# Oh Noes we're being assimilated.. ITT we panic. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810 "2005-08-05T23:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/1 "2005-08-05T23:18:47Z")
Geez! I spend just a few days away from this place and it is looking like those other places. what else am I going to be confronted with? I never thought I’d see ‘oh noes’ or ‘ITT’ on this beloved message board. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/2 "2005-08-05T23:21:56Z")
I saw the ITT thing but not the ‘oh noes’. What’s that? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/3 "2005-08-05T23:24:05Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > I saw the ITT thing but not the ‘oh noes’. What’s that? Check the BBQ Pit. ‘oh noes’ is another way of saying ‘oh nooooooooooooo’. The ‘noes’ meaning “many 'no’s” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/4 "2005-08-05T23:25:52Z")
Ok, what’s ITT? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/5 "2005-08-05T23:31:04Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Ok, what’s ITT? **I** n **T** his **T** hread ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/6 "2005-08-06T00:02:02Z")
Sheesh…some of us are so geeky we don’t even get geek-speak. Or is that AOL speak? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/7 "2005-08-06T00:27:24Z")
Panic, you say? :: presses the Big Red Panic Button marked Do Not Press Except In Case Of Panic :: :: runs screaming and waving ferrets :: ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/8 "2005-08-06T00:42:05Z")
“Oh noes” is something that I’ve seen on several other messageboards. Often it comes from people who use cutesy teen chat lingo such as “plz” for “please” and “u” for “you.” And who say “/me laughs.” Eccch. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/9 "2005-08-06T02:08:13Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Check the BBQ Pit. > > ‘oh noes’ is another way of saying ‘oh nooooooooooooo’. The ‘noes’ meaning “many 'no’s” AAhhhh…I see. I think my diabetes is flairing up. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/10 "2005-08-06T02:33:45Z")
For some reason I thought “oh noes” was a “making fun of Jar-Jar Binks” thing. Somehow it’s more tolerable knowing it might not be. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/11 "2005-08-06T04:18:09Z")
Actually, if _I_ ever use “Oh, noes!” I’m not making fun of Jar-Jar Binks. I’m making fun of people who use “Oh, noes!”… ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/12 "2005-08-06T04:30:12Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > “Oh noes” is something that I’ve seen on several other messageboards. Often it comes from people who use cutesy teen chat lingo such as “plz” for “please” and “u” for “you.” And who say “/me laughs.” Eccch. Right, and consequently a lot of people use “oh noes” to express comic/ironic/exaggerated horror. (Actually, I’ve never seen it used seriously.) Sort of like using leet exclamations!!!111!!!111!!one! Sorry if I elevated anyone’s gorge. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/13 "2005-08-06T16:47:26Z")
To me, “oh noes” looks like a misspelling. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/14 "2005-08-06T16:58:45Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > **I** n **T** his **T** hread Geeze, I hope that useless piece of redundancy doesn’t take off. That’s as stupid as when people put the whole word “thread” in the title. “The Harry Potty Book 46 Thread!” We know it’s a goddamn thread, I wasn’t wondering if it was a radio broadcast or body of water of my Aunt Millie’s douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/15 "2005-08-06T18:11:43Z")
“Noes” is perfectly legitimate: my wife and my great grandmother were both Noes. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/16 "2005-08-06T18:19:17Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > We know it’s a goddamn thread, I wasn’t wondering if it was a radio broadcast or body of water of my Aunt Millie’s douchebag. I dunno, occasionally I come across a thread that greatly resembles my Aunt Millie’s douchebag. YAMMV (Your Aunt Millie May Vary). ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-noes-were-being-assimilated-itt-we-panic/315810/17 "2005-08-06T18:25:03Z")
If used by the right people and in moderation, I find “oh, noes” to be incredibly cute and endearing. Of course, I would find _genocide_ to be incredibly cute and endearing if some of the people I’m infatuated with practiced it so, uh, yeah . . Never seen ITT before though.