Internet Culture
I love internet culture. I love it so much
Now, what does that mean? When I say Internet Culture I'm referring to the entire language, slang, memes, references, and styles that are commonly used when talking on the internet that are different from talking irl.
Examples
1. We can communicate using memes without text because many memes are used so often you can already assume what the text is
(see: x or even the meme "Loss" x)
2. The grammatical syntax on the internet. It's much different than writing a letter, doing a school assignment, or writing a note. People have adapted language for the internet to help convey tone if you see someone using a. lot. of. periods. that means they're emphasizing the point, Even more than that, there are different ways you talk on the internet depending on the platform: Twitter uses tone indicators, texts sees more abbreviations, tumblr uses formatting (spacing, italics, cursive, etc.)
3. Dont even get me started on vines. God, I love vines, its one the most fascinating things to examine its impact
4. Fuck, dude, I'm running out of examples but i know there is so much more to talk about, i could go on for forever
5. ONLINE FRIENDS! Online friends are wild!!! Just as a concept! You tell me you raised a generation that was taught to fear the internet and they went out and made friends WHILE STILL trying to include some form of identity protection?
6. ONLINE NAMES!!!!! The fact that people have the weirdest fuckig screen names but that is so incredibly normal on the internet that you will meet people that go by names like Tree, Toy, Settings, Fairy, Cass, Lynn, Lyrica, Int, Kiwi, Belit, Poke, Cap, Shumpy, or even fuckin' "dickslayer99" (all real names I have come across) and people don't even bat an eye! And even the ones I included that sound like irl names are literally nowhere close to their irl names, they just chose a name that sounded normal!
I stand by the fact that the best ice breaker on the internet is "How'd you get your name?" because almost everyone has a story
(which is ironic for me to say because i have literally no recollection of where my name comes from but i can somehow tell you how i came up with every single password I've ever used)
Ok I could go on for hours and I'll probably end up making several other posts about everything I love about the internet and growing up on the internet but feel free to add on or tell me stories about any of these things! I just. i really really love internet culture :D
