Don't Tread On Me

It's weird writing in a blog. I feel that I need to stay on top of my Ps and Qs. Make sure I have no silly typos and no stupid grammatical errors. One of my biggest pet peeves happens to be peple who type using letters, numbers and symbols.
"How r U 2Day?" Not only doesn't it use actual words.. they also can't seem to figure out if they want to use upper or lower case letters. The number at the front of today clearly screams lazy and it just drives me up the wall.
On instant messenger it's one thing. I feel I have an obligation to over look it because so many people use the slang and type that way. I suppose it carries over from shorthand texting on cell phones. However I have even encountered this retarded phenomenon in papers.. IN COLLEGE. That's right.. you read that correctly, people in an English class and a few student development classes at one of my college seem to feel that using "@" is somehow okay in a term paper rather than simply typing a and then t. People who clearly don't feel the need to reread their own writing and miss various yuos and tehs.

I guess it doesn't bother them that "there" paper reads like "thier" brain shut down in the middle of "they're" homework.


Attention idiots:

YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

Is it so wrong of me to not want to talk to anyone who IMs or messages me using this craptacular short hand form of typing? It's just as annoying to have everything lower case as it is EVERYTHING UPPER CASE. It loses effect. It's either all drab or all "shouting" I can't handle that. It's like talking to someone who whispers at the same tone and pitch everytime they say anything.

Maybe I should have a more open mind. Or maybe these idiots should just learn how to type properly. Even if it's only for posterity. I wonder if they forget how to type correctly at all. Is it so wrong to ask for a little intelligence on the internet?

Don't bother answering.. I know the answer is no.