[stosh]

I realized looking thru the pictures that for the most part the sayings on them make NO sense what-so-ever. Some are extremely obsecure references and others are weird references to animal genitalia.

Why has this E-language become so popular? What about it makes it funny? For the most part it can only be exclusively used on the internet and doesn't transfer to conversational english very well.

It's would be an interesting psycological study for someone to really dig deeper into this.

ok so that was my misc. musings for the day.

 

[blue]

Caitlin pulls off "i has a karot" well.

Perhaps I should find a giant carrot and take a picture.

 

[Toshi]

in korea only old people use email!

 

[Tame Ape]

in korea only old people use email!

North or South?

 

[Tame Ape]

This 'absurdist' strain of humor is people's desire to re-embrace the simplicity and ludicrousness of childhood, but from the perspective of an adult.

Also, it is a sardonic response to people abusing and breaking down the written English language in an effort to communicate faster.

Also, it turns out that retards are in fact, very very funny.

 

[BurlyShirley]

North or South?

They dont even have food in the north, let alone computers.

 

[Tame Ape]

They dont even have food in the north, let alone computers.

well duh, thats why they invented the PDA and bluetooth

 

[binary visions]

I'm not sure it's really new... nonsense has always been funny. This is a new type of nonsense, of course, based on the errors that occur when typing, but that's the only difference. The type of humor itself isn't that different.

 

[douglas]

"1337"

Once used by the hacker community as sort of a sub-culture language, ANYONE using this type of speak in the present day in age is either:

A) A clueless net newbie who somehow thinks its still "cool" to speak this way.

B) A veteren net user who uses it to parody the type of people mentioned in example A.

u r n0t 1337 d00d!!11

 

[sanjuro]

Is it any different then saying Hep Cat, Homeboy, or Hizzle?

Slang terms come and go.

 

[stosh]

Is it any different then saying Hep Cat, Homeboy, or Hizzle?

Slang terms come and go.

Agreed, but it's not as simple as just slang.

 

[SofaKingBanned]

"1337"

Once used by the hacker community as sort of a sub-culture language, ANYONE using this type of speak in the present day in age is either:

A) A clueless net newbie who somehow thinks its still "cool" to speak this way.

B) A veteren net user who uses it to parody the type of people mentioned in example A.

u r n0t 1337 d00d!!11

Just like the sub-urban white boy with corn rows using "fo shizzle."

Stop it.

 

[binary visions]

Just like the sub-urban white boy with corn rows using "fo shizzle."

Stop it.

You mean manziman?

 

[SofaKingBanned]

You mean manziman?

I didn't say that.

 

[stosh]

I didn't say that.

Yes you did

 

[jimmydean]

I don't know how many of y'all are old enough to recall "eat my ballls", that was funny. It's all the same crap.

Wikipedia:
Ate my balls was an early example of an Internet meme. In the late 1990s, many web pages were created to depict a particular celebrity or fictional character saying how they liked to eat balls. Often, the site would consist of a story or comic featuring edited photos about the titular individual eating balls. The photo editing was often intentionally crude to emphasise the parody. Usually the editing would go no further than a speech bubble or two added to each photo.

The "Mr. T Ate My Balls" web page was the original "Ate my balls" site. It was started in 1996 by a college student named Nehal Patel and became a popular Internet fad. It has now all but fallen out of popular Internet culture.

 

[stosh]

I don't know how many of y'all are old enough to recall "eat my ballls", that was funny. It's all the same crap.

Wikipedia:
Ate my balls was an early example of an Internet meme. In the late 1990s, many web pages were created to depict a particular celebrity or fictional character saying how they liked to eat balls. Often, the site would consist of a story or comic featuring edited photos about the titular individual eating balls. The photo editing was often intentionally crude to emphasise the parody. Usually the editing would go no further than a speech bubble or two added to each photo.

The "Mr. T Ate My Balls" web page was the original "Ate my balls" site. It was started in 1996 by a college student named Nehal Patel and became a popular Internet fad. It has now all but fallen out of popular Internet culture.

Interesting....

I thought a lot of this humor was based around "all your base"

 

[Tame Ape]

Interesting....

I thought a lot of this humor was based around "all your base"

like I said, same vein, different arm.

 

[binary visions]

Interesting....

I thought a lot of this humor was based around "all your base"

Nah, it's just the way of the intarweb. "All your base" was just another example. Ever see the dancing baby? There's been a million internet fads like this, they just come and go.

 

[stosh]

Nah, it's just the way of the intarweb. "All your base" was just another example. Ever see the dancing baby? There's been a million internet fads like this, they just come and go.

Ok that said, I guess I'm intrigued by the psycology behind them. What is unique about them? What is type of humor is typically required? What seperates this fad from others?

 

[psychobiker]

its so we can use offensive language with out being deleted......... that is my hypothesis

 

[stosh]

its so we can use offenseive language with out being deleted......... that is my hypothesis

To some extent I think you have a point.

There is a certain "insider'ness" to them as well.

 

[psychobiker]

like the punk rockers or the mods, hippies and such gotta have my own identity...language...look

 

[jimmydean]

I made an obscure "all your base" reference a while back that got no response at all!

 

[stosh]

like the punk rockers or the mods, hippies and such gotta have my own identity...language...look

So does that mean the internet is just a fad?

 

[psychobiker]

also the lack of confidence creates an identity all its own, along with charecter defects

 

[psychobiker]

im still a hippie at heart but luv my metal..... awnser to your question is no.. its only gonna grow like everything else

 

[ktmsx]

this is kind of like some of the lingo on bikerag... I just don't undersatand half of what people are talking about...

 

[johnbryanpeters]

There once was a rider named Toshi
Posted pictures on mo skoshi
While warming his HARBL
He swallowed a marble
Which garbled his HARBL remotely.

 

[Toshi]

nice. should be "mou sukoshi" (or "moo" but not as in cows but rather as a long "mo".

 

[blue]

well duh, thats why they invented the PDA and bluetooth

Kim Jong Il invented the interwebs.



From time to time I accidentally intersplice interwebspeak into my conversation language and scare people.

 

[Ciaran]

So does that mean the internet is just a fad?

No but I think it is the matrix in which the fads reside.






Note: The use of the word "matrix" is in no way a reference to The Matrix series of movies. If you don't know what matrix means then look it up.

 

[Toshi]

uh matrix as in an array or grid? in the matlab sense? please explain further. or do you mean it in the sense of a substrate, like the chicken wire under a plaster wall?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

nice. should be "mou sukoshi" (or "moo" but not as in cows but rather as a long "mo".

Japanese? I picked it up as pidgin while in Korea.

 

[Ciaran]

uh matrix as in an array or grid? in the matlab sense? please explain further. or do you mean it in the sense of a substrate, like the chicken wire under a plaster wall?

Don't you have a cadaver to explore?


As a substrate.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

uh matrix as in an array or grid? in the matlab sense? please explain further. or do you mean it in the sense of a substrate, like the chicken wire under a plaster wall?

Connective tissue might be a better, though imperfect, analogy.

 

[Toshi]

yep, japanese, jbp: means "more" in as many words.

Ciaran, no, no more anatomy lab for me. since july i've been out in the clinics/hospitals. this rotation is pretty slow (family practice) thus plenty of time to pick up on internet memes and to dissect your usage of English

 

[johnbryanpeters]

yep, japanese, jbp: means "more" in as many words...

Interesting. From use in context, I thought it meant quickly.

 

[sanjuro]

Agreed, but it's not as simple as just slang.

The only way you would hear hep cat is to be part of the beatnik scene, until mainstream media (i.e. Hollywood) co-opted the movement (i.e. Maynard G. Krebs).

Obviously online communication is totally different than phone/letters, but is has the same revolutionary aspect as the Beat Generation.

 

[Toshi]

Interesting. From use in context, I thought it meant quickly.

that'd be "hayaku!" if an order as in "hurry up!", or "mou hayai" or something similar. sukoshi can also mean "a little bit"...