# TL;DR

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dr/575213>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 19, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dr/575213 "2011-03-19T01:15:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dr/575213/1 "2011-03-19T01:15:39Z")

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I love this quote…

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> So go ahead; keep using “TL;DR.” Just know that it is not an abbreviation for “too long; didn’t read,” but, instead, "hi, I am a miserable cretin of the Internet that must be spoon-fed pictures and factoids or I will piss myself.

I just had to share. [From here.](http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-popular-phrases-that-make-you-look-like-idiot/#ixzz1H0EJ7yd7)

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**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dr/575213/2 "2011-03-19T01:22:30Z")

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Tl;dr

(just getting that out of the way for everyone)

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dr/575213/3 "2011-03-19T04:17:00Z")

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It’s nonsense, of course, and as long as scholarly papers continue to have a TL;DR section (conventionally called the Abstract) it will remain nonsense.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tl-dr/575213/4 "2011-03-19T04:34:41Z")

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I’ve never been a fan of the semicolon in “TL;DR”. It looks like a typo.

I think a response of “TLDR” is hilarious but when someone types “TL;DR” I think they’re a fat-fingered idiot. hehe