Internet memes that get on our nerves...

[Mully]

Here's a term that really grinds my gears...

"after the jump" - when talking about a link usually in blogging when "continue reading" would suffice.

"dub dub dub" - when speaking to denote the www.***.com address; radio dj's and G4 really abuse this.

any others out there?

[Kupek]

These don't count as memes, to me. These are just conventions people follow because they make sense. "After the jump" implies that what you're reading is just the introduction, and other posts, not the rest of the one you're reading, follow; you need to click the link to get the rest. I've never heard "dub dub dub," but it makes sense. "Double-you" is a three syllable word, and saying nine syllables for something we all know - www - is tedious.

These are examples of the natural evolution of language.

What I consider an internet meme, for the record, are things like FAIL or "I see what you did there."

[Don]

The abbervation that bothers me is 'u' for you. I know everyone does it, but seriously, it's just 2 letters.

[Kupek]

I think the only people who do that are those that can't touch-type.

[Don]

Well along the same lines, I think it'd take longer to type 'l8r' than later. At least for me, my hand is trained to find the letters and reaching for the numbers row itself takes longer than 3 letters.

[Kupek]

Again, that's not going to be true if you hunt-and-peck while looking at the keyboard.

[Don]

I sort of assume everyone online must have mastered the art of typing. Maybe not accurately, but should at least have the speed!

[Kupek]

They haven't. I knew CS graduate students who hunt-and-pecked. If you're always looking at the keyboard, and you're not using the home row, then there's no penalty in hitting the number keys.

[Tessian]

Before Sine jumps in and says it: Meme is one of my most hated memes. Wtf did this word even COME from?

[Chris]

I want to murder people who rick-roll....why the fuck is that funny? And for those of you that found it funny......why the fuck is is still funny? Is the retardometer in your brains running properly? because it's fucking retarded...

and also along those lines. Chuck Norris. Fuck that dickheaded redneck talentless douchebag. it's not goddamn funny anymore.

[Don]

One thing I never got about the Chuck Norris jokes. I assume people don't just make so many of them up on the fly, so I assume there must be a page with all of them somewhere, but does that mean there are always people who have their webpage permanently opened there so they can read a new one on demand? Are people that bored?

[Kupek]

Before Sine jumps in and says it: Meme is one of my most hated memes. Wtf did this word even COME from?

The Selfish Gene, which is a book I mentioned on here many years ago. It's about evolution at the genetic level, and argues that evolution only happens at the genetic level; the adaptations we see are actually expressions (phenotypes) of the genes. It's an amazing book and if you have any interest in evolution you should read it. It's by Richard Dawkins, who is now more infamous for his book The God Delusion and for being an outspoken atheist.

I think he coined the term when trying to come up with something that would have a kind of evolution, but was not based on genetics. Instead it would spread from mind to mind.

[Tessian]

Before Sine jumps in and says it: Meme is one of my most hated memes. Wtf did this word even COME from?

The Selfish Gene, which is a book I mentioned on here many years ago. It's about evolution at the genetic level, and argues that evolution only happens at the genetic level; the adaptations we see are actually expressions (phenotypes) of the genes. It's an amazing book and if you have any interest in evolution you should read it. It's by Richard Dawkins, who is now more infamous for his book The God Delusion and for being an outspoken atheist.

I think he coined the term when trying to come up with something that would have a kind of evolution, but was not based on genetics. Instead it would spread from mind to mind.

That can't be it... people on the internet who make up this shit don't read

[Kupek]

It is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

Although in it's original meaning, it was any unit of spreadable knowledge, much as a gene is a unit of DNA that gets passed on. So "F = MA" is a meme just as much as "invisible cheezeburger." But as people use the word now, it's just useless crap that people repeat to be funny.

[Andrew, Killer Bee]

The words fail, win and epic have been forever ruined for me by the internet. Fuck you, 4chan.

[Mully]

The words fail, win and epic have been forever ruined for me by the internet. Fuck you, 4chan.

Agreed.

[SineSwiper]

The words fail, win and epic have been forever ruined for me by the internet. Fuck you, 4chan.

Still, there is some charm in these words. It's a way of getting the point across in the most direct way possible. Instead of "Man, that was a pretty dumb move there.", it's "FAIL!" One word, and no dancing around the issue.

The internet isn't ALWAYS bad. Just most of the time it is.

[Julius Seeker]

The words fail, win and epic have been forever ruined for me by the internet. Fuck you, 4chan.

I agree, even though I find failblog entertaining. Also, 4chan people annoy me, they are a perfect example of annoying Internet people who ruin funny/cool things. It's not limited to the Internet though, I STILL here idiots yelling "What?!" "OK!!!" repeatedly, or inserting "All your ___ are belong to ____" into conversation... and they almost all look like Star Wars Kid clones, probably describes a lot of 4chaners too.

[Mully]

This one isn't an internet "slang,' but...

"across the pond" when talking about other countries.

[bovine]

This one isn't an internet "slang,' but...

"across the pond" when talking about other countries.

as long as there is a body of water between the referencer and the country of reference, I see no problem in this statement. If there is no such water, then it would just be silly.

[Mully]

Yes, but it's not a POND. It's a body of water that has a name. Ocean.

[Kupek]

Right. That's because it's ironic.

I think it's normally only used for the UK (and the US when in the UK). I think it's a self-conscious way to state that the US and the UK are politically and culturally aligned despite being so far from each other.