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#26
Quote Originally Posted by Randisist:
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Fu ff mf sf. Ss. GTFO da. Bich mf.
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u don't hv to behave low to hv black friends
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#28
Quote Originally Posted by tjohnsont:
Must be alot of 12 yo around here.
Everyone shortens words in this forum like USA, NFL, commish, hawks, pats, cincy, cards, mavs, lake show, clips, etc etc.
I cannot be sure about the number of 12 year olds that are Covers members (many ACT as if they are 12). And for your information (FYI) 'lake show' is actually longer than 'Lakers'.
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#29
Quote Originally Posted by tjohnsont:
BTW or 'by the way' for you, everything Punta said in short form is very understandable and an accepted form of shortening words.
If you are old fashioned, too old to understand or out of date and don't want to keep up with the times then just say so but you don't need to criticize others for keeping up with the times and trends. 
I hope it is a trend.... because trends die out, mostly because they are stupid to begin with. Do you know one thing that will not die out? Proper spelling and grammar.
Have you ever filled out a job application using your trendy spelling? I would love to see that. A spelling or grammar mistake here and there is very common. Throwing letters together that almost make a word is lazy (Seriously.... look at the title of your thread..here it is in full "You don't have to behave low to have black friends".... what the hell does that even mean?) and I would say that most people would tend to ignore someone who makes posts like that, likely citing a lack of intelligence. Unfortunately, as you stated, this has become acceptable....and that is alarming. Hopefully kids still actually learn how to read and write words out properly. I hope they do, otherwise the future is doomed.
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Quote Originally Posted by BWS77:
I hope it is a trend.... because trends die out, mostly because they are stupid to begin with. Do you know one thing that will not die out? Proper spelling and grammar.
Have you ever filled out a job application using your trendy spelling? I would love to see that. A spelling or grammar mistake here and there is very common. Throwing letters together that almost make a word is lazy (Seriously.... look at the title of your thread..here it is in full "You don't have to behave low to have black friends".... what the hell does that even mean?) and I would say that most people would tend to ignore someone who makes posts like that, likely citing a lack of intelligence. Unfortunately, as you stated, this has become acceptable....and that is alarming. Hopefully kids still actually learn how to read and write words out properly. I hope they do, otherwise the future is doomed.
He basically saying people acting low class.
Slang must not be your thing. But it's a reality. Maybe u in the wrong age group.
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#37
Quote Originally Posted by tjohnsont:
He basically saying people acting low class.
Slang must not be your thing. But it's a reality. Maybe u in the wrong age group.
I hear slang all the time... usually by the 30 year old with pants sagging down to his knees asking me "U want fries wit dat?"
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Quote Originally Posted by BWS77:
I hear slang all the time... usually by the 30 year old with pants sagging down to his knees asking me "U want fries wit dat?"
The Beibs and Diddy also use slang and they are much richer than you. Unless you are Gates of course.
So no, it's not a financial class thang chiken wang.
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People that can't read shortenedd writing for example on a personalized license plate could be an indicator of lower intelligence or bad math skills. Are you really not as smart as a 5th grader?
You do realize 'math' is a shortened word for it's longer form don't you? Does it bother you that I am using the word math instead of mathematics. 
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#45
Quote Originally Posted by tjohnsont:
People that can't read shortenedd writing for example on a personalized license plate could be an indicator of lower intelligence or bad math skills. Are you really not as smart as a 5th grader?
No...it's been called math for longer than you or I have been around. Vanity plates are stupid, although they make it much easier to remember who the a$$hole that cut you off is. I like it when people call the team the New York Metropolitans. People that can't read shortenedd writing for example on a personalized license plate could be an indicator of lower intelligence or bad math skills. Are you really not as smart as a 5th grader?
You do realize 'math' is a shortened word for it's longer form don't you? Does it bother you that I am using the word math instead of mathematics.
We have already stopped teaching kids how to write in cursive, we do not need to embrace them using this dumbed down shorthand. Have you ever seen the movie 'Idiocracy'? That part that takes place 500 years in the future actually isn't that far away at this rate.
Although I would totally watch "Ow, My Balls!"
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#46
Quote Originally Posted by BWS77:
No...it's been called math for longer than you or I have been around. Vanity plates are stupid, although they make it much easier to remember who the a$$hole that cut you off is. I like it when people call the team the New York Metropolitans.
No...it's been called math for longer than you or I have been around. Vanity plates are stupid, although they make it much easier to remember who the a$$hole that cut you off is. I like it when people call the team the New York Metropolitans.
We have already stopped teaching kids how to write in cursive, we do not need to embrace them using this dumbed down shorthand. Have you ever seen the movie 'Idiocracy'? That part that takes place 500 years in the future actually isn't that far away at this rate.
Although I would totally watch "Ow, My Balls!"
When you were a child I'm sure many adults didn't understand the dumb or interesting things kids your days did.
No different today.
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#47
Quote Originally Posted by tjohnsont:
When you were a child I'm sure many adults didn't understand the dumb or interesting things kids your days did.
No different today.
I agree with the first sentence, but it is different today. We were making up new words and new things....
Today is all about making these shorter because people are lazy and that leads down a bad road. People have trouble understanding and reading the correct version. You can't let kids learn that the wrong way is right.
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#48
Well this thread took a different angle than what the original poster intended.
I agree with the whole people try to act "cooler" around black people. My thought with this is our media/entertainment world in the USA really went through a ... call it what you will, I say propaganda phase of making the black culture look like "idiots" because the younger you are, the easily impressionable you are. So with all these "unknown followers" of what this media perception of "being black" is all about, you see it more and more frequent in the actual real world, and thus us non black folks tend to feel the need to "act cooler" around them to "fit in."
I don't follow any trends or slang (27 year old male) because I can see the writing on the wall with how media perception becomes reality in the masses.
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#49
Quote Originally Posted by animals26:
Well this thread took a different angle than what the original poster intended.
I agree with the whole people try to act "cooler" around black people. My thought with this is our media/entertainment world in the USA really went through a ... call it what you will, I say propaganda phase of making the black culture look like "idiots" because the younger you are, the easily impressionable you are. So with all these "unknown followers" of what this media perception of "being black" is all about, you see it more and more frequent in the actual real world, and thus us non black folks tend to feel the need to "act cooler" around them to "fit in."
I don't follow any trends or slang (27 year old male) because I can see the writing on the wall with how media perception becomes reality in the masses.
<---I love basketball with a passion, but I'm actually Mexican, White, and Indian for your information.
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#50
Quote Originally Posted by animals26:
Well this thread took a different angle than what the original poster intended.
I agree with the whole people try to act "cooler" around black people. My thought with this is our media/entertainment world in the USA really went through a ... call it what you will, I say propaganda phase of making the black culture look like "idiots" because the younger you are, the easily impressionable you are. So with all these "unknown followers" of what this media perception of "being black" is all about, you see it more and more frequent in the actual real world, and thus us non black folks tend to feel the need to "act cooler" around them to "fit in."
I don't follow any trends or slang (27 year old male) because I can see the writing on the wall with how media perception becomes reality in the masses.
Good stuff..... I'm 36, I have friends in their 40's that text and Twitter like they are teenage girls and I just don't get it. They are moslty the follower type though and just go along with whatever is deemed 'cool' or 'trendy' no matter how dumb it is.
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