Is it just me or is "lol" and "pwn" getting on your nerves? I cant stand that stuff. Doesn't it just make you want to scream?

I know its supposed to make typing more convienent. I know its for the fun of chatting. I know that it is what the youngsters do these days. But it really just makes you sound stupid. It really does. It degrades your intellect. It makes you sound like you just dont care about anything. It makes you sound like you can't talk like a human. Some of it is meant to make fun of people, but most of us dont understand the lot of it. Why cant they just come out and say it in english? I think it is becuase they are scared. Scared of what their friends and peers will think if they stop talking in the so called "cool people language". I really just cant stand how people talk like that. And people are even starting to use it outside the computing world now! Saying "lol" when something they think is funny crosses their mind. Writing it one their tests, quizzes, and essays at school like it is proper. It just infuriates me. Does it infuriate any of you? I think it should. It is just so bad, and so annoying, and so fustrating, its just unbearable!

No...it's does "inferiate" me. What's wrong with "lol"? It's not meant to be cool. Could you imaging typing out "Laugh Out Load" every time you wanna say it? No, it doesn't "degrade" your intelligence. It's just an easier way of saying something. Now, I understand if you don't know HOW to use it, it'll make you look stupid. I think you're just surrounded by people who use it in the wrong way. I use it a lot, "pwn" "lol" "1337", doesn't mean I'm stupid. I'm actually quite SMART.(as you can tell by the way I type, maybe)

I don't think it makes ANYONE wanna scream(except you) because everyone uses it. It's something that makes our lifes easier. People who don't type as fast, or hate typing use it.

And you know, it's not just "youngsters". I have seen a 42 year old say that. A LOT. And he's actually quite smart. I'm pretty sure most of the mods here use it, and maybe the admin, but that doesn't degrade there intelligence(seeing as how they run this place).

No. Doesn't inferiate me. I think a lot of people could agree with that.

Oh, and btw, leetspeak isn't "lol". leetSpeak is stuff like;

0|-|, yv0 g0t pvv/\/3d |0s3|2s.

Soo ya.

well if the real world news reporters use a form of wriing called short script (i might be a different name ) it makes it easier to write things faster and makes it more conveniant to write, so the reporter is can write more without missing anything.

you can said that lol is short script for chatrooms.

i know back in the day of chatrooms it took hours for the text to show up after typing it, that crappy lag and 28k modem. i miss those days.

but anyways i would think bill gates uses "lol" its practically godfather of computer industry.

LOL .. why could you stand those kinda phases .. it is just like simplifying your life and makes you express yourself faster without the need of typing that many words ..

There are a few of those that I dont understand like
rofl
.... I cant think of others because I havent used them and forgotten them, but oh well, can anybody here tell me what rofl means, and if you know others post them.

"rofl" means "rolling on floor laughing".

I don't know very many of those abbreviated words...I know lmao (laughing my a** off), brb (be right back), ttyl (talk to you later), g2g (got to go), np (no problem), yw (you're welcome) and probably a few others that I can't think of right now...

I think they're handy when you're in a hurry or can't be bothered typing something out, but they do get annoying when you're talking to someone who uses them in just about every second thing they type...especially if they're using ones you've never heard before and you have to keep asking "what does that mean?" all the time. Like "pwn"...I have no idea what that means... lol

I do agree that these abbreviations are used excessively to some extent, but they do sometimes help cut down the time required when typing. I only use some of those abbreviations when I am chatting with my friends via instant messaging. But only some of them. I do understand where you are coming from about how it seems like teens only use these words, but being a teenager myself, I know for a fact that it's not really how it seems. We often joke about the stupidity of these abbreviations, but that doesn't neccesarily reflect on the level of intelect that we are at.

(Some of the abbreviations don't even save that much space, ex: l8tr = later. One letter, wow.)

"pwn" means "Own" you know like,
"Ohhh you just got pwnt"
Translation:
"Ohhh you just got owned

But please remember;
Abbreviations like, "Lol" "omg" "rolf" those, are not leetspeak.

LeetSpeak is numbers and a few symbols combined the look like words such as, 0mG y0u|2'3|3 t|2ipp|/\/g..."Omg You're Tripping". That is leet speak, or as people refer to it as 1337 Speak. Haxorz is another computer language...uhm, lets just say if you don't know it, you can't even read it the slightest.

Those abbreviations are...erm, I guess "slang".

Well, it is spelled infuriate, look it up in a dictionary and you will understand. Now, I think it makes people sound like they have a low intelligence because they dont have the patience to type like a normal human. Do you get what I am saying? Then it follows out into your life like using it in real-world situations. AND it starts to make you type slower because when you have to type things that are real (like for example if you are typing a book report for school), you just can't do it normally. Like for example, it may turn out like this:

Lol, the main character in dis book iz John Doe. He had me rofl with the things that he did in the book. Don't u agree?

PS - Degrade nad infuriate are real words! Look them up!



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