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[devoutish]

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inform8ion, 4warned, 2day

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[OOC translation for people who don't hate themselves:

was looking up information about new spellings used in text communication on phones and computers etc. and most of what I found was fucking whinging about kids today being lazy and not knowing how to spell properly as if this were a modern fucking invention

there are differences and new things have been done with them that we didn't do much in the past with our telegraphs for example the numbers especially are clever

information, forewarned, today

but the idea was certainly not invented by 21st century children so pay respect to your elders who were far better at being incomprehensible than your kids today

when I get tired of my tiny telephone keyboard I'm going to write all my texts like this ]

Comments

[voice]

[devoutish]

And to make it clear that the kids they complain about didn't invent this, yes.

But I do like the abbreviations, actually.

[voice]

[glassfall]

You sound like you need a better hobby.

And I think I need the aid of a dictionary just to find out what even half of those are.

[voice]

[devoutish]

Use context; put in the vowels. You'll get the hang of it.

[voice]

[glassfall]

I'm not so sure I want to practically speak in code.

[She laughs.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

No telegraph jobs for you, eh?

[voice]

[glassfall]

What's a telegraph?

[So that's a "No", then.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

It's a way of sending long-distance messages. Very out of date, here.

[voice]

[glassfall]

It's not out of date for the place I came from. It's far more advanced than anything we have there.

[voice]

[devoutish]

Yeah, well, that's relative, innit. It's not very out of date for where I'm from either, but if you call it modern technology here they look at you as if you've got two heads.

[voice]

[glassfall]

So I've noticed. For every mundane chore I had to do back home, there's a device to do it here.

[Yeah, she's still stuck on that. Let her tell you about dishwashers, bro.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

Have you got a favorite?

[voice]

[glassfall]

I'd definitely have to say the dishwashers. I've always hated having to do dishes.

[Don't get her started on Roombas. Or washing machines. The future is awesome.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

Haven't touched a dishrag since you got here, have you?

[voice]

[glassfall]

Actually, I have... but only when I have to.

[voice]

[devoutish]

Why? The machine does it all, doesn't it?

[voice]

[glassfall]

Apparently, there are some dishes that are too delicate for the contraption. I might appreciate the convenience of all this, but I'm not lazy.

[voice]

[devoutish]

Wouldn't want to put one's grandmother's fine china in the thing. Is that it?

[voice]

[glassfall]

Something like that.

[She never knew her grandparents, but hey. Details.]

[voice]

[devoutish]

Well, I haven't got any of that here, so I suppose I'm safe.

[voice]

[glassfall]

Neither have I, but that's still the gist of it.

[voice]

[devoutish]

Right, then. Dishwashers - have you tried the clothes washers yet?

[voice]

[glassfall]

Not yet. I know of them, however. Aren't they amazing?

[voice]

[devoutish]

Yeah. I don't trust them with my own clothes from home, but they work well with most other things. Wouldn't put shoes in 'em, though.

[He'd learned that the hard way.]

[voice]

[glassfall]

That's alright. I'll take cleaning shoes by hand if it means not having to wash dishes and such as often.

[voice]

[devoutish]

And yet it's nearly impossible to find a good shoe-shine kit in most shops, or a shoeshine boy on the streetcorner. It boggles the mind.