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[Sweeney]

Ok, so. To start us off, I want to rant on people making stuff up online, like the <3.

What. The. Fuck. How does that come close to love? It has nothing to do with love! How did it get started, and what dumbass came up with it?
<3 is just [blank] less than three! Is that love?! Sure as fuck, no. I mean, love is infinite, and this is only less than three. How the fuck does LOVE come out of <3!? You can't possibly get that unless you're a dyslexic motherfucking redneck who can't spell, read or write, and who has never been in love. Real love is vast and wonderful, and yet painful at the same time, whereas <3 is just a symbol and a number! Nothing more!
But yet people use this everyday to show their love. Bleh! I don't see how this shit ever got started. It's plain stupid. I mean, 1337 speak has it purposes such as hiding stuff from teachers like I do with my friend Alex... but this is just too damn far.

Shit.

Spoiler

Will anyone think this is me? I came across this in an old search the other day. I thought it bore repeating I edited it for clarity and sense. And also to make it a sight more convincing.
Also, my acronym tag didn't work ;_;

[Waser Lave]

Spoiler

The spelling and lack of punctuation make it obvious it isn't your rant.

[Sweeney]

Spoiler

The spelling and lack of punctuation make it obvious it isn't your rant.

Well, I thought about copyediting it... shall I fix it up all nice and shiny?

[Waser Lave]

Spoiler

Well, I thought about copyediting it... shall I fix it up all nice and shiny?

It would certainly make it more convincing.

[Ladida]

I love how Sweeney is dancing in time to my music

[Nymh]

Spoiler

It's obviously not you... might want to fix it up a bit if you want to be more convincing. But it was fun to read anyway <3

Edited by nymh, 07 February 2012 - 11:21 AM.

[iargue]

<3 is a heart, not love. Kay?

[Waser Lave]

<3 is a heart, not love. Kay?

!= <3

[Sweeney]

<3 is a heart, not love. Kay?

Don't be stupid. "I <3 U" doesn't translate to "I a heart you".

Edit: And also, you really ought to change your signatures.

[iargue]

Don't be stupid. "I <3 U" doesn't translate to "I a heart you".

Thats because it translates to "I heart you"

[Sweeney]

Thats because it translates to "I heart you"

But everyone can see that that makes no grammatical sense at all.

[Waser Lave]

But everyone can see that that makes no grammatical sense at all.

Unless it's "Aye, heart, you?". Although that would largely be restricted to asking a Scottish/Northern English person if they think something heart-like looks like a heart so it probably wouldn't be widely used.

[iargue]

But everyone can see that that makes no grammatical sense at all.

I never said it was grammatically correct...

[Sweeney]

I never said it was grammatically correct...

Well, then you haven't answered the original query in the post!

[Lychee]

<3 looks like a cartoon, non-realistic style heart on its side. It's as valid as a symbol for a heart as : ) is valid as a symbol of a smiling face. Both break down images into their most basic and recognisable components (which can be typographically replicated). Should you never show emotions with an emoticon, or a graphic of something that isn't you? Let's say I was feeling excited and I wrote a response to something, but I'm crappy with my words so it wouldn't be obvious to people reading it that I was excited. Or I was just so excited that I wasn't sure twenty exclamation marks would get that point across. Whatever. So I might use this: I can't really turn my eyes into one big X in the middle of my face, nor can I do that thing with my mouth. I've never pulled that face, nor have I seen a non-cartoon person pull that face. But I know what its connotations are and so I feel it's a valid way of communicating things.

Which just proves I'm a dirty hypocrite because I hate text speak, even though I can understand it!

tl;dr: I'm fine with silly pictures, but heaven forbid anyone abuses precious words.

[Sweeney]

<3 looks like a cartoon, non-realistic style heart on its side. It's as valid as a symbol for a heart as : ) is valid as a symbol of a smiling face. Both break down images into their most basic and recognisable components (which can be typographically replicated). Should you never show emotions with an emoticon, or a graphic of something that isn't you? Let's say I was feeling excited and I wrote a response to something, but I'm crappy with my words so it wouldn't be obvious to people reading it that I was excited. Or I was just so excited that I wasn't sure twenty exclamation marks would get that point across. Whatever. So I might use this: I can't really turn my eyes into one big X in the middle of my face, nor can I do that thing with my mouth. I've never pulled that face, nor have I seen a non-cartoon person pull that face. But I know what its connotations are and so I feel it's a valid way of communicating things.

Which just proves I'm a dirty hypocrite because I hate text speak, even though I can understand it!

tl;dr: I'm fine with silly pictures, but heaven forbid anyone abuses precious words.

*ruffles hair*
Yes, we all know that

[iargue]

Well, then you haven't answered the original query in the post!

How can I answer a query that is invalid on its surface? <3 was never meant to be, and still does not mean love. Only stupid teenage girls think it means that, and they also think that when he looks at them in class, it means he loves them.

[MsRose]

I'm on my iPhone, which makes following who says what a little difficult. For some reason I thought this was iargue's rant. Then when I saw sweeney's picture before I opened the spoilers I thought he might be drunk >.<

Anyways, it doesn't bother me. Slang isn't limited to the alphabet. I generally use <3 as an emoticon instead of a replacement for the word "love".

Edited by MsRose, 07 February 2012 - 12:06 PM.

[Sweeney]

How can I answer a query that is invalid on its surface? <3 was never meant to be, and still does not mean love. Only stupid teenage girls think it means that, and they also think that when he looks at them in class, it means he loves them.

You don't have much in the way of long term memory, do you?

What, then, would you say a heart represents in casual communication, if not love? When someone leaves a "<3" at the end of a post, they're not referencing an actual, physical heart.

[iargue]

You don't have much in the way of long term memory, do you?

What, then, would you say a heart represents in casual communication, if not love? When someone leaves a "<3" at the end of a post, they're not referencing an actual, physical heart.

Its just like using sign language to a friend. "I heart you" it means that you care about the person.

[Sweeney]

Its just like using sign language to a friend. "I heart you" it means that you care about the person.

Many people would call that caring synonymous with love. Platonic love, perhaps, but still.
Seems to me you're just making a semantic argument in an attempt to make yourself look big and clever for the people who might have clicked on the ninja before reading the thread.

[iargue]

Many people would call that caring synonymous with love. Platonic love, perhaps, but still.
Seems to me you're just making a semantic argument in an attempt to make yourself look big and clever for the people who might have clicked on the ninja before reading the thread.

Or. That's how its always been seen by myself and all of my friends? Platonic love is easily summarized by a heart. Its not something vast and wonderful like romantic love is. I've never seen anyone sacrifice themselves for someone that they loved platonically.

[Sweeney]

Or. That's how its always been seen by myself and all of my friends? Platonic love is easily summarized by a heart. Its not something vast and wonderful like romantic love is. I've never seen anyone sacrifice themselves for someone that they loved platonically.

So it does represent love?
That was a rather ham-fisted backtrack...

[iargue]

So it does represent love?
That was a rather ham-fisted backtrack...

When you understand that platonic love and romantic love are completely different things, not even in the same category.... Then you might have a chance of grasping this concept to.

[Sweeney]

When you understand that platonic love and romantic love are completely different things, not even in the same category.... Then you might have a chance of grasping this concept to.

I think it's fairly self-evident that they're both in the category "love".