Phones have ruined the internet by saturating it with retards and their children. How can phone users be purged so we can go back to having fun on the internet?
Parents have no idea when kidz txt m8s 'KMS' or '99'
Most adults have no idea what their kids mean when they use text terms such as "KMS", "99" or emoji faces with cross eyes, according to an unsurprising piece of research by BT. The survey of 4,500 adults was conducted by BT to raise awareness of Safer Internet Day. "Popular online slang and emojis used by children to …
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Tuesday 7th February 2017 00:17 GMT P. Lee
> The internet was ruined long before most people had smartphones.
> <blink>Surely not...</blink>
<marquee> Oh yes it was! </marquee>
Perhaps we should focus on making kids resilient to failure and capable of dealing with conflict instead of pretending we can get rid of all the bad stuff in the world for them.
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Monday 6th February 2017 20:36 GMT Anonymous Coward
@redpawn
"parents don't have a resource to look up the slang. Perhaps a system of tubes could be created."
What nonsense is that? Sorry, but I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or serious, and I suspect the latter because the art of using search engines seems to be something dying out. Which I think is totally absurd.
So yeah: they do, it's called Google. The only thing, as with all things, is that you need to know how to use it. I find it a little awkward that you guys apparently couldn't find this, and I got it in 2 - 3 hits. I'm not even a parent! And for the record: even Bing helps out.
https://google.com/search?q=99+internet+slang.
Google gives you a huge box on top of all your searches explaining the obvious.
Bing doesn't provide this but it did get me to the www.smsslang.com website as a first hit which also explained the whole thing. Granted: not as conclusive (people had to vote on things) but it does give you one giant heck of a hint. Slangit.com was more conclusive.
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Monday 6th February 2017 18:23 GMT Cynic_999
And?
Kids have invented their own slang for thousands of years. If parent's don't understand it, that's only because they haven't taken any interest. Much of the slang is highly regional, and so it's impossible to construct a universal dictionary. Just like much of the text-slang cited, which might be seen amongst one extended group of teens, but not in another. Though by its nature, stuff that's used on the Internet tends to get far more widespread use than stuff that's used only in school.
Teens are not the only group to have their own slang expressions. We techies use many expressions that most other people would not understand.
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Tuesday 7th February 2017 12:04 GMT Hollerithevo
Re: And?
Kids have slang to block their parents. It's part of separating from them and getting ready to leave their childhood. Parents who get worked up about it have to cool off. Start letting go, because your kids are doing what is programmed in them to do: fly the nest.
Obviously one has to be alert, because the same brain changes also make teenagers unable to judge risk properly, but a parent who hasn't taught their kids to be skeptical and thoughtful by the age of 12 can't do much by feverishly swotting up on teen lingo from ages 13-16.
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Monday 6th February 2017 19:02 GMT Anonymous Coward
missing something
If you are failing so miserably that you need to spy on what your kids are doing you need a better plan. I say raise the rug rats properly and spend less time worrying about what they are texting.
Guessing most of the parents that feel the need to snoop were constantly having their parents pick up the "other phone" while they were kids. You did not like it then, it did not solve anything back then, your kids are not liking it now, and it is not solving anything unless your intention is to drive them away (which in itself may not be a bad plan).
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Monday 6th February 2017 19:59 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: I say raise the rug rats properly and ...
Sorry, old bean, but nothing good is easy.
It is what you make it, and also; anyone can make kids, a much smaller subset of those people can manage to do it right.
I told my kid; I can monitor any of your traffic, but I choose not to because you have not given me any reason to do so. Works well, so far. Also, who pays for that device? You can take it and break in, and do any number of things because it is NOT your kid's device, it's yours. But then, why did you offer it in the first place? Most kids are not going to be meth-head, terrorists, so try not to over react before that is known. I mean, what did you try and do as a child? Your kids are about the same. They'll be fine. Let them have their secret language.
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