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Texting abbreviations at this old age (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 day ago by thal3s@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Na, fuck everyone using autocorrect these days, it makes text conversations so stilted, hard to read and passive aggressive feeling.

We threw away emotional nuance in texting because of the people who just find it annoying not to text in proper english.

Slang and abbreviations are expressions of context and familiarity which are necessary for conversation that isn't purely transactionary in nature.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

First of, how little do you have going on to find time being upset at people spelling correctly?

Second, who are these we? Sounds like a problem you have with your contacts.

I still get communication based entirely on hieroglyphs.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz -1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

First of, how little do you have going on to find time being upset at people spelling correctly?

I find it slightly but not overly insulting you think the nuance of language is not consequential. What are we doing here then?

I am not upset at any one particular person at any one point, I am upset at a trend.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Upset at the trend of spelling words correctly?

Maybe you'd feel more at home if you moved to a ghetto. I hear they are, in general, more cavalier with their use of language.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

What the hell kind of answer is that?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe just type in English like a human instead of making me guess what you're trying to say. And fuck that "u" shit. You don't have a 12 key phone anymore.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 19 hours ago

Maybe just type in English like a human instead of making me guess what you're trying to say

no u

[–] duhlieluh@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

auto correct sucks balls

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago

auto correct can suck Bopha! Deize Tigrona Nutsedge

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

I don't need autocorrect to write without obscure abbreviations on my phone!

[–] db2@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fucking autocorrect.

...

Fucking

What the duck, I intentionally tried to write ducking both times. I only manually typed the last one, the other 3 are autocorrect. So useless.

[–] CatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago

I no longer have this problem due to Android. But the way to solve this is to go to the shortcuts page in settings where brb turns into be right back, or whatever, and make shit shorthand for shit, fuck for fuck, etc