PH34R M3!

0r u 5h4ll ph4c3 my wr47h!! u kno sumthing wot is annoying wen sum1 uses it where u shdnt use it? Excessive abbreviation, sms-talk, 1337-5p34k, or whatever you want to call it. Any of these have their place in most people's lives these days, I won't argue that. Sms's are supposed to be concise – the name itself tells you this: short message service. I won't begrudge you abbreviation (or lack of punctuation) when you are paying by the character. I can even find it in my heart to forgive you if, in IRC, MSN, ICQ,or whatever form of internet chat you use, abbreviations are present. Instant Messaging sometimes requires frantically quick typing, so leaving off letters may speed things up for you. What really gets my goat (now that's a great phrase!!) is when people post on a forum, bulletin board, blog or site, and write EXCLUSIVELY in this truncated language. And also refuse to format (or edit the formatting after it has been posted) so that it bears some semblance to something remotely readable. Line-after-agonising-line of incoherent babble, with no paragraphs, no punctuation, or grammar is hard on both the eyes, and the mind. if u come across a paragraph written sumthing like this 1,which rarely uses capitals,or line-breaks,has excessive unnecessary abbreviation or the whole long article is written without using the enter key once,then it can be really difficult for sum1 2 read and they often have sentences that will trail on forever and ever much like this one long sentence i just keep typing.i know that it sounds like too much effort,but slight formatting will make it more likely for the casual observer to actually read the content rather than skipping to the flaming that follows, by annoyed forum members/whoever.Sumtimes this may be the result of an emotional outpouring, rendered in a ‘get it out of my system’ kind of way, and i class this as an extenuating circumstance. and i will just continue to talk in an unformatted way here to make illustrating my point a little easier. if you want to read more skip the rest of this paragraph. sandwich ostrich banananana pecan turtle blah blah blah. and so on and so forth and repeat and then it goes on and on and on and blah-dee-blah, and then i go blhahhkd saand then you ask me what makes me do this and i say i dont know and then she says andhe says and then we all fall down dead. and then wasnt this an annoying and difficult to read paragraph. I am not asking perfection. I would not expect perfection, and occasionally truncated words will creep in; for example, using ‘spose’ instead of ‘suppose’. I see no real problem with this, and will probably unwittingly do so myself on occasion. Please, keep it readable, and don’t take offence if someone will ask you to re-format, or add paragraphs, or offers some constructive criticism. Until next time, stay classy, San Diego...