Internet speak - why?

chalad07

Just a question for everyone.

Why is it that when people are posting online they use phrases that they would never use in real life (at least i hope)? I mean is it really that hard not to use normal language. Why do people have to resort to little internet trends that are going to be around for thirty seconds?

Lolz, Epic Fail, QFT, rofl, our new overlords, etc, etc,

Do people really 'roll on the floor laughing'?

It's especially funny when the same people that use all these phrases are probably the same people who are vehemently against Text Speak (rightly so). I personally dont see to much difference.

Using this kind of talk gives what ever you're saying a shelf life of two minutes.

Dancor

Coz itz kool lol

Homer

GTFO.. Yes I would say that to your face too

Delirium

chalad07 wrote: »

Just a question for everyone.

Why is it that when people are posting online they use phrases that they would never use in real life (at least i hope)? I mean is it really that hard not to use normal language. Why do people have to resort to little internet trends that are going to be around for thirty seconds?

Lolz, Epic Fail, QFT, rofl, our new overlords, etc, etc,

Do people really 'roll on the floor laughing'?

It's especially funny when the same people that use all these phrases are probably the same people who are vehemently against Text Speak (rightly so). I personally dont see to much difference.

Using this kind of talk gives what ever you're saying a shelf life of two minutes.

:rolleyes::p:pac:

chin_grin

Captain Chaos

The ''i welcome our new overlords'' phrase comes from the Simpsons I believe. The episode with Homer in space and Kent Brockman sees a giant ant floating by the screen.:D

Pride Fighter

I for one welcome our new internet speak overlords.

Pride Fighter

Homer wrote: »

GTFO.. Yes I would say that to your face too

QFT

chin_grin

Knock yourselves out! w00t! LOL, OMGWTFBBQ.

Edit: with link http://www.internetslang.com/all.asp

Dinter

Just look at meh which is now recognised as a word despite starting online.

I suppose lol and rofl are just abbreviations in the same way i.e, n.b., p.s. and e.g. began and they're still going strong so it's kind of hard to assign a shelf life to something. In fact they're better than regular abbreviations because as well as conveying meaning they also convey emotion.

Not fond of them myself though.

stovelid

Just because....

Roadend

etc. etc.

thelordofcheese

chalad07 wrote: »

Just a question for everyone.

Why is it that when people are posting online they use phrases that they would never use in real life (at least i hope)? I mean is it really that hard not to use normal language. Why do people have to resort to little internet trends that are going to be around for thirty seconds?

Lolz, Epic Fail, QFT, rofl, our new overlords, etc, etc,

Do people really 'roll on the floor laughing'?

It's especially funny when the same people that use all these phrases are probably the same people who are vehemently against Text Speak (rightly so). I personally dont see to much difference.

Using this kind of talk gives what ever you're saying a shelf life of two minutes.

Internet culture like alot of things has it's own vocabulary. Much in the same way there are very few situations where you'd say "He went up for the cross and got nailed" outside of a sporting or christian context, people don't use QFT, LOLZ etc etc outside of the internet, but it's perfectly ok to use it on the internet.

In short, stop crying, it's perfectly acceptable and i can't believe people still need this explained to them.

Jesus.....

stovelid

Don't mind the LOL, TBH, and FTW type ones. They're just abbreviations, and convenient to type.

Roadend

Lemur Oscar Lemur

Dinter

chalad07 wrote: »

Why is it that when people are posting online they use phrases that they would never use in real life (at least i hope)? I mean is it really that hard not to use normal language. Why do people have to resort to little internet trends that are going to be around for thirty seconds?

It's part of a grand, global conspiracy to keep you off the internet. We all signed up and in return for free email addresses we've to throw out some random abbreviation every 50 minutes. It's like the Truman Show except with the aim of annoying the "star".

Gyladene

I'm guilty of "LOL". If I find something amusing I'll type "haha", but if I find something to be really funny I'll type "LOL!" I think it depends on who's using it. For instance, people who chat with me often enough know that if I ever type "LOL", then it's certain that I found what they said to be quite funny. However, there are a lot of people who end every sentence with "lol", and that's where the annoyance comes in:

"Which do you prefer, red or blue?"
"Blue. lol"

"My grandfather died today."
"Really? lol"

Things like "QFT" and "OMG, why so sad, bbz?" are also quite annoying. As well as all that "LOLCats - I can has cheeseburger!" nonsense.

However, I do use "fail", "what the f**k?" and "get the f**k out" in real life.

Gyladene

Dinter wrote: »

It's part of a grand, global conspiracy to keep you off the internet. We all signed up and in return for free email addresses we've to throw out some random abbreviation every 50 minutes. It's like the Truman Show except with the aim of annoying the "star".

FTMFW.

A Primal Nut

chalad07 wrote: »

Just a question for everyone.

Why is it that when people are posting online they use phrases that they would never use in real life (at least i hope)? I mean is it really that hard not to use normal language. Why do people have to resort to little internet trends that are going to be around for thirty seconds?

Lolz, Epic Fail, QFT, rofl, our new overlords, etc, etc,

Do people really 'roll on the floor laughing'?

It's especially funny when the same people that use all these phrases are probably the same people who are vehemently against Text Speak (rightly so). I personally dont see to much difference.

Using this kind of talk gives what ever you're saying a shelf life of two minutes.

For the most part, on boards in particular, its what you might call irony - most people say stuff like that as a joke directed towards those who say stuff like "epic fail" seriously. Lolz is another example.

Lol and Rofl are used all the time. Why? Well its sort of difficult to write laughter. You don't need to say those things in real life coz you can laugh. Its sort of difficult to show laughter on an internet forum, don't you agree?

Of course you could just write "Laughter" as a one-word post, but that would be kinda ghey!

chalad07

Dinter wrote: »

It's part of a grand, global conspiracy to keep you off the internet. We all signed up and in return for free email addresses we've to throw out some random abbreviation every 50 minutes. It's like the Truman Show except with the aim of annoying the "star".

i knew there was something fishy going on......'lol'

Mr. CooL ICE

Myself and my mates sometimes say 'facepalm' when appropriate. Aside from that, nothing else

BaconZombie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onCPJH6swoY

ScumLord

Lol has been around for at least a decade at this stage surely.

I don't use these things often, or understand most of them. Most the time when I want to know what they mean I just google them.

The overlords one is Simpons though and I would use that in real life.

Gyladene

LordChessington wrote: »

Myself and my mates sometimes say 'facepalm' when appropriate. Aside from that, nothing else

That reminds me of when my sister said 'headdesk' in response to this girl asking if an .mp3 player gets heavier as you load more songs onto it.

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Gyladene wrote: »

"My grandfather died today."
"Really? lol"

Someone on here told a story of a text message they got from their mother

"Granny just died, lol"

The mother meant "Lot's of Love".

stovelid

Des wrote: »

Someone on here told a story of a text message they got from their mother

"Granny just died, lol"

The mother meant "Lot's of Love".

Just, well, lol'd out loud at that one.....

Xavi6

Gyladene wrote: »

FTMFW.

What does that one mean? Seen it used a fair bit.

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Xavi6 wrote: »

What does that one mean? Seen it used a fair bit.

For The Mother Fúcking Win.

Gyladene

stovelid wrote: »

Just, well, lol'd out loud at that one.....

I did too. Oh noes!

Xavi, it means "for the mutha f**kin' win".

chalad07

A Primal Nut wrote: »

For the most part, on boards in particular, its what you might call irony - most people say stuff like that as a joke directed towards those who say stuff like "epic fail" seriously. Lolz is another example.

Ah yeah, i like the ironic ones. Some are pretty funny - the one's above for example.

The LOL one bothers me. It means Laugh out Loud - but it's used so frequently. I really doubt that people are sitting around pissing themselves laughing at work, or at home.

It just ****ing bothers me....aaaahhhhhhh!!