How lazy do you have to be?
)> I swear, if I log on to AO, or these forums, and see one more person use thx, plz, or some other irritating abbreviation I'm going to scream. How lazy do you have to be to do that? I've ALWAYS had a beef with chat acronyms (lol, rofl, wb, gg, etc), but I've learned to let that one slide - because some people just don't type fast enough to bring out a complete sentence before it's lost it's potency/validity.
)> But more importantly, to return to my question at hand - Why can you not simply us the whole word? Would it kill you to type 'please'? 'Thanks'? Are these such monumentally difficult to type words that it's a requisite they be shortened?
)> I've come to the conclusion that I feel sorry for people who have a different first language than English, not because they are more or less required to speak it in game, but because they learn to speak it via people who can't even use it properly. And I don't mind it if those people can't type English well - they at least have a reason, perhaps more importantly, a valid one.
)> No, not everyone is a Rhodes Scholar. No, not everyone is going to sit down and crank out a perfectly punctuated and annotated novella at the drop of a hat or slightest request. But, do you think you could at least stop making contractions to words that are already short? We made 'Do not' into 'don't' for a reason. Do not is wasted space, it's two extra characters, and an extra word altogether. Plus, it's a difference of one syllable, which stacks up if you're making a speech.
)> Maybe it's just 'plz' that really bothers me, and it may in fact be true that I'm being picky. But could someone please explain to me why it is, that in the medium of something like these forums, you can't sit down... and proofread? I even skim my disgruntled literations in 'Preview Post, no matter how much of a 'tizzy' I'm in.
)> In short, plz stop using shortned wurds, and lurn 2 type rite. I am pained for having simply done that...
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