Let's all take a moment to admire the severe eroding of what was once such an eloquent and useful language and means of communication. The following are actual comments left on a music video I directed that was posted on YouTube; perhaps the most criminal catalyst for said decline. Others being micro-blogospheres such as Twitter that force one to abbreviate their thoughts into 140 characters or less.
ChampionVideos69
"Yo man this is the best song everTheyre Ukrainian too man even better UKIES FOR LIFE"
xtopher
"...the guys hit, girls hot. sounds awesome, videos hilarious. LOL!~amazing combo.ill take 2. ahha"
whiskeygirl188
"I Loove Thiss Song But I Cant Seem To Download It On Limewire. It WOnt Work?!:["
greeneyesdragonlol"this song suchs haha"
greeneyesdragonlol
greeneyesdragonlol"this song suchs haha"
greeneyesdragonlol
"im jk its awesome"
Brunettexcandy
"LOl This SOnnng (L)"
and the 'Piece de Resistance':
gohabsgo152025
"lol id hate if tht band just showed up watch huis lips when theyre playing hes like fuck off"
"lol id hate if tht band just showed up watch huis lips when theyre playing hes like fuck off"
As I watch the tool which I use to create slowly being widdled down to it's retarded nub like Andy Dufrain's rock hammer of freedom, I think to myself; "WTF. U ppl hav no idea the consequences of ur actions :[ !?!?!"
writing under the influence,
jeffc
You are so right. I use twitter, but often suffer guilt pangs when forced to abbreviate.
I had an interesting discussion with friends the other day on the common substitution of the word "decimated" for the word "devastated". A proper use of decimated would be: "My 401k has been decimated. It's now a 40.1k."
Carry on!