This is one of my constant frustrations on Lemmy too. People constantly dropping abbreviations with no explanation, assuming their cultural background is universal.
I don't know if I've ever heard the initialism AMV or not (though I've watched plenty of them), but even not knowing what it was it was pretty easy to figure out from context (though i thought "animated" instead of "anime", but close enough anyway)
Some acronyms and initialisms, I don't really get why they're so hard for people, especially in context
Yeah, I can remember them from the early YouTube days, but I wasn't 100% certain if it had been decades yet >!and I didn't want to think about how old I'm getting!<
It is wild that this post about a harmless abbreviation that refers to cringey (but endearing to me) narrow slice of early-mid 2000s internet culture got this reaction out of you. Something that could be ignored or looked up.
Be it Lemmy or the communities you stumble upon, but perhaps some introspection about how you respond and interact with the internet could use a revisit.
All of those but AMV are really common. Amv is not. IKR might not be that common but I knew it. In any case, all of those are sentence abbreviation but amv is a noun, its different.
My point wasn't about how common they were, it was about how easy it is to find out what they mean. I don't think it matters whether we're shortening a common phrase or a noun, any search engine will tell you that AMV stands for anime (or animated) music video. Contrast that with something like MIL, which you can't easily search up (it usually stands for mother-in-law)
My point is that I shouldn't be expected to use a search engine to understand terms of a post in a generically themed community, it costs nothing for the user to put the definition. How common the term is IS something to consider when deciding to put the definition or not. Considering that the most up voted and commented comment is about the term not being recognised, I'd say that my point stands.
MIL should have the same thing unless it's being used in a thematic community like relationship advice. It's common practice for a document that has shortened terms to have parenthesis with the full definition the first time they are used, and in a post thstbwould be the title or the body of the post.
I mean, my initial introduction to Nightwish was the Wishmaster Misheard Lyrics video. And for a while I always looked for that video to hear that song. Not too weird to do it like that.
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ULS@lemmy.ml · 42 pts · 2y
Amv?
thekidxp@sh.itjust.works · 41 pts · 2y
Anime music video
z00s@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
This is one of my constant frustrations on Lemmy too. People constantly dropping abbreviations with no explanation, assuming their cultural background is universal.
Rolando@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
Yeah it's a CFoL for me too.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Fucks a cfol. You just pulled that out your ass didn't you
Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 2y
Definitely a ptoya post
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org · 19 pts · 2y
Yeah, it's like these foreign language posts. Don't they know not everyone speaks German?
z00s@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Ssh don't say that or all the Americans will rush in shouting "You're welcome"
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
YOU'RE WELCOME!
I don't know what came over me, but I hope you feel grateful.
kboy101222@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 2y
AMV has been around for years now. Plus, this was likely posted to a community that knows what an amv is and never intended for here
Damage@feddit.it · 6 pts · 2y
The guy who posted it here should have expanded the initialism
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
While years is technically correct, we're at the "decades" mark on amvs
laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I don't know if I've ever heard the initialism AMV or not (though I've watched plenty of them), but even not knowing what it was it was pretty easy to figure out from context (though i thought "animated" instead of "anime", but close enough anyway)
Some acronyms and initialisms, I don't really get why they're so hard for people, especially in context
nyctre@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
They're not, people just like to complain and have things handed to them. In that order.
kboy101222@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah, I can remember them from the early YouTube days, but I wasn't 100% certain if it had been decades yet >!and I didn't want to think about how old I'm getting!<
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
If it makes you feel better, the oldest AMV is from over 40 years ago
If you're older than that... Sorry
z00s@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
...it was reposted here, how was it "not for here"?
kboy101222@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
The original post, not this post, wasn't meant for here. It was meant for it's own community
z00s@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
And it was reposted here, with no explanation. ISHYGDDT
eighty@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
It is wild that this post about a harmless abbreviation that refers to cringey (but endearing to me) narrow slice of early-mid 2000s internet culture got this reaction out of you. Something that could be ignored or looked up.
Be it Lemmy or the communities you stumble upon, but perhaps some introspection about how you respond and interact with the internet could use a revisit.
z00s@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Ok armchair psych, take a chill pill
codapine@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Not cromulent enough.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Sometimes this is totally fair, but I think any abbreviation that instantly comes up on google is fair game. IIRC, TIL, AMV, BRB, IRL, IKR, etc.
fushuan@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
All of those but AMV are really common. Amv is not. IKR might not be that common but I knew it. In any case, all of those are sentence abbreviation but amv is a noun, its different.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
My point wasn't about how common they were, it was about how easy it is to find out what they mean. I don't think it matters whether we're shortening a common phrase or a noun, any search engine will tell you that AMV stands for anime (or animated) music video. Contrast that with something like MIL, which you can't easily search up (it usually stands for mother-in-law)
fushuan@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
My point is that I shouldn't be expected to use a search engine to understand terms of a post in a generically themed community, it costs nothing for the user to put the definition. How common the term is IS something to consider when deciding to put the definition or not. Considering that the most up voted and commented comment is about the term not being recognised, I'd say that my point stands.
MIL should have the same thing unless it's being used in a thematic community like relationship advice. It's common practice for a document that has shortened terms to have parenthesis with the full definition the first time they are used, and in a post thstbwould be the title or the body of the post.
Leg@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
plugs "what is AMV" into DDG
Answer received after 4 seconds of reading
I'm sorry, but this is a skill issue.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y
Now I'm embarrassed. Did you plug "what is AMV" into a rapper from Michigan, or a guided missile?
Leg@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
If this isn't a lesson in situational irony, I don't know what is!
I'm using DDG to mean duckduckgo. Google would've made more sense, but I do not like google. Sorry for the confusion!
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
Ah, makes sense why google didn't want to tell me what it stands for lmao
z00s@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah who doesn't know about the Patria AMV armoured personnel carrier?
Doing this occasionally isn't so bad but I've noticed it happening much more frequently on Lemmy lately
jose1324@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 2y
Bruh who the hell does not know amv come on man
Godort@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y
Craaaaawling iiiin my skiiiin~~
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
It just isn't the same without videos of Sasuke with a black and white filter and all of the film grain
JCreazy@midwest.social · 11 pts · 2y
All the Linkin Park
Rolando@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Frou Frou "Must be Dreaming": mid-level song
RahXephon: mid-level anime
Koopiskeva, "Euphoria": god-tier AMV
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
I mean, my initial introduction to Nightwish was the Wishmaster Misheard Lyrics video. And for a while I always looked for that video to hear that song. Not too weird to do it like that.
Leg@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Same scenario for me, but for Six by All That Remains. The misheard lyrics were better than the real lyrics.
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
That's a mood, yeah.
Master!
A dentist!
Hard porn!
Steven seagull!
Good_morning@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 2y
Downfall by trust company on an amv someone made of FF8
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
It really does! It's not even the same if it's on a different website!
DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
This is still true. The only way I ever listen to in the end is the half life animation.
FilterItOut@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 2y
That and the slow version from the MtG promo video for the
nicol bolas fight in ravnicawar of the spark.shaman1093@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
This is how I remember amv's - https://youtu.be/Ce9nusNhj_E?si=2tKUTVh2mNCmJbmv
In hindsight it's not that special but I use to watch this vid on my incredibly small screen MP4 player religiously throughout high school 😅
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 4 pts · 2y
And then there's me who still wonders why nobody ever did a Dragonball AMV for Rainbow's Power or The Kinks' Powerman.
Wanted to make some myself but I could never find the time or the
energypower.BleatingZombie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Or the Dragonball AMV for "Triangle Man"
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Yes. Pokemon - Bitches (Mindless Self Indulgence) is the only way I can listen to it. https://vimeo.com/120635260
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
The Ed Edd n' Eddy Reel Big Fish amv got me into ska
Holy fucking shit I found it
Big flashing lights warning
AND POOL PARTY
stelelor@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
Since this is now a "share your favorite AMV" thread, my humble contribution: Hold Me Now set to Princess Tutu: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9197GTl1ASg
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Sometimes monaural is ok
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
Dood, the NGE version of Chemicals Between Us was fire. I'll fight someone over that.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
I preferred Breathe for NGE (here's a remastered version)
Chemicals Between Us I discovered for Vision of Escaflowne
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 2 pts · 2y
Asuka will forever be the frontman of Rammstein for me.
tkc@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
Damn, this brought up some memories.
I can't believe my GOTO amv jam is still on youtube! https://youtube.com/watch?v=z9XkY84MUls&t=0&feature=youtu.be
lemmyvore@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 2y
I must've watched Galaxy Bounce dozens of times. Never occurred to me to look up the song (Andy Hunter - Lifelight).
umbrella@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 2y