"Litttle Malice" > wrote in message
...
> 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...

Yeah...kids have somehow gotten the idea that there are situations were you
don't have to write intelligibly. Bullshit.