http://cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2006-11-08 09:57 am

Internet for Dummies, Wednesday 11/8, 3rd Period

There were several beakers on Abby's desk and she was pacing in front of them, her lab coat looking a little worse for wear.

"Morning, guys. I hope you enjoyed your week off and got lots of emailing done. Since next week we're going to be using chatrooms and instant messengers, we need to bone up on our netspeak." Abby gave a brief rundown of why internet slang was invented and then went to the board to write down a few of the basics. "You've got your BRB which means 'be right back' and your LOL which stands for laughing out loud. What are some of the ones you can think of?"

After the list was expanded, Abby nodded to the students. "Alright, I want you guys to write those down because you'll be using them next week in class. Now for a fun activity, we're going to have dramatic spam readings. You've had your email accounts long enough to get those weirdly poetic emails that don't make a lot of sense. But I think they're fun to read. Everyone who reads will get a chance to try one of my new Caf-Pow flavors; pumpkin spice or cranberry."

Abby waved a hand at the beakers and wrinkled her nose, so far none of them tasted good, but it's not as if it would hurt the kids.

[ooc: OCD up! Play away!]

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[identity profile] imac-kenzie.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Cindy Mackenzie.

Re: Netspeak

[identity profile] imac-kenzie.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Mac blurted, "WTF," without really thinking about it. Then winced a little when she remembered that it wasn't the most appropriate netspeak she could have picked for use in class.

"That's 'What the, uh... frak.'" She added hopefully. At least having Cally around has given her a viable option for word replacement.

Re: Spam Poetry

[identity profile] imac-kenzie.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Mac doesn't really go in for dramatic reading, as such. She also doesn't drink Caff-pow anyway, so it's not like she's missing out. She prints off a nonsense spam email to share, though. "I think this is supposed to have a point to it," she started. "But I haven't managed to figure out what it is yet."

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She wrinkled her nose in distaste when she was done. "As well as making absolutely no sense. The grammar sucks." She may have added a muttered, "Does anyone here speak moron?"
notajar: (computer)

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[personal profile] notajar 2006-11-08 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Door
chasingangela: (glance by lockers)

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[personal profile] chasingangela 2006-11-08 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Angela Chase
notajar: (computer)

Re: Netspeak

[personal profile] notajar 2006-11-08 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've seen Oh Em Gee Doubleyou Tee Eff Bee Bee Queue on some of the eBay comments," Door offers. "I have no idea what it means, but people attach a lot of exclamation marks to it."

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[identity profile] 1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Buffy Summers

Re: Netspeak

[identity profile] 1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"BFF?" Buffy suggested hopefully.
chasingangela: (ha ha i was right)

Re: Netspeak

[personal profile] chasingangela 2006-11-08 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Um, colon, dash-close parenthesis is a smile?" Angela offered.
chasingangela: (classwork)

Re: Spam Poetry

[personal profile] chasingangela 2006-11-08 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Angela scrolled quickly past the spams that had to do with enhancing the size or function of genitalia she didn't have before clearing her throat.

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chasingangela: (cute)

Re: Caf-Pow Thread

[personal profile] chasingangela 2006-11-08 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Angela took a very, very small sip of cranberry. "This is kind of disgusting," she muttered, then took another. "But possibly addictive?"

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[identity profile] the-right-ray.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Ray Kowalski

Re: Netspeak

[identity profile] the-right-ray.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"R. O. T. F. L," Ray said. "Means rolling on the floor laughing. Don't ask me how I know that."
forgottenpants: (Default)

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[personal profile] forgottenpants 2006-11-08 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Pete Hutter
forgottenpants: (huh)

Re: Netspeak

[personal profile] forgottenpants 2006-11-08 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Pete had no idea what they were talking about. Still, worth a shot. "Tee aych gee bee eye double-you are en ess dee eye tee why." What? It was just stringing together a bunch of letters, right?
forgottenpants: (glee)

Re: Spam Poetry

[personal profile] forgottenpants 2006-11-08 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Pete was in his element here. He poured emotion and drama into his reading:

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Re: Spam Poetry

[identity profile] the-right-ray.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Ray picked out a piece of spam.

"If you are a time traveler or alien disguised as human and or have the technology to travel physically through time I need your help! My life has been severely tampered with and cursed!! I have suffered tremendously and am now dying! I need to be able to: Travel back in time. Rewind my life including my age back to 4. Be able to remember what I know now so that I can prevent my life from being tampered with again after I go back. I am in very great danger and need this immediately! I am aware that there are many types of time travel, and that humans do not do well through certain types.

I need as close to temporal reversion as possible, as safely as possible. To be able to rewind the hands of time in such a way that the universe of now will cease to exist.

I know that there are some very powerful people out there with alien or government equipment capable of doing just that.

If you can help me I will pay for your teleport or trip down here, Along with hotel stay, food and all expenses. I will pay top dollar for the equipment. Proof must be provided.

Also if you are one of the very few beings with the ability to edit the universe PLEASE REPLY!!!

Only if you have this technology and can help me please send me a (SEPARATE) email to:

Please do not reply if your an evil alien!

Thanks"

Ray just boggled.
notajar: (computer)

Re: Spam Poetry

[personal profile] notajar 2006-11-08 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Door searches through her trash folder, and comes up with one that disturbs her in how much it almost makes sense:

Most people believe that a chess board seeks a bartender about a cowboy, but they need to remember how almost a particle accelerator goes to sleep. A skyscraper finds subtle faults with the food stamp. Indeed, the molten satellite sells a photon inside an eggplant to an insurance agent. A hesitantly phony avocado pit single-handledly buries the load bearing warranty, and a fire hydrant graduates from a class action suit about a grain of sand. Some fire hydrant conquers the ball bearing. When you see a fruit cake related to the deficit, it means that the accurately proverbial fairy takes a coffee break. Now and then, another purple power drill eats a freight train defined by the tornado. For example, a demon defined by a spider indicates that some pig pen sells the recliner to the salad dressing over a rattlesnake. When a cantankerous support group reads a magazine, the federal deficit starts reminiscing about lost glory.

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[identity profile] bookyeve.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Evie Carnahan

Re: Netspeak

[identity profile] bookyeve.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"B-I-A-B, which I just figured out means 'back in a bit' on some of those weblogs," Evie offered. "And oh! TL; DR-- I think the fans of Teal Dear use it to show solidarity."

Re: Spam Poetry

[identity profile] bookyeve.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think this one is mostly in Italian. Or Spanish?"

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Evie blinked farer she was done. "I do hope none of that was obscene."

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[identity profile] kawalsky.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Charlie Kawalsky

Re: Netspeak

[identity profile] kawalsky.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"My favorite is STFU." He smirked.

Re: Spam Poetry

[identity profile] kawalsky.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
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That last line probably made no sense whatsoever since Kawalsky had no idea what language it was.

Re: Caf-Pow Thread

[identity profile] kawalsky.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Pumpkin me up. Wait, no. That sounds bad." He tried the pumpkin spice one. "Hey, this tastes like the coffee back in Colorado!"

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[identity profile] multi-madrox.livejournal.com 2006-11-09 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Jamie Madrox

Re: Netspeak

[identity profile] multi-madrox.livejournal.com 2006-11-09 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
"ZOMG is like OMG. But Better."

Re: Spam Poetry

[identity profile] multi-madrox.livejournal.com 2006-11-09 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
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[identity profile] section9-togusa.livejournal.com 2006-11-09 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Togusa