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Maybe I am just getting on in life, but really, is there any need for some people to abbreviate every single word or phrase in the entire dictionary when your sending a text message, writing an email, or talking on MSN?
Fair enough, I can cope with the odd 'lol' and a few 'wtf's' every now and again, but has our beloved *insert your language here* become so useless that we have to resort to shortening everything? I thought learning French at school was bad enough, but sooner or later, and believe me in this crazy society which we claim to call our own and live in, we'll be taking exams in "How To Talk in Txt".
I can see it now. "Aw Wtf I gt a D"
There have even been books released on how to send and decipher this annoying bloody chav code and in texts and emails that I have received, I have had to go online to try to translate the buggers into some sort of sensible conversation, which usually ends in it not being a sensible conversation, and I am left feeling I have waisted ten minutes looking it up and another ten minutes moaning about it.
There are various websites for decrypting said 'txt' one being found at http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp. The list of phrases is absolutely gigantic. How can these people memorize so much crap? Do they want to say something, look it up in their book or internet and then type it out? Wouldn't it be far simpler and quicker to just type it out normally or failing that, dial my bloody number and ask me what you wanted to?
Since when is anybody going to use the text term of "NQT - Newly Qualified Teacher" or "YRYOCC - Your Running Your Own Cuckoo Clock". I mean come on, WTF?
I am, as ever, annoyed.
Spam e-mails are bloody annoying. I get masses of the bloody things every day and no matter how many filters there are present, spam will always get into your inbox. My ISP has anti-spam. My email program has anti-spam. My virus protection and spyware program have anti-spam but still the spam gets through the tiniest smallest crevice. I have over 10000 blocked email addresses and yet every day and, in every way, I get more spam. Spam senders have gone to extraordinary lengths to bypass your filters to nowadays even misspelling the pills and potions they are selling. From words like "viiiaagra" and "horrrrmmmone replacmint pylls" they never give up, causing you more nausia and frustration at having to bleed your fingers at pressing the delete button, for the 100th time this week.
It doesnt matter even if you set up a new email address and keep it to yourself, as in around 3-4 days a lovely email spamming me with Viagra turns up. Here was me thinking that fsmail.net (the email addy I used as a test for this) would "not disclose my email address". Well, considering I hadnt even used the thing I am beginning to wonder that they could be in breach of there own contract and fired off a few stocky choice words. All I got was the standard "never give out your email address blah blah codswallop"... Are they in cahoots with these people? Selling these email addresses on for a profit?
It would seriously starting to fack me off if it wasn't for one thing.
I must express amusement at some of the names these people use that appear in the 'from' field. Colourful and highly improbable though they are, some have brightened my day. Names such as:
'Doris Ditherty'
'Petra Funglove'
'Mella Boller'
'Joanna M Tinkerberry'
'Mohammed Smith'
'Terra A Firma' (typically for viagra...)
'Winston Hoop'
'Jack O Lantern'
'Gregg Muncher'
'Iva Clanker'
'Berty Woosh'
'Mercible M Scree'
'Hank Chief'
'Henry Fizzleboy'
'Mooga Brimmer'
and my latest 'Moribund J Thistletwizzler Jnr', to name very few, at least keep me amused before they hit the great recycling bin in the sky.
Maybe these spammers have come to realize that they need to do more to get our attention. So before you delete those spam spewing turnips, see what names you get and give them some credit at least not for being annoying pricks, but for making you smile.
Maybe I am just getting on in life, but really, is there any need for some people to abbreviate every single word or phrase in the entire dictionary when your sending a text message, writing an email, or talking on MSN?
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