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Quote from: Lord Starch on August 17, 2015, 10:30:18 PM

You can tell a lot of people here don't get out much.

Now here's the interesting part.

Are you implying that "getting out" much is important so that we can educate ourselves on the current degradation of language that the younger generations seem so fond of?

Or are we merely discussing the black and white simplicity of "basement dwellers?"

Just because not everyone types in text walls like you do doesn't mean that using abbreviations is a degradation of language.

If you watch things like I do then you'd notice that the older generations don't use shortenings and abbreviations so much. They're still used, obviously. But not to the extent that it practically becomes cancer.

I overhear younger kids talking a fair bit. That shit is leeching into younger generations and their actual physical speech. No shit, I did a double take when one of them started using "lol" and "omg." And these aren't isolated incidents either.

So as a matter of fact, yes, it does. Because the older generation knows where to draw the line. Kids don't. And if you're watching the younger generations you'll notice that they're all sorts of fucked up.

To which I'd say, "degraded."

I have literally never met a kid who uses text abbreviations in their speech. Ever. Any kids I've HEARD about doing that get ridiculed for it because it's retarded. They are in the minority and will grow out of it.

I remember 10 years ago when a kid with a cell phone was a minority and that they'd "grow out of it."

Yeah, that prediction just turned out swimmingly. Rule of thumb with society. If it's stupid, and a shitty trend, it's not going to improve. It's going to catch on. Those kids didn't just pick that habit up out of thin air. I seriously wouldn't put it past things.

If "le ebin memes" can catch on all the way up here in a small farming community then I shudder to think what it's like in the populated zones. It's only gonna go downhill from here. Watch. I'm telling ya.

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Quote from: Jim on August 18, 2015, 01:01:16 PM

Quote from:  on August 18, 2015, 12:52:47 PM

Quote from: Jim on August 18, 2015, 12:26:11 PM

Quote from:  on August 17, 2015, 10:50:56 PM

Quote from: Lord Starch on August 17, 2015, 10:30:18 PM

You can tell a lot of people here don't get out much.

Now here's the interesting part.

Are you implying that "getting out" much is important so that we can educate ourselves on the current degradation of language that the younger generations seem so fond of?

Or are we merely discussing the black and white simplicity of "basement dwellers?"

Just because not everyone types in text walls like you do doesn't mean that using abbreviations is a degradation of language.

If you watch things like I do then you'd notice that the older generations don't use shortenings and abbreviations so much. They're still used, obviously. But not to the extent that it practically becomes cancer.

I overhear younger kids talking a fair bit. That shit is leeching into younger generations and their actual physical speech. No shit, I did a double take when one of them started using "lol" and "omg." And these aren't isolated incidents either.

So as a matter of fact, yes, it does. Because the older generation knows where to draw the line. Kids don't. And if you're watching the younger generations you'll notice that they're all sorts of fucked up.

To which I'd say, "degraded."

I have literally never met a kid who uses text abbreviations in their speech. Ever. Any kids I've HEARD about doing that get ridiculed for it because it's retarded. They are in the minority and will grow out of it.

I remember 10 years ago when a kid with a cell phone was a minority and that they'd "grow out of it."

Yeah, that prediction just turned out swimmingly. Rule of thumb with society. If it's stupid, and a shitty trend, it's not going to improve. It's going to catch on. Those kids didn't just pick that habit up out of thin air. I seriously wouldn't put it past things.

If "le ebin memes" can catch on all the way up here in a small farming community then I shudder to think what it's like in the populated zones. It's only gonna go downhill from here. Watch. I'm telling ya.

You sound like a grumpy old fart; probably because you are.

What exactly is wrong with kids having cell phones? Don't be a dumb fuck unless you can provide a good reason you feel the way you do.

Cell phones have proven to be distracting influences. And that's for adults. I know people who've been fired from their jobs because instead of paying attention they were texting. The laws of not texting while driving where made for a reason. For fuck's sake, last year I got hit by a truck by being driven by a grown adult who was texting as he rounded a corner.

 How do you think that's going to effect a child's development process?

When they have such a distracting influence on their attention? When from day one, not, say, year 15 when they're older, they have internet slang and all that other stuff being shown to them as common place?

How about incredibly easy access to internet? Access to answers, learning instead, to be a better searcher, than a thinker?

My reasons aren't founded on baseless old fart excuses. They're founded on reality. You'd have to be seriously retarded not to even remotely think that those machines aren't having an impact on younger kids as they use them.

And don't even get me started on the sketchy stuff. Like the fact that we now have a disease in our hands from too much texting.

Like how the fact that any electronic equipment emits radiation, and that cell phones are not only electronic, but they also send and recieve signals, again, another form of radiation. They're pushing the limits of safe on cell phone radiation emissions and cases of ear and brain cancer are on the rise.

They find lumps of cancer in the shape of the phones where people keep their phones against bare skin too much.

And you're seriously, seriously trying to tell me, that none of this is going to an effect on kids?

Quote from: DAS WAIFUMEISTER x2 on August 18, 2015, 01:01:55 PM

Who be all degrading the Engliſh language up in here? This thread needs some claſs. ſmh lads

Stop

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Quote from: Jim on August 18, 2015, 12:26:11 PM

Quote from:  on August 17, 2015, 10:50:56 PM

Quote from: Lord Starch on August 17, 2015, 10:30:18 PM

You can tell a lot of people here don't get out much.

Now here's the interesting part.

Are you implying that "getting out" much is important so that we can educate ourselves on the current degradation of language that the younger generations seem so fond of?

Or are we merely discussing the black and white simplicity of "basement dwellers?"

Just because not everyone types in text walls like you do doesn't mean that using abbreviations is a degradation of language.

If you watch things like I do then you'd notice that the older generations don't use shortenings and abbreviations so much. They're still used, obviously. But not to the extent that it practically becomes cancer.

I overhear younger kids talking a fair bit. That shit is leeching into younger generations and their actual physical speech. No shit, I did a double take when one of them started using "lol" and "omg." And these aren't isolated incidents either.

So as a matter of fact, yes, it does. Because the older generation knows where to draw the line. Kids don't. And if you're watching the younger generations you'll notice that they're all sorts of fucked up.

To which I'd say, "degraded."

I have literally never met a kid who uses text abbreviations in their speech. Ever. Any kids I've HEARD about doing that get ridiculed for it because it's retarded. They are in the minority and will grow out of it.

I remember 10 years ago when a kid with a cell phone was a minority and that they'd "grow out of it."

Yeah, that prediction just turned out swimmingly. Rule of thumb with society. If it's stupid, and a shitty trend, it's not going to improve. It's going to catch on. Those kids didn't just pick that habit up out of thin air. I seriously wouldn't put it past things.

If "le ebin memes" can catch on all the way up here in a small farming community then I shudder to think what it's like in the populated zones. It's only gonna go downhill from here. Watch. I'm telling ya.

You sound like a grumpy old fart; probably because you are.

What exactly is wrong with kids having cell phones? Don't be a dumb fuck unless you can provide a good reason you feel the way you do.

Cell phones have proven to be distracting influences. And that's for adults. I know people who've been fired from their jobs because instead of paying attention they were texting. The laws of not texting while driving where made for a reason. For fuck's sake, last year I got hit by a truck by being driven by a grown adult who was texting as he rounded a corner.

 How do you think that's going to effect a child's development process?

When they have such a distracting influence on their attention? When from day one, not, say, year 15 when they're older, they have internet slang and all that other stuff being shown to them as common place?

How about incredibly easy access to internet? Access to answers, learning instead, to be a better searcher, than a thinker?

My reasons aren't founded on baseless old fart excuses. They're founded on reality. You'd have to be seriously retarded not to even remotely think that those machines aren't having an impact on younger kids as they use them.

Yeah, lots of things are distracting influences, cell phones are just one of those things. That is up to the parent  to teach their kids how to not be a complete fuckwit. If they can't learn that then it's their own fault. Cell phones are a fantastically good thing, and are pros outweigh the cons by a metric shit ton.

Kids will grow out of it. That is just the truth. They will. And as I said, the kids who actually use internet slang in person are in the minority and are ridiculed for it.

As I said about cell phones, the internet's pros outweigh the cons by a metric SHIT TON. You seem to think that if you took away cell phones and the internet suddenly society will become more intelligent and better at critical thinking. The fact is that people will always be fucking retarded with or without cell phones, the internet, or whatever.

Your posts in this thread are a grade A example of that.

I'm aware that the average mass of people tend to be less intelligent. And I agree, yes. The internet's pros outweigh the cons. When you actively favor and use the pros to your advantage. But when you use the cons, it doesn't get better. It gets worse.

The stupid people, get worse, not better. And no, they won't grow out of it. You know why?

Older people speak like that. They may not act like it, but they speak like it, on the internet. The point being, kids have a reinforcement. And, if you start a kid off from a young age, when their brain is open like a sponge, they are going to be programmed, biologically, to grow used to that sort of thing, which will only be taken further by societal trends and norms.

You wanna talk about how effective biological programming is? Why do you think most people are comfortable, with waking up early, going to work, taking roughly three breaks, two shorts, and lunch? It's not because it's simply normal.

It's because they grew used to that routine when they were young, in school. Wake up early. Go to school. Recess. School. Lunch. School. Recess. School and then home. Sounds pretty similar to how most jobs function these days, doesn't it?

I'm not up for the abolishment of cell phones entirely. Nor the internet. I'm up for the usage of them responsibly. Handing one to a kid and saying "do whatever" is stupid.

But then again, as you said, most people are stupid. I don't know about you, but I'm never in favor of shit that makes people more retarded then they can already be. We should be trying to change shit like that over blindly just saying "meh."

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Quote from: Jim on August 18, 2015, 01:10:12 PM

Quote from:  on August 18, 2015, 01:07:32 PM

Quote from: Jim on August 18, 2015, 01:01:16 PM

Quote from:  on August 18, 2015, 12:52:47 PM

Quote from: Jim on August 18, 2015, 12:26:11 PM

Quote from:  on August 17, 2015, 10:50:56 PM

Quote from: Lord Starch on August 17, 2015, 10:30:18 PM

You can tell a lot of people here don't get out much.

Now here's the interesting part.

Are you implying that "getting out" much is important so that we can educate ourselves on the current degradation of language that the younger generations seem so fond of?

Or are we merely discussing the black and white simplicity of "basement dwellers?"

Just because not everyone types in text walls like you do doesn't mean that using abbreviations is a degradation of language.

If you watch things like I do then you'd notice that the older generations don't use shortenings and abbreviations so much. They're still used, obviously. But not to the extent that it practically becomes cancer.

I overhear younger kids talking a fair bit. That shit is leeching into younger generations and their actual physical speech. No shit, I did a double take when one of them started using "lol" and "omg." And these aren't isolated incidents either.

So as a matter of fact, yes, it does. Because the older generation knows where to draw the line. Kids don't. And if you're watching the younger generations you'll notice that they're all sorts of fucked up.

To which I'd say, "degraded."

I have literally never met a kid who uses text abbreviations in their speech. Ever. Any kids I've HEARD about doing that get ridiculed for it because it's retarded. They are in the minority and will grow out of it.

I remember 10 years ago when a kid with a cell phone was a minority and that they'd "grow out of it."

Yeah, that prediction just turned out swimmingly. Rule of thumb with society. If it's stupid, and a shitty trend, it's not going to improve. It's going to catch on. Those kids didn't just pick that habit up out of thin air. I seriously wouldn't put it past things.

If "le ebin memes" can catch on all the way up here in a small farming community then I shudder to think what it's like in the populated zones. It's only gonna go downhill from here. Watch. I'm telling ya.

You sound like a grumpy old fart; probably because you are.

What exactly is wrong with kids having cell phones? Don't be a dumb fuck unless you can provide a good reason you feel the way you do.

Cell phones have proven to be distracting influences. And that's for adults. I know people who've been fired from their jobs because instead of paying attention they were texting. The laws of not texting while driving where made for a reason. For fuck's sake, last year I got hit by a truck by being driven by a grown adult who was texting as he rounded a corner.

 How do you think that's going to effect a child's development process?

When they have such a distracting influence on their attention? When from day one, not, say, year 15 when they're older, they have internet slang and all that other stuff being shown to them as common place?

How about incredibly easy access to internet? Access to answers, learning instead, to be a better searcher, than a thinker?

My reasons aren't founded on baseless old fart excuses. They're founded on reality. You'd have to be seriously retarded not to even remotely think that those machines aren't having an impact on younger kids as they use them.

Yeah, lots of things are distracting influences, cell phones are just one of those things. That is up to the parent  to teach their kids how to not be a complete fuckwit. If they can't learn that then it's their own fault. Cell phones are a fantastically good thing, and are pros outweigh the cons by a metric shit ton.

Kids will grow out of it. That is just the truth. They will. And as I said, the kids who actually use internet slang in person are in the minority and are ridiculed for it.

As I said about cell phones, the internet's pros outweigh the cons by a metric SHIT TON. You seem to think that if you took away cell phones and the internet suddenly society will become more intelligent and better at critical thinking. The fact is that people will always be fucking retarded with or without cell phones, the internet, or whatever.

Your posts in this thread are a grade A example of that.

I'm aware that the average mass of people tend to be less intelligent. And I agree, yes. The internet's pros outweigh the cons. When you actively favor and use the pros to your advantage. But when you use the cons, it doesn't get better. It gets worse.

The stupid people, get worse, not better. And no, they won't grow out of it. You know why?

Older people speak like that. They may not act like it, but they speak like it, on the internet. The point being, kids have a reinforcement. And, if you start a kid off from a young age, when their brain is open like a sponge, they are going to be programmed, biologically, to grow used to that sort of thing, which will only be taken further by societal trends and norms.

You wanna talk about how effective biological programming is? Why do you think most people are comfortable, with waking up early, going to work, taking roughly three breaks, two shorts, and lunch? It's not because it's simply normal.

It's because they grew used to that routine when they were young, in school. Wake up early. Go to school. Recess. School. Lunch. School. Recess. School and then home. Sounds pretty similar to how most jobs function these days, doesn't it?

I'm not up for the abolishment of cell phones entirely. Nor the internet. I'm up for the usage of them responsibly. Handing one to a kid and saying "do whatever" is stupid.

But then again, as you said, most people are stupid.

Getting up early is incredibly easy and doesn't require drastic biological programming from a young age to get used to.

The bottom line is the kids will likely grow out of stupid shit like using text speak in person, and the kids that actually do that are in the minority.

I agree with you that parents should encourage their kids to not fuck with their phone all day but you are making it this astronomical travesty when it's really not that big of a fucking deal.

So my point is using text abbreviations is not a big fucking deal and you are getting asshurt over nothing.

I ain't even McMad about any of that. I just find it funny is all. And I'm seriously hoping that it doesn't become a widespread trend, which I have little faith in considering how retarded things are getting these days.

Tell you what Jim.

Give it a decade. 10 years.

If text lingo to actual speech hasn't caught on, or isn't starting to catch on, I'll eat a piece of my hat. And if it has, I'll just laugh at you by saying "lel."

Deal?

Hey McTrap! McMeme yourself!

One step ahead of you hoss. Resident retard with failing communication linguistics and shitty memory reporting in.

Shoulda #KilledMyselfBeforeIGrilledMyself

Everyone in this thread needs to be banned for derailing my thread

No. Ban yourſelf.