They are right though, we came up with lol and stuff like that because texting on a keypad was tedious. Its not really useful in the way it was back then, its just stuck around from popular use.
Ah fair enough, I have actually heard of all of those, but I've never played any of them. I think Assassin's Creed is the only one you can really use without mentioning the name first, but true, even then it's too ambiguous.
They dont despise it, they only use it to inflate their ego. They see communication as a tool to build themselves up. They literally never consider others around them. I call it main character syndrome because they treat everyone like NPCs.
It's a defence mechanism. I want to scare people away from trying to participate in a topic they know nothing about but feel like an expert in. Those that do know about the acronyms are worth the while.
75 Comments
jambudz@lemmy.zip · 42 pts · 178d
Over my dead body does smbc mean Swiss meringue buttercream
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 178d
Clearly it’s Suck My Butter Chicken.
SippyCup@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 178d
Salty malted biscuit cupcakes. Obviously
ericheese@piefed.social · 10 pts · 178d
Isn't that like the one japanese bank
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 178d
Softbank Mitsubishi Banking Corp.
PodPerson@lemmy.zip · 30 pts · 178d
How about the users that are starting to use the thorn character everywhere?
SippyCup@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 178d
I think it's like one guy. I have him blocked and I haven't seen it since.
Also of all the characters to insist upon, why no interrobang‽
man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 178d
Because it insists upon itself
MrShankles@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 177d
Just... brava friend. Brava indeed
Inkstainthebat@pawb.social · 7 pts · 177d
I genuinely try to use it bcs I think it's a cool character, but there's really not a lot of situations that warrant one ><
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 177d
We often just put ?! at the end of a 'shocked' question type, so I guess that's where it would work?
Ex: "OMG DID YOU SEE THAT ‽
Inkstainthebat@pawb.social · 2 pts · 176d
Ye that's exactly how it works!
missingno@fedia.io · 33 pts · 178d
I'm almost positive it's one person who keeps making new accounts.
parzival@lemmy.org · 5 pts · 178d
As long as they correctly use eth and thorn, I'm all for it
Best_Jeanist@discuss.online · 4 pts · 177d
They're heroes
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 177d
Acronyms are fucking bullshit.
Everyone gets "lol", but stop with the fucking bullshit. You guys have full keyboards. Not the shit we had with out 90's phones. Grow up.
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 177d
lol. lmao, even.
LemmyThinkAboutIt@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 177d
Kintarian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 177d
ROFLOL
LemmyThinkAboutIt@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 177d
Lauchmelder@feddit.org · 9 pts · 177d
abbreviations are a normal part of human language, and have been around since long before the 90s
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 177d
They are right though, we came up with lol and stuff like that because texting on a keypad was tedious. Its not really useful in the way it was back then, its just stuck around from popular use.
bryndos@fedia.io · 2 pts · 177d
Yeah but it got so much worse when that prick Bell came along and started pushing his fucking 'phone in the 1890s.
Alberat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 177d
ikr
Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 177d
Not everyone gets lots of love, but I'm glad you do ;-)
Hond@piefed.social · 21 pts · 178d
My favourite gaming franchise: AC
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 178d
I mean that's Assassin's Creed for pretty much everyone these days, who even remembers Asheron's Call?
...
Is there another AC now? I haven't kept up
Alcyonaria@piefed.world · 26 pts · 178d
Armored core/animal crossing/ace combat
Luis_StieglLorbeer@lemmy.dorfrollenspiel.de · 18 pts · 178d
Also Assetto Corsa
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 178d
Ah fair enough, I have actually heard of all of those, but I've never played any of them. I think Assassin's Creed is the only one you can really use without mentioning the name first, but true, even then it's too ambiguous.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 177d
I think it's because AC [subtitle] is a lot easier to google
trevdog@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 178d
Asheron's Call, that's a blast from the past.
SippyCup@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 178d
My favorite movie character: JC
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 178d
Jiminy Crickett ez clap
Takios@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 177d
They made a movie out of DE?
bridgeburner@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 177d
Muricans in a nutshell lol
Gathorall@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 177d
I was going to say people of low intelligence and no regard for others, but that's much shorter.
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 177d
We can go longer: People who despise the entire point of communicating and language and better off just grunting like a caveperson
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 177d
They dont despise it, they only use it to inflate their ego. They see communication as a tool to build themselves up. They literally never consider others around them. I call it main character syndrome because they treat everyone like NPCs.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 178d
I got the title confused with North America South American.
Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 178d
ITT: a bunch of UFAs
count_duckula@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 178d
For those looking for a translation -
I Think That: a bunch of Unidentified Flying Albatrosses.
You're welcome.
prex@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 177d
Untranslated Fucking Acronyms?
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 177d
Ultimate Frisbee Association
d00ery@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 177d
Un-founded answers?
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 6 pts · 177d
IMHO it would at least be nice to bring some of the older internet acronyms back.
elephantium@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 178d
SrGrafo! Always good to see his stuff postee
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 178d
I really miss them since I left reddit
joelfromaus@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 178d
Going to keep this meme in my back pocket. It’ll get a fair bit of use on Lemmy.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 178d
IAUUAWET
As acronyms go, it sounds like a simple fella noticing his girlfriend is sexually excited.
SayJess@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 177d
I Always Update Ubuntu After Watching Entertainment Tonight.
d00ery@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 177d
What about using idiomatic expressions without punctuation.
bryndos@fedia.io · 2 pts · 177d
https://www.lynnetruss.com/eats-shoots-leaves
thenextguy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 178d
Too many TLAs and FLAs.
zedgeist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 178d
Three Letter Acronyms and .. Flea Letter Acronyms?
UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 178d
nono, Fifty Letter Acronyms.
saltesc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 178d
It's a defence mechanism. I want to scare people away from trying to participate in a topic they know nothing about but feel like an expert in. Those that do know about the acronyms are worth the while.
Edit: I don't have autism.
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 177d
MTDPTM: Methinks they doth protest too much
idunnololz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 177d
can you make a valid sentence using the same acronym multiple times but with different meanings?
bryndos@fedia.io · 3 pts · 177d
Most users of LAME are lame unless they are LAME; and it's even more commendable when LAME.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 178d
ITTAWBOUAWNE
SippyCup@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 178d
BBAWDHYfuck that here's the whole thing
DIGSFBBAWTDHYMMTMIIWFTLGTWHTMDAIFWFSTAIGSBBAWTDHYSIJGTSTWFILWIBTALOBTITWDLFSDHNSYEBISFIDHNTFCDHNLGPNALOMDFFWHNBBBAFWDHYHYBHYBBBAFWDHY
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 178d
Get a government job. You'll hear more acronyms in 2 hours than you've heard in the last year.
Kintarian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 177d
Or IT. PCMCIA
Life_inst_bad@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 177d
Man am I and my fried glad we got 3 different fwb. It's the most iconic heist in Payday.
Jollyllama@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 177d
smh, just because you're out of touch doesn't mean everybody else needs to be lmao.
unmagical@lemmy.ml · -3 pts · 178d
CP has only one meaning and it's not "control point," "Cyberpunk," or "counter protestors."
tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 178d
Cerebral palsy, right?
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 178d
It is in my mind and I actively have to remember to write it out ;_;
PhoenixAlpha@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 178d
RIP club penguin
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 178d
Combat Power
MohamedMoney@feddit.org · 10 pts · 178d
Communist party
X@piefed.world · 9 pts · 178d
Cheese Pizza
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 178d
Currency Points
brachypelmide@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 177d
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 177d
Clown Party