But I am not going to talk about Bush, so don't worry. I am talking about the big things. Here's one for example: the way middle-aged folks talk about everything with a "the" in front of it. "I'm going to go watch the TV." Okay, great, go watch THE TV because it's not like we have more than one... Do you people ever notice this? Maybe it's a habit or something. Maybe because they only had one of everything when they were little it just stuck with them so now they say it for everything. "I'm going to go read the 'Newsweek' and then go get the gas..." Oh dear goodness, folks, let's save our breath and cut out the "the's" shall we?
Another thing. When people are typing in their little messenger boxes, I don't understand, why the abbreviations? Can't we as a society lift ourselves back up to the point where we can type full sentences? "Lol". Perhaps this is the most common one. I guess people who actually laugh out loud at everything that is said are just laughing to hard to type "hahaha." Maybe it is just me, maybe I am just too funny, but I have actually had people "rofl" at what I have said. I take this as a great compliment that some people actually start rolling on the floor, laughing so hard at something I said over the interent. They never do this in person... But what about "cya"? Do people think they are actually saving time by leaving out 2 letters? Do they feel that they need to get to their TV five seconds faster and they think they can do this by typing two less letters? Well, I can understand that. If I was going to miss my favorite show, "7th Heaven", I too would leave out those two letters so i could get there all the faster. Perhaps some people, though, need to type fewer letters because they have carpal tunnel syndrome. Ooooooooh. I'm not sure, correct me if I'm wrong, but perhaps if you are on the damned computer so much that you are getting a disease, maybe you should put your little precious iMac away for a bit until your fingers can bend again. But hey, you gotta do what you gotta do (when "7th Heaven" is on the line).
Thanks, folks, you were great.