Saytpd: The Decline of Acronyms on Xoxohth
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Date: August 15th, 2022 10:41 PM Author: bright brunch psychic
XOXOHTH culture 2004-2010 was, as much as anything, about insanely long acronyms comprehensible only to megapoasters. It was 180 and insane. I remember my first weeks here seeing entire threads of indecipherable acronyms. I felt like some cryptographer who lied about my background to get a job.
Then, one day after months of fruitless persistence, I could suddenly read everything. It was as close to a Damascus experience as anything I’ve had.
You had to rewire your brain to “get” xo. You had to intuit what someone *would* post. Once you got xo brain, it all fell into place so beautifully
I haven’t seen a new acronym on xo in ages and even the old ones have faded. Sad
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5174038&forum_id=2#45019422) |
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