"The problem is that kids these days"
Well, thank you very much, but may I just say that I'm fourteen years old and I personally don't feel the need to type so that people will think I am illiterate? I hate it when people categorize the idiots of today as being "kids these days", when in fact, many of these incomprehensible dimwits are full-grown adults?
And another thing...who are these "linguists" and where do they live? I highly doubt that people like you and I are backward for not adopting their cretinous slang...I'd prefer to type, write, and speak legitimate English. I think it's really sad how most kids my age can't even spell words like photography. We are not backward, THEY are! If we continue to let the English language deteriorate to the point that double negatives, "new" spellings and grammar are accepted, we'll be reduced to Neanderthal cave-man grunting in a matter of decades.
Are we also backward for not conforming and sitting on our asses in front of the television all day? No!
Would it really kill you to capitalize your I's and names? Would it kill you to type YOU instead of U? It makes you look really stupid and uneducated, especially when you type out your speech impediments..."omfg lolz imma go ta da mall l8r buh i wuz wondrin u wanna cum 2? iz juss lyke fer 3 hrz..." What in Kurt's good name is that supposed to mean?
It's not even a mere inconvenience to type proper English and use punctuation, maybe even check your spelling...in fact I think we'll all have arrived in a better place when people start.
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"The problem is that kids these days" Well, thank you very much, but may I just say that I'm fourteen years old and I personally don't feel the need to type so that people will think I am illiterate? I hate it when people categorize the idiots of today as being "kids these days", when in fact, many of these incomprehensible dimwits are full-grown adults? And another thing...who are these "linguists" and where do they live? I highly doubt that people like you and I are backward for not adopting their cretinous slang...I'd prefer to type, write, and speak legitimate English. I think it's really sad how most kids my age can't even spell words like photography. We are not backward, THEY are! If we continue to let the English language deteriorate to the point that double negatives, "new" spellings and grammar are accepted, we'll be reduced to Neanderthal cave-man grunting in a matter of decades. Are we also backward for not conforming and sitting on our asses in front of the television all day? No! Would it really kill you to capitalize your I's and names? Would it kill you to type YOU instead of U? It makes you look really stupid and uneducated, especially when you type out your speech impediments..."omfg lolz imma go ta da mall l8r buh i wuz wondrin u wanna cum 2? iz juss lyke fer 3 hrz..." What in Kurt's good name is that supposed to mean? It's not even a mere inconvenience to type proper English and use punctuation, maybe even check your spelling...in fact I think we'll all have arrived in a better place when people start.