Onlineisms rant

[AlrightJack]

pwned - ok, so once upon a time some guy made a typo and everyone thought it was hilarious. When you hear the same joke for the millionth time it is not funny anymore, so why do people continue to tell it? They are not being original or funny by using it now, IMO they are rather sadly merely seeking the acceptance of their peers though the conformity of continued usage of a word that was barely funny in the first place. Be original and own someone for a change. 

[AlrightJack]

FTW - not even a proper expression yet people's need to conform and overuse it has probably led to more gratuitous posts than any other saying.

[AndrewT]

[X] Thread is epic fail ldo.

[AlrightJack]

Before you ask, yes its one of those days.
;-)

[kinboshi]

pwned - ok, so once upon a time some guy made a typo and everyone thought it was hilarious. When you hear the same joke for the millionth time it is not funny anymore, so why do people continue to tell it? They are not being original or funny by using it now, IMO they are rather sadly merely seeking the acceptance of their peers though the conformity of continued usage of a word that was barely funny in the first place. Be original and own someone for a change. 

[X] Thread is epic fail ldo.

This +1



(By the way, IMO is an onlineism)

[AlrightJack]

Aaaargh. The putting crosses in brackets thing is of course another of my pet hates.

[AndrewT]

Aaaargh. The putting crosses in brackets thing is of course another of my pet hates.

[  ] I didn't guess that might be the case.

[AlrightJack]

IMO makes sense, as it is simply an abreviation. Yes, i know FTW is one as well, but it is a contrived one.

[Colchester Kev]

GFY

xxx

[AlrightJack]

lol.
I dont mind lol.

[gatso]

lolz, you can't go onto an online forum and complain about people using online forum speak.

I assume you don't charge into church and bitch about them using olde worlde bible speak as that'd probs get you cast into the pits of hell. maybe a similar, yet blonde related, punishment should apply here for starting this thread. you could go and live with kev for a week or something

[Jon MW]

lol.
I dont mind lol.

Urban Dictionary

1.    lol    
   
It's original definition was "Laughing out loud" (also written occasionally as "Lots of Laughs"), used as a brief acronym to denote great amusement in chat conversations.

Now, it is overused to the point where nobody laughs out loud when they say it. In fact, they probably don't even give a shit about what you just wrote. More accurately, the acronym "lol" should be redefined as "Lack of laughter."

Depending on the chatter, its definition may vary. The list of its meanings includes, but is not limited to:
1) "I have nothing worthwhile to contribute to this conversation."
2) "I'm too lazy to read what you just wrote so I'm typing something useless in hopes that you'll think I'm still paying attention."
3) "Your statement lacks even the vaguest trace of humor but I'll pretend I'm amused."
4) "This is a pointless acronym I'm sticking in my sentence just because it's become so engraved into my mind that when chatting, I MUST use the meaningless sentence-filler 'lol.'"

See: lmao, lmfao, rofl, lawl, heh, haha, lolol, and 120 for similarities.
Statement: Sorry if I'm not too cheery, my best friend just died yesterday.
Worthless Reply: lol

Statement: The golden ratio is truely an intersting aspect of not only mathematics, but art as well.
Worthless Reply: lol

Statement: ... And then he says, "Your mom goes to college!"
Worthless Reply: lol

Statement: Hey, are you doing anything tonight? You could come over to my house and play some Unreal Tournie...
Worthless Reply: lol, ok

[AlrightJack]

Very good. I will resist the obvious.

[bolt pp]

ship

[ItsMrAlex2u]

FML