I told you that bad grammar was my pet peeve, but I’ve thought of something else that is right up there on the extremely annoying scale: laziness. I would never hear the end of it if I admitted this to my parents (actually I think I will be getting a huge I told you so from Mom, who posts my posts for me), but if you just do something right the first time, you’ll save yourself a whole lot of effort.
Probably like every kid on the planet at one time or another, I ran the toothbrush under the faucet instead of brushing my teeth. Instead of making my bed, I just pulled up the comforter, while the blanket and sheet remained a jumbled mess.
There is a new form of laziness for the 21st century, and you know what I’m talking about—it runs rampant on social media: LOL, OMG, IDC. Now that’s lazy! Just SAY it, already! And who comes up with that stuff, anyway?
Courtesy: squarelulu.blogspot.com
I know a lot of it came from text messages’ shorthand, which I get. But what about, say Facebook? Why not type the whole phrase? Just laziness, I tell you!
I so wish I had the nerve to say something! It would go something like this: If you took the time just typing what you wanted to say, instead of coming up with abbreviations and reinventing the wheel, you would probably be time ahead.
Now, I just need the guts to say so the next time I see it on FB (oops—I mean Facebook)!
chuckle chuckle 🙂
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Thanks!
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Or, the laziness of using the same word everyone else is using. I hate AWESOME and will not use it even if something is awesome. Ordinarily, it is used when what it describes doesn’t even approach “awesomeness.” And I, too, hate initialspeak. http://judydykstrabrown.com/2015/08/14/fantastic-finish-jnws-new-prompt-generator-and-latitude-schmatitude/
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I hate that too. Are you actually in awe? The Grand Canyon is awesome. Not the t-shirt you bought yesterday!
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yes, can be annoying.. people just do not have much time i suppose.. it is not their priority to write things as it should be written. 🙂
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