"I am not a..."=intelligent. IANA = stupid. So stop using it, all of you....

[Regallag_The_Axe]

@askeptic

Powers That Be?

When I first glanced at that post I read it as “Power That Bee.”

LOL (link has sound, so possibly NSFW)

[Ludovic]

I’ve heard “pone” and “thirteen thirty seven” more than once in actual IRL usage. I’ve used “Ay Eff Kay” many a time.

[UncleRojelio]

@chappachula

But , dammit, —how hard is it to type “I am not a” ???

Being from a C++ background, from now on I will simply type, “!Lawyer”.

Would that be okay?

[Miller]

@chappachula

Some abbreviations are necessary on the internet. You can’t always tell sarcasm from serious comments, so a smiley or LOL helps fight ignorance.

But , dammit, —how hard is it to type “I am not a” ???
It’s only 6 keystrokes more than IANA, and it gives you that wonderful , smug feeling of knowing that you are communicating intelligently in the English language.
Fighting ignorance is easier when you do it coherently and with good grammar; You can actually read and understand other peoples’ comments that way.

Gee, that felt good to get off my chest.
I W8 4 Ur answers. (see, I just proved my point.)

OK.

[pravnik]

IAAL!!11! i pwned teh lollerskools!!!11 (citing State v. w00t, et seq. [supra, at fig. suxxors])!!!

[Tenar]

@chappachula

Yeah, that’s good English.

So is that.

[twickster]

@pravnik

IAAL!!11! i pwned teh lollerskools!!!11 (citing State v. w00t, et seq. [supra, at fig. suxxors])!!!

roflmao.

[Manduck]

“is” is intelligent. “=” is stupid.

[Mr.Blue_Sky]

@Manduck

“is” is intelligent. “=” is stupid.

That depends on what your definition of “is” is.

[Mangetout]

Anyway, these are all easy things to understand if you just arty effem.

[RumMunkey]

I’m talking about when it’s used for “in search of”. Like “ISO a ball of yarn”.

I’ve never seen that in my time, but I’ll guess it stands for either “I Sought Out…” or “In Search Of…”.

[scr4]

@SmackFu

I’m talking about when it’s used for “in search of”. Like “ISO a ball of yarn”. I think it’s old-school internet style.

Wasn’t it mostly used for personal ads? As in “30 y/o SWM ISO SWF in NYC for LTR”*. For other types of “want” ads I’d use “WTB” (want to buy).

*SWM = Single White Male
LTR = Long Term Relationship

[Shirley_Ujest]

2 B

Or

n0t 2 b

It5 +h0u a pHuCK+ARd?

pHuCK+ARd would be good screen name!

[YaWanna]

FWIW, I have no problem with IANA. I’d rather see that (and many other abbreviations, especially those that I presume to be unique to the SDMB) than the standard AOL-type “LOL”.