Lately the universe is conspiring to give me a shove over some invisible line….into a demographic group where I don’t belong. Nothing against the rest of you….. but I never signed up for this…….
Boomer? Technically. Senior? No thanks. Especially when the label is attached to a piece describing how we’re dinosaurs in this fast- paced digital age.
We’ve taken over Facebook. Figured out how to upload digital photos and Twitter. Like most parents, I was forced to eager to learn how to text. It was the only way to get my kids to communicate with me.
There’s a whole website and upcoming book that grew out of this phenomenon: called When parents text. (Note to my children: hopefully you haven’t contributed any samples.)
So I admit at first our age group was a little behind—especially on the shorthand. That’s changed as fast as everything else. We’re now way beyond LOL. Someone just sent me (digitally of course)—a few examples– and I added a few of my own:
LOL: Living on Lipitor
ROFLCGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing… Can’t Get Up
TTYL: Talk To You Louder
GHA: Got heartburn again
PIMP: Peed in my pants
WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
FWIW: Forgot Where I was
WTF: Where’s the food?
WTK: Where’s the keys?
CRTWG: Can’t Read This without Glasses
YAST: You Already Said That
IAST: I already said that?
OY: Oy
GOS: Getting old sucks
Feel free to add any of your own. Meanwhile I’m going to annoy text my kids again.
Very funny Darryle!
Thank you— if you really want something funny related to this generation, watch this : preview of an update to “When Harry Met Sally”:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0247468f28/when-harry-met-sally-2-with-billy-crystal-helen-mirren
Hilarious. Your texting lingo is superb. I’ll be using your shorthand from now on.
And the clip is fantastic!
D/
How about INSUFT !
No, not ‘I Never Signed Up For This !’
Instead, ‘I’ve Now Stopped Up Foyer Toilet !’
( Private Joke )
V/
As always, my daily treat is to read your usually humorous, sometimes poignant but always entertaining, blog. I always get a real kick when “V’ writes in, knowing how you always say that the two of you inhabit different bio-zones. But in the end, you seem to be so closely attuned to each other. Nice to see. BTW (Bring the Weewies), love, love, love the text acronyms. Thank you.
Haha—it will be a long time before you need to use any of that shorthand. Isn’t that Billy Crystal clip hilarious?? Wonder if you’re still in the movie biz in Italy or just sticking to food.
Hysterical. And no longer private. Love it.
Thanks Ron, always glad to think I entertain someone besides myself. And though V rarely comments, this one really is pretty funny. LOL.