Clearly we need to make really enormous spiders to take advantage of their silk.
I believe that's why we were developing mutant goats who produced spider silk in their milk. Because REALLY nothing can go wrong with spider-goat hybrids.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Sep 24, 2009 8:13:36 am PDT #10608 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
bon bon - Sep 24, 2009 8:13:40 am PDT #10609 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Besides, "IDK" barely qualifies as text-speak. It's hardly in the same category as writing like you're Prince ("call me b4 u c him, k?").
Exactly. It's not textspeak, it's not l33t. It's an abbreviation. How is a kid supposed to know that it's an unacceptable acronym?
Jessica - Sep 24, 2009 8:15:03 am PDT #10610 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's not textspeak, it's not l33t. It's an abbreviation. How is a kid supposed to know that it's an unacceptable acronym?
Yup.
Jesse - Sep 24, 2009 8:16:35 am PDT #10611 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I mean obviously she was getting that question wrong, but making the rest of the answers not count is what is irksome, I think.
Even if that quiz doesn't matter in the larger scheme of things.
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 8:19:02 am PDT #10612 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It's not textspeak, it's not l33t. It's an abbreviation. How is a kid supposed to know that it's an unacceptable acronym?
Because it's a quiz. In school. Ostensibly for points that count toward your grade. I was a lazy student until I got to college (well, college this time around), but using abbreviations is something that I would have never done. Ever. Not even i.e. or eg..
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 8:21:28 am PDT #10613 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I see it like writing a paper. Mechanically, the stuff required of a paper might be there. Page numbers, citations, et cetra (hee!). But if the content is crap, I'm going to fail.
DavidS - Sep 24, 2009 8:22:06 am PDT #10614 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wouldn't use text speak while filling out forms, but I will use abbreviations like "N/A."
::muses on these distinctions::
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 8:24:35 am PDT #10615 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Now I'm wondering when it stops/starts being either abbreviation and/or textspeak. IDK, to me, is not an abbreviation because I've only encountered it in texting.
Jesse - Sep 24, 2009 8:26:34 am PDT #10616 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 8:29:40 am PDT #10617 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oooh! I am loving Wordnik!!