LOL lies.

(I originally wrote this post when I was actually updating my blog on a regular basis. It doesn't seem to be finished. But I am publishing it anyway.)


I've found in online conversations with my friends, my younger sister.... Well, basically just them because I don't talk to anyone else on the internet... I've found that I'm a bit of a liar. But you are probably a liar too, so don't get all judgmental.


I've fashioned some drawings to explain how you and everyone else who uses the internet to communicate are liars...


I think as time has gone on, we've gotten really bored with the internet and with the phenomenon that once was IMinig. We came up with all these really cool short internet-speaks. At one time we probably meant them literally enough. But let's be honest....

                     What you say                           vs.            What's really happening

Back in the day, we really had a hard time expressing that we thought something was funny over the internet. I imagine that most things were actually funny because it was so much fun to be typing to our friends and we literally laughed out loud. We were all laughing out loud so much that we decided instead of typing "I am laughing out loud" we needed to condense it down into a simple "LOL."

After awhile, we got lazy... it became "lol." And after that we really just stopped laughing all together and just let our friends feel good about themselves and think that we were laughing with the hackneyed abbreviation.

It's also true for the hybrid version of LOL, known as "haha" (a personal favorite of mine)

It's hard to say when "haha" came into play. I think I actually started it, to be honest. I had no idea what lol, asl, or "IM me!" meant when I logged into AOL 13ish years ago. I went into those psychotic AOL chat roms, typing with 2 innocent fingers. Someone said, "TLBitt, IM me!" and I looked at my father with a confused look and replied, "I'm me too!" thinking I too had declared my individuality to AOL. Take that. 

Even BRB has lost it's luster... 

Onward

Sometimes I'm all... Hm, some of these posts are pretty funny. And I think, well maybe I should write a couple more posts. But then, I get about this far (where I am right now) into my new post and I can tell already that it is a huge failure to the writing community. And also, I feel a little bit full of myself. Who cares about me? Am I really funny? No. Probably not.

But then I think, there are probably about  4 million other less funny people out there who continue to write their blogs. So I say...

Onward!

Long time. LONG time.

It has been a real long time.

That's really all I have to say.

mocs

The long overdue...AOL TOS: Part Duex

You probably should read this one first. Thanks.

AOL has a little thing called TOS. The Terms of Service. Most companies and services have these, obviously. Pretty sure they are required by law.

So I used to go into the Kids Only chat rooms and I would act like a kid. And maybe I acted a little bit like an internet bully. Though, back then we weren't really aware of the possibility that there could even be internet bullies. But maybe I was one. Or maybe I was just an idiot. Like I said before, can't talk to humans in real life... couldn't do it back then either - so anything I said or did on the internet... with people I didn't know.... definitely could have never done it in real life.

Being a little young and a little immature. I would get into tiffs (only I am allowed to use my own name in such a negative manner) with other young and immature kids on the internet. Here's how I remember a certain chat room session....And remember me... I'm TLBitt:

...
BoogerFace: Hey stupid, go to bed.
TLBitt: No. You got to bed.
Sk8Rdouche: I'm ANGRYYYY
RaperGuy: 34/m/your dreams, anyone wanna cyber?
---PrettyPrettyPrincessPony has entered the chat. Welcome PrettyPrettyPrincessPony!
TLBitt:It's not even time for bed. Besides, you're not my mom and I go to bed when I want!
---GothBlackChains has entered the chat. Welcome GothBlackChains!
BoogerFace: TLBitt you are a loserrrr
Sk8Rdouche: IM me!
TLBitt: I'm me too! What's up?!
PrettyPrettyPrincessPony: Who wants to chat?! 13/f/myhouse teehee!
Sk8Rdouche: No, IM me!
RaperGuy2000: 14/m/wanna be at your house! haha... hey girl.. IM me!
TLBitt: Seriously... I'm myself also.... what do you want?
TLBitt: Boogerface I'm not a loser, gosh! Get out of my life!
PrettyPrettyPrincessPony: How perfect that you are 14! I will IM you now!!
---PrettyPrettyPrincessPony has left the chat
---RaperGuy2000 has left the chat
Sk8rdouche: SO MAD
Boogerface: Hey TLBiTCH I bet you still wet the bed!
GothBlackChains: Marilyn Manson.
TLBitt: I bet you stick your fingers up your butt and smell it!!!!!!!
...

Now, the only part I actually remember about this whole chat session was my last line. And I remember it because my Dad got an e-mail about a week later from the AOL TOS Team with just that line. They didn't mention that BoogerFace totally deserved that sweet sweet comeback. Or that there were rapists and more important things to tend to in that chat room.

BoogerFace was a tattle tale. Who obviously did stick his fingers up his butt and smell it or he wouldn't have taken such offense.

My father is a man of very few words. All it took was showing me that e-mail, the consequences listed in the e-mail about what happens if you get 3 TOS warnings and for my dad to say, "Tiff...."

I was busted.

And I got kicked off of the internet for a whole week.

Seizures and other withdrawal symptoms abound.

Okay, no seizing, but probably? They were going to happen the very next day.

Matt Costa

You might be wondering where I've been...

No, just kidding. You're definitely not wondering where I've been.

 I haven't even been wondering where I've been.

The truth is, having 3 followers is boring.

And I'm sure coming to a blog with 3 followers is equally as boring, if not more.


I'll admit, the content of my blog is a bit confusing. I'm not one to stick to one topic. In fact, I can't even finish a two-part post. Also? I have several weekly posts that are supposed to happen; but they've been pretty sporadic.

Honestly, I'm getting bored with writing a post about having a boring blog. I've considered saying "screw this," saving this post, and going on my merry way about 7 times since starting this post.

I'll try to get better.

But probably won't.