# "Learn more" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 3, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055 "2013-06-03T18:44:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/1 "2013-06-03T18:44:23Z")
This is kind of a weak sauce rant arising from semantics. I am just fed up with “your” ads that have that little link that says “Learn More”. Oh, goody, I get to “learn” about your product/service, how very wonderful. Learning is good, right? FTN (_fuck that noise_), “you” just want to try to fill my head will daisies and butterflies. If I really want to _learn_ about what “you” are selling, I will go to one of those sites that have genuine user reviews (not your lame-ass testimonials). Just once I want to see an info link that spells it out plain: “The Hype”. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/2 "2013-06-03T19:06:14Z")
It’s an ugly planet. An _ad_ planet. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/3 "2013-06-04T11:40:16Z")
> [@For You](#): > > FTN (_fuck that noise_), Way to STWA!!! (Save time with abbreviations) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/4 "2013-06-04T13:39:46Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Way to STWA!!! (Save time with abbreviations) tyvm ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/5 "2013-06-04T14:10:08Z")
There’s the tiniest greasy spoon cafe that I bike past. I’ve stopped in, but only when I want “2 eggs n toast” for two bucks. One way they keep their costs down is by not spending money on ingredients (the eggs n toast are from the Aldi) or heat, or a mop … or employees that give a shit. But they suddenly put up a huge banner in the window with a web address. And just as I was puzzling who would take the time to type their name in a browser window, they added another banner: \*\*\*LIKE US! (On Face Book)! \*\*\* Really? When no one actually _ **LIKE** _s you in real life? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/6 "2013-06-04T15:54:56Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > It’s an ugly planet. An _ad_ planet. Remember, service guarantees citizenship. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/7 "2013-06-04T16:04:05Z")
> [@for you](#): > > tyvm iitywtmwybmad? ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/8 "2013-06-05T06:40:53Z")
> [@digs](#): > > There’s the tiniest greasy spoon cafe that I bike past. I’ve stopped in, but only when I want “2 eggs n toast” for two bucks. One way they keep their costs down is by not spending money on ingredients (the eggs n toast are from the Aldi) . What’s “the Aldi”? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/9 "2013-06-05T06:43:36Z")
Aldi’s is a cheap supermarket chain. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/10 "2013-06-05T14:29:55Z")
Oh, a CSC. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/11 "2013-06-05T14:35:40Z")
Hey, I, for one, appreciate the OPs redundant elucidation. I certainly wouldn’t have figured out that FTN stands for fuck that noise, at least not right away and while my first choice would be that he not abbreviate at all, abbreviating with a parenthetical explanation is preferable to a lone initialism. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/12 "2013-06-05T14:40:37Z")
FAHDTW? (Fuckin’ abbreviations, how do they work?) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/13 "2013-06-05T14:46:27Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Hey, I, for one, appreciate the OPs redundant elucidation. I certainly wouldn’t have figured out that FTN stands for fuck that noise, at least not right away and while my first choice would be that he not abbreviate at all, abbreviating with a parenthetical explanation is preferable to a lone initialism. It’s just a stage in the popularity of abbreviations. The idea is that, if it becomes common, such an explanation will no longer be necessary. Every abbreviation had to be explained at some point–that’s how they work. And it’s much better than “FTN, or fuck that noise,…” ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/14 "2013-06-05T14:54:43Z")
I never would have guessed. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/15 "2013-06-05T15:24:20Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Remember, service guarantees citizenship. Come on you apes. You want to live forever? That movie saved Neil Patrick Harris’s career. It was also one of the all time best movies that came out that week (no but seriously, I love that movie, noone else I know seems to get it). ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/16 "2013-06-05T17:28:13Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Way to STWA!!! (Save time with abbreviations) Oh, that drives me insane. Any time you have to use parentheses to further explain what you’re trying to say, you’re fucking doing it wrong. There’s somebody around here I’ve noticed who uses medical terms and then puts the plain English phrase in parentheses. Yes, yes, you took a semester of med terms at your local community college. Congratulations. Now stop being such a dick. She reminds me of a nurse I did my surgical clinicals under. I hated that bitch. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/17 "2013-06-05T17:36:25Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > Oh, that drives me insane. Any time you have to use parentheses to further explain what you’re trying to say, you’re fucking doing it wrong. There’s somebody around here I’ve noticed who uses medical terms and then puts the plain English phrase in parentheses. Yes, yes, you took a semester of med terms at your local community college. Congratulations. Now stop being such a dick. She reminds me of a nurse I did my surgical clinicals under. I hated that bitch. You need to relax before you have a coronary (heart attack in common parlance) or a CVA (a cerebrovascular accident, commonly called a stroke). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/18 "2013-06-05T17:38:35Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Come on you apes. You want to live forever? > > That movie saved Neil Patrick Harris’s career. It was also one of the all time best movies that came out that week (no but seriously, I love that movie, noone else I know seems to get it). The only guy around here who “got it” finally got tired of arguing about how Verhoeven was a genius when faced with the massive amount of evidence to the contrary. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/19 "2013-06-05T17:41:26Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You need to relax before you have a coronary (heart attack in common parlance) or a CVA (a cerebrovascular accident, commonly called a stroke). You’re my new favorite. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055/20 "2013-06-05T18:55:45Z")
As Rachael says: EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil). Goes good with your sammie (sandwich). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-more/660055.md?page=2)