They said that with the advent of internet communications, human emotions might get lost. The cues that you might've picked up from a smile (or a fake smile at that) or a smirk would now be completely lost during e-chat they said.
They were wrong. I still managed to pick up on those cues. Until these idiots came out with their ROFLs, ROFLMAOs and their LOLs. They shouldn't be used and should be banned because:
1. Confuses people who don't know what they stand for. Most people are afraid of asking coz a large number of net idiots seem to know what they stand for. You don't want to stand out now do you?
2. Sounds ugly. Imagine somebody saying ROFLMAO. I mean, seriously!
3. You can never have quite a grip on how the person has reacted to whatever you've said. A simple, 'Ha ha, that was funny.' is way way, way better than LOL ain't it?
4. These acronyms indicate laziness to type out something more substantial. I once told somebody that I had a bad fever, and he reacted by saying LOL. Sonnova.. !
Twitter is perhaps the exception, you can occassionally use a LOL here and there to save on space and stay within 140. But otherwise, unacceptable! Call it Netiquette!
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6 comments:
Ha. I hate it when people type LOL. Makes me go bonkers!
Haha... I know.. I like hehe and haha... :) Is that ok?
Ah I love you folks.. So hard to come by two sentences on the net with no instances of the afore mentioned taboo words! :P
@ Rashi, yeah, they're perfectly fine. :D
worst ive come across so far:
IMNSHO-in my nt so humble opinion!!(beat dat!!)
my friend's guesses for d followin dat she shouted out in class:
MON(mornin or nyt)..she goes..Monks or Nuns!!
KOTC(kiss on the cheek)..she yells..Kick on the crotch!
IMHO(in my humble opinion)..she screams I might hate orgasms..
she is nt banned from guessin in her life evr again!!!! :D
Happened to me ! i am still not sure of what they means ? just associate it with sm guess work...
Quite true..Sometimes it's not quite so funny to be the one guy standing aside wondering what on Earth is being said around
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