tl;dr

[Dj_Jestar]

tl;dr came from SA, and is also used on 4chan

 

[wordy]

While on the subject, what does 'idd' mean?

 

[Tom0]

'Indeed' I believe

 

[semi-pro waster]

While on the subject, what does 'idd' mean?

"I don't disagree" although it could also be "I don't doubt" and "indeed" as I've heard all given as explanations. Somewhat similar to QFT I think.

 

[wordy]

cheers

 

[[TW]Fox]

tl;dr is very annoying. It's a shame more people dont spend time putting effort into decent posts rather than posting crap 1 liners.

 

[andyp]

Why is it tl;dr?

Where does the semi-colon come into it?

 

[semi-pro waster]

Why is it tl;dr?

Where does the semi-colon come into it?

Too long; didn't read. Amusingly whoever decided on the acronym appears to want some correct punctuation despite their apparant inability to type an additional 16 letters.

 

[PureAppleJuice]

Ahhh so that's what it means. Saw it popping up in a few threads and actually just assumed it was a typo or something. Is this some sort of 4chan fad that has no doubt invaded the rest of the internet?

 

[platypus]

Now that is good. No wait, you could go even better and actually post a picture of a teal deer instead.

 

[andyp]

Too long; didn't read. Amusingly whoever decided on the acronym appears to want some correct punctuation despite their apparant inability to type an additional 16 letters.

There shouldn't be a semi-colon in it.

We have no use for it in modern english language. It should be colon or a comma.

The semi-colon is there just for aesthetic reasons.

 

[ConTRo13R]

so what we chatting about

 

[fini]

There shouldn't be a semi-colon in it.

We have no use for it in modern english language.

Wrong.

 

[Ed]

There shouldn't be a semi-colon in it.

We have no use for it in modern english language. It should be colon or a comma.

The semi-colon is there just for aesthetic reasons.

Plenty of opportunities for use; a semi-colon conjoins related sentences.

^ The above is an example where a full stop may remove meaning from the first sentence. It's not used often but that's more to do with people not knowing its context.

 

[ConTRo13R]

Wrong.

right!

We use semicolons to make the eyes in a winking smiley!

 

[Ed]

right!

We use semicolons to make the eyes in a winking smiley!

Why should we believe you? You can't even spell "Controller".

 

[ConTRo13R]

Why should we believe you? You can't even spell "Controller".

; + ) = ta da

 

[Weebull]

I prefer "lookit all dem words"

I find the "kill it" type of response to be blatant spamming that should be banned if tl;dr posts are gonna be outlawed. "Kill it" posts serve no purpose as they generally don't add anything to any thread it's posted in.

Plus it's incredibly unfunny. It might have been funny to start with, but like a small kid that doesn't know when to shut up, it's gone way beyond being even slightly humourous.

Seriously though, this would be a much better rule. I swear you can't have a thread on here without either "OMG FIRE KILL ETC" or "HURHUHUR OVARY PUNCH".

 

[Flukester]

this thread proves that people have to much free time on their hands... oh wait, I'm here as well

it's just the internet, rules are cool as can make place pleasant for other users.. but sometimes things just get a little 'over the top', rules for rules sakes. imho that is.

it's almost like 'must justify my existence / im bored, hey, lets make a rule just for the hell of it and flex some interweb muscle'

don't mean offence by above comments, but it's just the way I see things...free speech and all that

 

[Gilly]

There is no free speech here.