Friday, March 13, 2009
language, alright, i like this, this is fun. i was sitting there yesterday, and i completely forgot my original point i was thinking about making, so it turned into an open apology. you know, that cracks me up. it is almost sweet, in a mock-sincere way.
but anyways, lets brush on the death of language. it feels like proper english is going by the wayside, which is just stupid. it is so fucking lazy. i mean sure, you are text messaging, you have the gimpy 160 characters the shylock phone companies give you, so you need to pare things down. sure. but why the hell does this bleed over into other things? when you are writing something, is it really that much harder to form complete sentences? screw that. just because i am obstinate, i try to use my full vocabulary when i am texting. i like to believe it is a nice change of pace for some people. i mean you are used to how r u? idk lol. i mean, most texting seems to dumb language down to the point that people aren't even saying anything. there isn't even conversation, it is just a way to kill time. so there i am, full words, actually saying something pertinent. it has to be sort of nice, in a way. that;s the way i think about it. that, and it hurts my brain to dumb down language.
in the coming years, it will be interesting to see what happens to language. i imagine it is going to give me a distinct advantage. people are still going to need to communicate succinctly. that is the whole point of proper vocabulary and grammar to me, why i dink around so much. the more words i know, and the easier it is to string together correctly, the more efficiently i can convey my ideas. we are going to have generations of kids who will be able to type very fast, but when they are forced to actually make a point, they will spew out circuitous, rambling, nonsense as they struggle with the language they have spent their childhoods lazily bastardizing. this isn't about slacking at school, this is about straight communication skills. this is about knowing how to talk, and use words to convey your meaning. i imagine it will garner a certain amount of respect, and possibly intimidate some people. it is funny to thing something more idiotic than intimidating someone with basic fucking grammar, but it feels like we are headed in that direction.
gah, this gets me worked up. why wouldn't you want to get better at language? i mean, you can talk, you learn that when you are a baby. it is something ingrained into your mind. all you have to do to improve is try to use it properly. i don't think i sound stuck up or snooty, i think i sound well thought out and genuine. it gives my opinions a strength of their own, to other people, when i form them with the words that correctly conveys my meaning. see, here, i just used that word for the second time, and that pisses me off. blah, BLAH, blblblblblb. just thinking about this gets me out of sorts. i am rambling and resorting to gibberish. i need to go
do me a favor, and work on your language skills. it will help keep you in the main species, instead of the devolving subset that is forming at the periphery.
but anyways, lets brush on the death of language. it feels like proper english is going by the wayside, which is just stupid. it is so fucking lazy. i mean sure, you are text messaging, you have the gimpy 160 characters the shylock phone companies give you, so you need to pare things down. sure. but why the hell does this bleed over into other things? when you are writing something, is it really that much harder to form complete sentences? screw that. just because i am obstinate, i try to use my full vocabulary when i am texting. i like to believe it is a nice change of pace for some people. i mean you are used to how r u? idk lol. i mean, most texting seems to dumb language down to the point that people aren't even saying anything. there isn't even conversation, it is just a way to kill time. so there i am, full words, actually saying something pertinent. it has to be sort of nice, in a way. that;s the way i think about it. that, and it hurts my brain to dumb down language.
in the coming years, it will be interesting to see what happens to language. i imagine it is going to give me a distinct advantage. people are still going to need to communicate succinctly. that is the whole point of proper vocabulary and grammar to me, why i dink around so much. the more words i know, and the easier it is to string together correctly, the more efficiently i can convey my ideas. we are going to have generations of kids who will be able to type very fast, but when they are forced to actually make a point, they will spew out circuitous, rambling, nonsense as they struggle with the language they have spent their childhoods lazily bastardizing. this isn't about slacking at school, this is about straight communication skills. this is about knowing how to talk, and use words to convey your meaning. i imagine it will garner a certain amount of respect, and possibly intimidate some people. it is funny to thing something more idiotic than intimidating someone with basic fucking grammar, but it feels like we are headed in that direction.
gah, this gets me worked up. why wouldn't you want to get better at language? i mean, you can talk, you learn that when you are a baby. it is something ingrained into your mind. all you have to do to improve is try to use it properly. i don't think i sound stuck up or snooty, i think i sound well thought out and genuine. it gives my opinions a strength of their own, to other people, when i form them with the words that correctly conveys my meaning. see, here, i just used that word for the second time, and that pisses me off. blah, BLAH, blblblblblb. just thinking about this gets me out of sorts. i am rambling and resorting to gibberish. i need to go
do me a favor, and work on your language skills. it will help keep you in the main species, instead of the devolving subset that is forming at the periphery.
