My Thoughts: Instant Messaging: A Whole New Way to Offend People

Ever since instant messaging has hit pop culture abbreviations are being made for everything.

IM: Instant Messaging
Even the action has an abbreviation.

LOL, laughing out loud:
How many people do you know that do not laugh out loud? If you are not laughing out loud, then you are not laughing. You are just having a spasm or a seizure. That’s because if you are not making a laughing noise you are not laughing, which makes the thing you were laughing at (the joke) just a statement. So, the appropriate abbreviation would be IEYS, I enjoy your statement. Is their LOTI, laughing on the inside? No there isn’t. So why is there laughing on the outside? The only people who should be allowed to use this abbreviation are former prisoners talking to their friends still in the pokey. For the rest of us, we should use IAG- I am giggling.

WTF: What the Fuck
My friend sends me this one all the time. The first time he did it, I was like “What the fuck does that mean?” He replied “exactly” and I was like “that is a misguided abbreviation.”

BRB: Be right back:
This isn’t even a statement. It’s a command. Are friends are telling us to go away. It really should be IBRB, I’ll be right back. But we really are just tell are friends to go away, because what BRB really means is “I find you story very boring so I am going to pretend to be away from my computer.” Which makes the appropriate abbreviation- IFYSVBSIAGTPTBAFMC. But that’s a lot of work. This BRB thing can never happen in face to face conversation. You are driving in the car with your friend. “So, I am allergic to tomatoes. I asked the waiter if they had tomatoes in the salad, and she said no. But when-” “Frank BRB.” And just keep driving.

One thing I do like about the IM is the fact that you can “hang up” on someone.
SUpERFLY7892: batman sucks
MachoMAn54: no he doesnt u suck
SUpERFLY7892: batman has notin on superman
MachoMAn54: u r an idiot
MachoMAn54: signed off at 1:38 AM.