For the first time in decades, the U.S. skating team has no clear-cut Olympic medal contender.
While that is painfully true in the ladies skating, there are other disciplines in figure skating, too. The US currently boasts the reigning world champion in men's figure skating (Evan Lysacek) and the reigning silver medalists in ice dancing (Belbin and Agosto). They've been performing well this season, too: all three just won Skate America in their respective fields. We'll see Ol' Glory hoisted over that icy podium yet. #horses
There's Kim Yu Na of South Korea, the woman who's a good bet to win the Olympic gold. She's skating to a medley of James Bond music for her short program. #horses
I wonder if all the male horses stand on the perimeter and complain to each other about how the female horses walk away with a sneer when they go up behind them and start grinding awkwardly. And then stare down the girl horses while trying to figure out why they can't get a date. #horses
@J.D.Regent: I don't have qualms with it because they are talking about serial abusers and men with allegations from several different women. It isn't as if a guy gets accused once and than put on the list. #horses
I...don't think I've ever sent x's to a male friend via text. I'm far more likely to lick the camera and send them a shot of my taste buds.
I blame Twitter for holding us back. As a result of the character limitations, people are forced to use abbreviations. More smartphones + more keyboards + more-accomodating eVenues = better English! #metrotextuals
I get so annoyed when I get texts like that. We are not 13! It does not take any time or effort to type up full words! Words that I don't have to decrypt!
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@blazedom: So I'm not the only person in the world that writes almost full sentences and proper capitalization out in texting (and IM)? I have unlimited texting, so character limitations isn't an issue. #metrotextuals
@CollegeCamel: I've been known to go back and edit the damned things. Please call my doctor if anyone sees me pulling out a style manual while composing a text. #metrotextuals
I still type texts in full sentences, with correct grammar, punctuation and spelling. I did even when I had a phone without a qwerty keyboard. Yes, it takes me forever sometimes, but no one ever texts back, "LOL wut??!? xx0o"
@hydrogen_jukebox: Me too. The only time I have ever used "text speak" in a text message is when making fun of it. Also, I hate when people respond with LOL. I find it to be disingenuous. I prefer a nice hahahahah response. Of course the amount of ha's corresponds with the level of hilarity. #metrotextuals
@hydrogen_jukebox: Right there with you. With my new phone it is literally three times as more difficult to text properly and I still do it. Heck, even looking at my drunken texts they are 100 percent correct. Well, as correct as my spotty knowledge of punctuation can make them. #metrotextuals
@hydrogen_jukebox: I thought I was the only one to do this. I feel kind of silly typing everything out and putting in punctuation, but it's like I'm compelled to. #metrotextuals
@soykatrina: I do exactly this! I never, ever use LOL. Though I have been known to say "brb" in real life - but I'm only being facetious. #metrotextuals
this is a very, very British thing to do, for men and women. I have questioned my friends to no end to figure out "x" sign-off etiquette. It no longer means actual kisses but instead stands for friendship-- though a few of my manly man friends say they wouldn't be caught dead sending it to other manly men. #metrotextuals
@ficticious: I've noticed this with the Brits. It's not a youth thing, either. My boss gets emails from British men and women in their 40s and 50s that are signed with x's. It's usually with an initial, like "Jx." #metrotextuals
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For the first time in decades, the U.S. skating team has no clear-cut Olympic medal contender.
While that is painfully true in the ladies skating, there are other disciplines in figure skating, too. The US currently boasts the reigning world champion in men's figure skating (Evan Lysacek) and the reigning silver medalists in ice dancing (Belbin and Agosto). They've been performing well this season, too: all three just won Skate America in their respective fields. We'll see Ol' Glory hoisted over that icy podium yet. #horses
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I blame Twitter for holding us back. As a result of the character limitations, people are forced to use abbreviations. More smartphones + more keyboards + more-accomodating eVenues = better English! #metrotextuals
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Or, maybe xx is text for fistbumps. #metrotextuals
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Or whatever the kids say these days. #metrotextuals
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