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Written by Thom McGrath on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 3:16 AM (-05:00)
Categories: Rants (3)
I frequent GameFAQs about daily to check out their poll. Being a CBS-owned site now, they have links to other (mostly worthless) junk at the top of the page, just below the logo. Some of it gets my curiosity of course.
But when the link sends me to UrbanBaby, I find myself reading lots of information and gaining absolutely nothing from it. Seriously. Here's something I found on it today, after attempting to visit Urban Dictionary:
"Heard from psd that AS is a 'no go' :-( Does that mean ds is will be shut out from Collegiate too?"
What on earth?!? This says absolutely nothing to humans. You almost need a "Mom Dictionary" website just to understand this. Looking up on UrbanBaby's "List of a few dozen efficient acronyms designed to waste time" reveals at least part of this post: ds = darling son.
Since AS and PSD are not listed on this masterfully crafted list of acronyms used to drive yourself to insanity, I'm going to complete this post using meanings I do know:
"Heard from Photoshop document that [adult swim] is a 'no go' :-( Does this mean my son will be shut out from Collegiate too?"
Too me, it's just as logical. It's actually easier, because the reader can go straight to the "WTF?" moment rather than wasting brain function trying to translate it - only to wind up at the same conclusion.
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Fargo muttered:
Man, I hate you just a little for presenting that bit of nonsense. I hate forums, and similar, that use such extreme shorthand. With instant messaging I at least understand, to a very small degree, but with forums? I don't even understand how people can pretend to communicate that way, let alone expect someone else to drop in and extract anything meaningful from it.
Of course, then there's the way some people comment their code. Just going through my own old stuff I'll come across a line that's supposed to explain what's happening and just think "man... was this before or after I stopped smoking weed?". Sadly it was quite some time after.
[ February 3 2009 | E-Mail ]
Taking a break from wasting time, Thom McGrath came by to say:
Yes, I really don't understand the point of obfuscating conversations that way. It's not like this is a forum of text messages or anything, where people are trying to keep their messages short. The acronyms exist for no purpose at all. Besides, using DS for "darling son" instead of "my son" just makes you sound pretentious anyway.
Well anyway, sorry for infecting your mind with this stuff. I know it takes a special effort to avoid running into stuff like this. Sorry if I ruined some sort of "no stupid stuff this year" resolution or something.
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