1. If someone in your past told you to put a comma wherever you’d take a breath in saying something aloud, it was a lie. A comma is not a whimsical punctuation mark for you to use and abandon at will like that moron who had a crush on you in eighth grade. Show some respect!
2. If you put LOL after everything you say online, try reading it aloud and actually laughing out loud. You sound a lot like that moron who had a crush on you in eighth grade, don’t you? Saying stuff like, “Your car is really totaled. LOL!” and “Your baby is kind of ugly. LOL!!!!” and “Your dad is cheating on your mom–LOLOL.” or “I made microwave popcorn today! LOL!” doesn’t actually seem to merit a big ol’ laugh-fest. Your message is confusing.
3. Why are so many people suddenly breaking the rules of commas, colons, and a proper lack of punctuation with the random use of question marks? It’s weird. I’ll bet all those blaring and misplaced question marks get released into the environment where they become hazardous to birds and fish. Just sayin’…
4. However, carry on with the use of the occasional uppercased word or two to STRESS IMPORTANCE. Unless it’s followed by a ton of unmerited LOLing.
I agree with the comment about LOLing. I loathe it. I want to ask “Did you really laugh out loud?” I feel the same way about ROFL, PMSL and all such rubbish. Stop! Now!
Sometimes I will respond with an LOL in response to something someone said, but when I do, yep, I actually laughed out loud.
Often I will follow things I say with a smile emoticon, but that’s because I’m actually smiling. And if I use the wink emoticon, it’s because I’m joking and I realize people might not understand this because they don’t have the benefit of hearing tone. So emoticons don’t bother me. And even LOL doesn’t bother me if it seems to be merited. But when people use it after every sentence, or in the most inappropriate places, I wonder if maybe they need some psychotropic meds.
Preach it, Sister!
Amen.
I’ll bet all those misplaced question marks are what caused the massive bird kill in Arkansas and Louisiana. And probably the drum fish die-off in Arkansas, too.
I know!
I, really did LOL; at “Your baby is kind of ugly. LOL!!!!” ?
Well, as long as you really did. But if you ROFL, I might doubt you. How many people REALLY roll on the floor laughing unless they are under the influence?
Hear, hear!
I am still amazed at how of my clients send me emails written in textspeech.
Oh, I predict that our spelling will get worse and worse, and soon it won’t even matter to anyone but old sourpusses like me.
I wonder if anyone’s thought of rewriting the Declaration of Independence as it would be today with emoticons, acronyms, and txt?
Item 2
Be MINDFUL of what you wish for… I spent a train ride next to a stranger, highschool girl who ? used the word “like” every other –like– word! She was also –like– saying LOL –like– all the time! Like, too! 😉
Actually, the phrase “it is what it is” has got to die. I would gladly sit with that –like– girl again just to prevent myself from retorting, “it’s not what it snot.”
Re: Item 2
I found an “It Is What It Is” bracelet that I want to buy for a friend.