Fail" is an active, not passive verb.
=P - Emoticons don't bother me. I, myself, am guilty of a constant barrage of ^_^, n_n, -_-, and o_o. =D and D= and >=O don't bother me at all. But for some reason, =P and all variations thereof, REALLY get under my skin. Maybe it's because I can't tell if it's laughter, annoyance, or condescension. Being the paranoid fucker I am, I usually assume the worst, so I'd rather people not use =P on me. I usually politely remind people that it bothers me. If they keep doing it, I pour acid on their face and scream "MAKE THE STUPID FACE NOW, BITCH!" I do that all the time, and by "all the time," I mean "never."
PWN - How do you even pronounce this? Are we glorifying typos, now? Oh, and speaking of typos-cum-parlance...
Teh - This one has to go, too.
That's all I can think of, for now. I need a nice shot of rum to get to bed, now.
Lawl - "LOL" is acceptable. If you thought something was funny on the internet, it'd be stupid to type out "I am laughing at what you just said, for I find it humorous." LOL is quick, and gets the point across. "Lawl" is the product of people who actually say the word "LOL" offline, in the presence of others. It's just... sad.
Roffle - Same as above, only it's "ROFL" instead of "LOL" that's being raped.
"Fail" - It doesn't bother me when someone says "you fail". Or, even better, "you fail at life." However, the misusage of the word in such sentences as "this is total fail" really grate on my nerves. Something can not BE "fail;" it can only go through the process of failing. "Fail" is an active, not passive verb.
=P - Emoticons don't bother me. I, myself, am guilty of a constant barrage of ^_^, n_n, -_-, and o_o. =D and D= and >=O don't bother me at all. But for some reason, =P and all variations thereof, REALLY get under my skin. Maybe it's because I can't tell if it's laughter, annoyance, or condescension. Being the paranoid fucker I am, I usually assume the worst, so I'd rather people not use =P on me. I usually politely remind people that it bothers me. If they keep doing it, I pour acid on their face and scream "MAKE THE STUPID FACE NOW, BITCH!" I do that all the time, and by "all the time," I mean "never."
PWN - How do you even pronounce this? Are we glorifying typos, now? Oh, and speaking of typos-cum-parlance...
Teh - This one has to go, too.
That's all I can think of, for now. I need a nice shot of rum to get to bed, now.
As for the emoticons, I kind of hate all of them but I use them a lot
Also, this blog is FAIL
I keed, I keed!
I'm glad you got that all out though and I'm pretty sure everyone should have to read it!
xoxo
Eirian
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