Online communities are like being in kindergarden. People have their own space to doodle, only a few actually try to apply the grammatical standards -- founded from centuries old precedent -- present in the English language, and PPL like 2 EmOtE tru EXTenZIVE use of capital key combinations and character substitutions which, from what I can tell, were birthed from fond memories of those notes five year olds pass back and forth.
And I've seen enough stick figure pictures (the good ones are animated) to truly last a lifetime.
As you've probably figured out, I'm trying to take the higher moral ground when it comes to preserving culture as I know it. But I'm not so perfect. Here's a picture I just posted on a friend's Myspace profile:

I couldn't help myself...

posted by Brett @ Monday, January 23, 2006