One time on Usenet, "JoeSpareBedroom" > said:
> "Litttle Malice" > wrote in message
> ...
> > One time on Usenet, "JoeSpareBedroom" > said:
> >> "Litttle Malice" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > One time on Usenet, "JoeSpareBedroom" > said:
> >> >> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
> >> >> ...
> >> >> > JoeSpareBedroom, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally,
> >> >> > on
> >> >> > 06
> >> >> > Sep 2006, typed out:
> >> >
> >> >> > What part of NRSVP didn't you understand?
> >> >
> >> >> All of it. Web abbreviations are the work of people with the mental
> >> >> capacity of toilet brushes. Speak English.
> >> >
> >> > No, Usenet acronyms are the work of people who were dealing with
> >> > limited bandwidth and disk space. But he's not using one of them
> >> > anyway -- it's just No RSVP...
> >>
> >> Don't be silly. Using NRSVP instead of the actual words will have no
> >> significant impact on bandwidth or disk space.
> >
> > Not *now*, but that's why they were created way back when...
>
> I thought they were used to help people feel cool.

No, they honestly did come about for a reason; long before I
started doing Usenet, mind you. Anyway, what I find far more
irritating is the "how r u" kind of crap. My nieces (all late
teens, early 20's) send text messages like that. Argh...

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