MAJORdorMo:

kuzi16:

Garen B:

I second that. I'm actually a bit ashamed of how badly our generation's social skills have become because of the internet.

i actually heard a server in my restaurant say "BRB" to someone.
i was amazed.

My sister says BRB and OMG to her friends. It drives me insane.

I hate those things. It irritates me how much people use them. I've heard OMG said out loud before, on more than one occasion. The one that gets me is when someone actually says "lawl".

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I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke every last one of 'em.
- Ron White

kuzi16:

Garen B:

I second that. I'm actually a bit ashamed of how badly our generation's social skills have become because of the internet.

i actually heard a server in my restaurant say "BRB" to someone.
i was amazed.

Were they speaking to a fellow worker or to a customer?

BStayer:

kuzi16:

Garen B:

I second that. I'm actually a bit ashamed of how badly our generation's social skills have become because of the internet.

i actually heard a server in my restaurant say "BRB" to someone.
i was amazed.

Were they speaking to a fellow worker or to a customer?

Should it matter? I'm just hoping that we don't get to a point where L33t speech is going to be taught as an actual language.

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brsmith21:

I've heard the first step is admitting that you have a problem. Thankfully, I don't have a problem. I'll just smoke more.

Garen B:

Should it matter? I'm just hoping that we don't get to a point where L33t speech is going to be taught as an actual language.

Absolutely agreed

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For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
2 Timothy 4:3

Garen B:

Should it matter? I'm just hoping that we don't get to a point where L33t speech is going to be taught as an actual language.

We're closer than you may think:
http://www.ps3news.com/General-Off-Topic/noob-to-be-one-millionth-english-word-added-to-the-dictionary/

I finally watched this video at home.... can't watch youtube on NMCI computers. This kid has some problems. I would not say that his behavior is indicative of a generation. While kids these days are kinda weird, what generation in their youth isn't in comparison to the previous generations. This kid just has some serious emotional and psychological issues. I mean, anyone who breaks down sobbing and starts punching walls until they break their hand has some serious emotional issues, let alone of something as simple as a video game.

Garen B:

BStayer:

kuzi16:

Garen B:

I second that. I'm actually a bit ashamed of how badly our generation's social skills have become because of the internet.

i actually heard a server in my restaurant say "BRB" to someone.
i was amazed.

Were they speaking to a fellow worker or to a customer?

Should it matter? I'm just hoping that we don't get to a point where L33t speech is going to be taught as an actual language.

To a restaurant owner/manager, yes, it most absolutely would matter. Obviously this isn't a way to speak to someone and is indicative of our socially inept and rather techno dependant culture. My point was that if this was to a customer, then Kuzi very well may have pulled this waiter to the side and had a little chat with the person. It would be rather crude to speak to a customer in such a fashion. However, if it's just to a fellow worker, then the ridiculousness of it is all there is to this story then.

clearlysuspect:

I finally watched this video at home.... can't watch youtube on NMCI computers. This kid has some problems. I would not say that his behavior is indicative of a generation. While kids these days are kinda weird, what generation in their youth isn't in comparison to the previous generations. This kid just has some serious emotional and psychological issues. I mean, anyone who breaks down sobbing and starts punching walls until they break their hand has some serious emotional issues, let alone of something as simple as a video game.

Since I started the whole thing about "generations" with my initial reply, I'll try and see if I can't explain what I meant. It is true that what this kid is doing is not necessarily indicative of a generation, that was a broad generalization on my part, but it seems to be that this kind of behavior is becoming more common. It might very well be that when I was a kid (I say that like I'm not still young) there was no youtube so every dumbass who wanted to make a ranting video couldn't just point, shoot and upload. Kids are probably no worse than ever, they're just finding new ways to prove how hideously stupid they are...I know I went out of my way to prove I was an idiot when I was a kid, so....:)

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When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

Thomas Jefferson

I'm just 23, so I'm part of this generation, but when I was a kid we acted stupid in other (read more dangerous) ways. We blew stuff up. We made different types of guns: potato, pumpkin, 20 oz bottle. We tried to see how big of a tree we could run down with our pick ups. But in small town Arkansas it took awhile for the internet to move in. We still had party lines when I was in high school...

BStayer:

Garen B:

BStayer:

kuzi16:

Garen B:

I second that. I'm actually a bit ashamed of how badly our generation's social skills have become because of the internet.

i actually heard a server in my restaurant say "BRB" to someone.
i was amazed.

Were they speaking to a fellow worker or to a customer?

Should it matter? I'm just hoping that we don't get to a point where L33t speech is going to be taught as an actual language.

To a restaurant owner/manager, yes, it most absolutely would matter. Obviously this isn't a way to speak to someone and is indicative of our socially inept and rather techno dependant culture. My point was that if this was to a customer, then Kuzi very well may have pulled this waiter to the side and had a little chat with the person. It would be rather crude to speak to a customer in such a fashion. However, if it's just to a fellow worker, then the ridiculousness of it is all there is to this story then.

I need to clarify myself, I meant that as, should it matter; She is speaking in a text abbreviation instead of normal speech. My bad.

@joe The only great part about youtube and those idiots is that we can now laugh at them while they punch a wall and rant.

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brsmith21:

I've heard the first step is admitting that you have a problem. Thankfully, I don't have a problem. I'll just smoke more.