conuly | Okay, I *know* none of you would do this...

I think it's beyond rude to ~*~*//**TyP lYk d3eS||||\\\**((* too! And not just because of text readers: because it is almost physically painful for me to have to deciper that barely intelligible crap. Not to mention that when I see someone typing like that (besides joking or imitating that typing), there is no way I can possibly see the person as being intelligent.

*grins*

I know. But it's amazing the number of people who seem NOT to know. And then they try to defend themselves by saying "it's the internet!!!" Yeah, and it's rude.

And I simply avoid/ignore them. I have no patience and no time for people who 1337-sp33k.

That's no fun at all.

What is llk Dys? Oh, and also.. are textreaders that common? I'm just curious, I would think most people using textreaders would go to actual information sites rather than hanging around livejournal... you don't use a textreader, do you?

I know several blind people on livejournal, actually. Maybe not "I can't see a damn thing" blind, but legally so. So textreaders may not be that common, but they're out there.

Oh, okay. I had no idea, really.. sorry for being so ignorant ^^

Not ignorant at all. When I found out one of my friends was blind my jaw well near hit the floor!

Uhh... I think the members of

blindpeople would probably dispute that. :-)

I'm just curious, I would think most people using textreaders would go to actual information sites rather than hanging around livejournal

Why do you think that? What makes them different from you, me, and all the other non-textreader using people?

Textreaders probably aren't the big reason to type like a civilized being, but if it gets them to stop being stupid, I'm all for it.

Oh, forget it.. this is what I get for trying to squeeze in one last comment before the network shuts off at 10:50 and after I've taken about three exams in one day. I had no idea about legally blind people on lj, okay? It's just not something that I really ever thought about. So, I'm sorry.

Oy vey. Three in a day? *hugs* Luck, retroactively!

Yep.. I have probably failed more quizzes this week then in my entire life (it doesn't help that my school doesn't have Ds, anything below 70% is an F), oh well, it's what I get for taking nearly all college classes. Anyway, thanks :)

An example of just how bad netspeak can be...

http://www.livejournal.com/community/grammarpolice/1891802.html

...Can anybody actually read that?! It might as well be in a foreign language-- I'd probably find it equally comprehensible, if not more!

It says:

"If you love this guy and dont want to lose him, read this by

advicegiva:
If you love this guy a lot, but, for example, he's a goth and you're a prep, dont be goth/punk for him - be yourself. He'll like you more than when he can tell you're not being yourself. Trust me on this - the guy I love (and always will) said he didnt like my personality, and it was because I wasn't being myself; otherwise it would have worked. So take this advice and use it. I'm also an advice-giver on my AIM, screen-name rainbowchic903"

... I think chtspk sounds dumb, but it's just teenage slang, which always sounds dumb and annoying to adults. It's supposed to be incomprehensible to those outside the "in-group"; that's its purpose.

What's really pathetic is adults who adopt it to try to look cool, but instead end up looking like immature idiots to other adults, and like loser wanna-be's to the kids. Teen slang is for teens, and it is properly spoken by them only to other teens; any other usage of it is self-defeating.

...Whoa. How did you manage to make heads or tails of that? I probably could given enough time, but it would take far longer than is necessary... why couldn't they just write it out normally to begin with? >_<

And this is for someone with English as a native language. If English isn't your primary language, it'll only be worse...

Actually, come to think of it, I think what makes it even harder for me to read isn't so much the netspeak as it is the utter lack of punctuation. I have trouble reading properly spelled English when it's written as one long run-on sentence...

Ummm...I feel kind of bad now, seeing as I joked about a "1337" thing and got excited and typed a sentence or two in all caps.

Oops. :-X Oh yes, I make sideways smileys too, which is probably no better.

*giggles*

I'm not talking about you. I'm getting fed up with some people in comms, who theoretically are adults yet, honest to god, type like monkeys on crack.

I can post a linky, if you like.

Ahem.

Not only can't she type, but she can't figure out how to read the FAQs either. I mean, we all have times where we skim the FAQs, and we've all used l337 and chtspk jokingly, or ALL CAPS for a bit of emphasis - but this? *shudders*

Unless you're near that level, don't worry about it.

These people are in COLLEGE? How do they decipher their class notes if they decide to use an even more exaggerated style of shorthand? My class notes were gibberish enough w/ standard shortcuts. I'd really hate to actually write or type or speak like that! Yikes!

(heehee, effective use of caps there I suppose?)

Oh geez! If it's worth the laugh, post away. ;-) You and I both have had our share of run-ins with that kind of typing. It may be a mild form of it, but I utterly cringed when someone sent me an email titled "ur trade list." Her typing wasn't terrible, but the chtspk in even its mild form just made me shake my head.