Chat/IM has become so prevalent a medium of communication that some times we may have to remind ourselves how the real world works. Here are a few things chronic chatters have to remember when dealing in real life.
- It is not appropriate to ask “asl” when you meet a new person in real life. It is offensive, especially the “s” part.
- When you hear something funny it is customary to exercise your facial muscles and exert a laugh. Saying “lol” may not be considered as an alternative
- Do not be tempted to enact ROFL
- Buzzing, nudging or any other form of physical violence to gain attention generally leads to misdemeanor charges
- Do not attempt to have two independent conversations with two people at the same time
- If you do attempt the above, bear in mind that, by a phenomenon too complex to explain, the said individuals can hear each other’s conversation. So saying “hi” to one and “the loser is here” to other might lead to unpleasant situations.
- There is a no real life equivalent of LMAO. Please do not try to invent one
- You can’t leave offliners. So don’t shout something in a guy’s cube when he is not there and expect him to “get it” when he comes back
enacting ROFL might be interesting actually. And chat life and real life are quite different, most people draw line there I think.
LOL!
Ha! My son used to give me a dry “LOL, Mom, LOL” whenever I did or said something…not cool enough to meet his standards.
Rats…I was WONDERING where I was going wrong.
Must of been the LMAO.
Tsk tsk.
LOL!!!
iv been guilty of point #2 on more than one occasion
hey….i cant see any posts before 12th june…no archives either….
is this it???
Shreemoyee: Agreed. I sure do want to watch somebody ROFL
We have enough bugs to deal with at work!)
gnightgirl: But he must consider the fact that you have a popular blog a real cool thing, right?
tai: LOL.
nithya: Thanks for pointing out the archives are missing. I messed up the template. I think I fixed it. (Don’t you hate debugging the blog
You have obviously given the experiment some time and method..:) darn it.. thats why my fren never called me back.. i had just opened his room door and left an offliner..
Number 6 had me ROFL
You forgot LMAO!!
jaygee: Your friend did call back. He just left you an offliner
jamie: thanks
mary poppins: “ans silly lil’ icons” – I should start carrying around smiley flash-cards
n i m seriously LMFAO.. that was fun…
How very funny & how very true ..
LOL!
lol…good one
Awesome!!
“by a phenomenon too complex to explain, the said individuals can hear each other’s conversation. So saying “hi†to one and “the loser is here†to other might lead to unpleasant situations”
I do this so many times on IMs.
It would be devastating if the other person really gets to know!
OMG! ROFL and LMAO!
oh wait, i forgot LOL