12.07.2009

The internet has punctuation?

The answer is yes. Check out this chart, comparing regular punctuation to internet punctuation. The difference is that the internet sucks at punctuation. Please note that:
While "You have cancer of the :" may be the most efficient way to deliver a diagnosis of colon cancer over Instant Messenger, one should strive for clarity when using punctuation.
Punctuation and grammar are here to help, friends. Don't be anti-punctuation. That shit gets you e-mocked for e-ternity.

2 comments:

  1. Okay, you just made my Monday a little better. That was hilarious.

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  2. It was hilarious until I went to find out what the hell the "goatse" link was about. WTF indeed. I am, apparently, an OLD PUNCTUATION-USING FOGEY, otherwise I would have heard about this vileness before. Gah.

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