
Kelly Von Sassy Pants
| Janurary |
LOL, LMAO, IDK......WTF???????
It seems texting and messaging have significantly impacted human socialization--and I hate it! I'm the type of person who enjoys conversation. Remember talking? Actually looking at a person while engaging? As opposed to sitting 2 feet from someone while texting them? JEEZ! Where did we go wrong.....
When I was growing up, we had two acronym "phrases" that we used: LYLAS and BFF. And these were even used sparingly....writing notes in class......signing yearbooks, etc. Something like, "Have a bitchin' summer! History was a blast! LYLAS!" These were impactful sentiments and you didn't need a tutorial to keep up with what all the abbreviations meant.
I am so tragically unhip when it comes to this stuff--I have no idea what 90% of "text-speak" means--I just figured out LOL and LMAO and I refuse to use them. I'd rather tell someone that I think they are hysterical--who wouldn't want to hear that?
With all this silly stuff on the rise, I fear our conversations will soon be reduced to just a bunch of scrambled letters with supposed meaning:
Person 1: Hey! KLODKOTGISMNNKXMLLOONDCF? Person 2: Yes! OOOPPLEDNUGGGTTTDCV? FRUIOJNGFGHJKSKSKWWWWWWWW! Person 3: I totally agree!
When this happens, I guess I'll just have to throw my phone away. I think I'll just tie two tin cans together with a piece of string and carry it with me on the off chance someone really wants to talk to me from a distance. OMG!!!!!!
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