Unfortunately, I remember how most of my classmates (Overwhelmingly white, middle class British with a good level of education) used to type.
Hell, my own mother used to send me texts in txt spk. (I refused to answer them until she wrote it in English)
I just don't understand the need for it on a computer. Bad enough on a phone, but at least there's the excuse there of limited space. No excuse on a computer with full keyboard - how much time can it really save, and how much of a rush are people in?
(Back to the "Commenting on people's Twitters like you know them" - the way I see it, they presumably have private ones for actually personal stuff, if they've left them public then they expect people to comment, so not a big deal/problem.)
Yeah, it's not so much that I think THEY think it's a problem, just that it makes me feel a little crazy. It sort of feels like dropping the fourth wall of fandom. Oh, well, I'll get used to it!
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Date: 2008-12-19 04:41 am (UTC)Hell, my own mother used to send me texts in txt spk. (I refused to answer them until she wrote it in English)
I just don't understand the need for it on a computer. Bad enough on a phone, but at least there's the excuse there of limited space. No excuse on a computer with full keyboard - how much time can it really save, and how much of a rush are people in?
(Back to the "Commenting on people's Twitters like you know them" - the way I see it, they presumably have private ones for actually personal stuff, if they've left them public then they expect people to comment, so not a big deal/problem.)
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Date: 2008-12-19 04:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-19 04:48 am (UTC)I get what you mean about fourth wall, that's pretty interesting to think on. *pets you and your crazy* I don't think you're nutso.
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Date: 2008-12-19 04:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-19 04:54 am (UTC)Have fun de-crazying.