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Title: WTF, WTF?
Post by: celticgeek on 26 Jun 2008, 18:16
Hmmmm.

WTF? (http://www.wxii12.com/news/16699280/detail.html)
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: Liz on 26 Jun 2008, 18:18
That seems a little ridiculous, but whatever.
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Post by: sean on 26 Jun 2008, 18:21
laaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
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Post by: 0bsessions on 26 Jun 2008, 18:27
Man, late to the party. My friend Cesar used to have WTF for a vanity plate.
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Post by: Cartilage Head on 26 Jun 2008, 18:28
 I have never heard of any of those "20 internet acronyms" actually being used in a situation.

 Parents seem to think that every sentence during online chat is an acronym.
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Post by: Dissy on 26 Jun 2008, 18:32
NIFOC

IWSN

WKRP

that was great.
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Post by: Liz on 26 Jun 2008, 18:33
Man, now I want a license plate that says OMGWTF or NSFW.

Just to see if anyone comments on it.
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Post by: est on 26 Jun 2008, 18:48
POS - Piece of Shit, as in "What a POS article"

I mean, I know I don't go to chat places and such (other than gabbly) and haven't been on irc in aaaages but I have never seen most of those fucking acronyms.  It kind of feels like a satire article, or at best whoever they went to to give them some acronyms is pulling their leg.
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: Blue Kitty on 26 Jun 2008, 18:49
So wait, what happens if you don't want to change it?  Do they just take it from you and charge you?
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Post by: ruyi on 26 Jun 2008, 19:04
The best one I've encountered in one of those internet-acronyms-for-parents-type books:

4N6

Guess what that's supposed to stand for!
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: est on 26 Jun 2008, 19:07
forensics?  why would someone use that?
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Post by: jhocking on 26 Jun 2008, 19:10
It's the code word for kids watching CSI when they're supposed to be sleeping.
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Post by: Patrick on 26 Jun 2008, 19:25
The guy who lives next door to my mom's house has a German license plate that says NUDE(numbernumbernumber).
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Post by: mooface on 26 Jun 2008, 19:55
this sounds a bit familiar (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1211061stfu1.html)...
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Post by: David_Dovey on 26 Jun 2008, 21:16
It's the code word for kids watching CSI when they're supposed to be sleeping.

Badass
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Post by: Johnny C on 26 Jun 2008, 21:32
this sounds a bit familiar (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1211061stfu1.html)...

goddamn it i was about to post that exact story
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: LeCorndog on 26 Jun 2008, 22:46
I'm trying to get my license plate changed to PWNZORZ.
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Post by: celticgeek on 26 Jun 2008, 22:53
Here you go:

PWNZORZ (http://www.tax.ok.gov/plates/sp149.html)
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Post by: est on 26 Jun 2008, 22:57
That is one character too long.
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Post by: celticgeek on 26 Jun 2008, 22:59
Nope, Form 749 allows for seven characters.
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Post by: pwhodges on 26 Jun 2008, 23:47
UK plates can be quite short; I've been cut up by an arsehole in a Range Rover with the simple plate " FU2"
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: RobbieOC on 27 Jun 2008, 06:35
This is like, the least helpful article ever. All it's going to do is make a bunch of parents really paranoid. It doesn't help that the first five are all related to keeping something secret from parents...

NALOPKT... does that really need to be an acronym? If you polled 500 middle schoolers, how many of them do you think would actually know what this means?
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: pwhodges on 27 Jun 2008, 07:51
I've seen NALOPKT used in nerd-land [i.e. forums occupied by nerds and geeks] from time to time.  There are places that it's common to use initials, not as a standard acronym, but just to abbreviate a sentence which the writer simply guesses that his readers will be able to work out.
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Post by: jhocking on 27 Jun 2008, 07:55
That would piss me off so hard.
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Post by: benji on 27 Jun 2008, 08:06
Granted it's been a while since I've been in high school or in a chat room, but I find it funny that the only place I've ever seen that "Parents Over Shoulder" or equivalent is in alarmist articles about how the internet is corrupting your children. The only one of those I ever remember seeing in a real chat room is ASL.

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Post by: Oli on 27 Jun 2008, 08:30
My favourite is GYPO, because it's a racial slur AND an acronym.
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Post by: Hunter on 27 Jun 2008, 09:49
TWPMOSH.
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Post by: Slick on 27 Jun 2008, 09:56
My friend's parent's license plate is AFI 666.
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Post by: McTaggart on 27 Jun 2008, 11:32
Man that slideshow was irritating. Why was it even a slide show? A list would have sufficed and saved time and bandwidth.
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: celticgeek on 27 Jun 2008, 11:34
A slide show makes it look like they know what the hell they are talking about, when it is painfully obvious to everyone that they do not. 
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Post by: jhocking on 27 Jun 2008, 12:34
Man that slideshow was irritating. Why was it even a slide show? A list would have sufficed and saved time and bandwidth.

When you're enough of an alarmist to make a list like that, I doubt saving time is a priority.

Similarly, when you're enough of an idiot to make a list like that, I doubt saving bandwidth is a priority.
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: benji on 27 Jun 2008, 14:10
Man that slideshow was irritating. Why was it even a slide show? A list would have sufficed and saved time and bandwidth.

sufficed for what? They're selling a product here. The product is fear and paranoia. Pretty pictures is going to move more "the-kids-are-not-ok" then plain text.
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: smellslikemagic on 27 Jun 2008, 14:43
If the majority of people who saw these plates were either innocent about its meaning or not offended, it seems like such a waste of time and resources chasing down everyone who had "WTF" on their plates.  It just upsets the old people when you tell them stuff like this!
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Post by: pwhodges on 27 Jun 2008, 15:14
Why should old people be more offended than others?  They've had longer to get used to rude words.
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Post by: CardinalFang on 27 Jun 2008, 15:28
And have been using them longer.
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Post by: jhocking on 27 Jun 2008, 15:46
Rude words were, well, ruder in olden days.
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Post by: Hunter on 27 Jun 2008, 20:35

WYEOAATMALLT, IDSTIAP.

S, WYEOAITMALLT, IDSBIAP.
RWW,Wl,RIOD.
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: johnny5 on 28 Jun 2008, 16:27
i'm hoping that "i [heart] goatse" isn't taken yet
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Post by: smellslikemagic on 30 Jun 2008, 10:51
Why should old people be more offended than others?  They've had longer to get used to rude words.

Actually, you are right, all the old people I know are not scared of swears.  All the middle aged people I know don't necessarily know that certain things are rude, and when they find out, they pretend to be shocked.  Middle aged people, why do you pretend to be shocked?
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: Cagia on 01 Jul 2008, 05:27
i'm hoping that "i [heart] goatse" isn't taken yet

I would not be surprised if GOATSE is already taken. Or 2G1C for that matter either.
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: evernew on 01 Jul 2008, 07:18
I have never heard of any of those "20 internet acronyms" actually being used in a situation.

That's because you are not 11.

I had the chance to get a NERD license plate - over here you have 1 to 3 letters denominating where the car is registered, then 1 to 2 letters which you can pick and then 1 to 4 numbers - all depending on availability.

I wanted NE-RD-1337. No dice. My brother got to pick it.
Then I wanted my dad to get a NE-RD plate. Nope. My mom wouldn't have it either.

You can also get S-EX or SE-X. But you gotta pay extra.
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Post by: KvP on 01 Jul 2008, 08:27
ICU81MI?

Hilarious!
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Post by: BlahBlah on 01 Jul 2008, 08:59
Everyone knows that the only important acronyms are QC, RHITP and STNSDYS.
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: jhocking on 01 Jul 2008, 09:11
stfw
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Post by: benji on 01 Jul 2008, 09:31
You can also get S-EX or SE-X. But you gotta pay extra.

Isn't that always the way.
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Post by: MusicScribbles on 02 Jul 2008, 10:50
What is this thread?
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Post by: Runs_With_Scissors on 02 Jul 2008, 14:48
It has seems to have mutated. I did see a 1337 license plate the other day though.
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: himynameisjulien on 07 Jul 2008, 22:11
The best one I've encountered in one of those internet-acronyms-for-parents-type books:

4N6

Guess what that's supposed to stand for!
Wow, I've never seen that one used.
"Hey, wanna 4N6?"
Assuming it stands for foreign sex.
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: pwhodges on 08 Jul 2008, 13:25
Forensics (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=4n6)
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Post by: David_Dovey on 08 Jul 2008, 20:38
WTF
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Post by: chASS on 09 Jul 2008, 19:37
My state fails at life.
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Post by: himynameisjulien on 09 Jul 2008, 20:01
Why would someone want to make an acronym for forensics?
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Post by: Cagia on 09 Jul 2008, 20:32
A simular reason to why someone would have the Fibonacci Sequence in their signature.
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Post by: pwhodges on 10 Jul 2008, 00:20
If you click more you find that the word has been given an arbitrary different meaning as well.
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Post by: Ozymandias on 10 Jul 2008, 02:33
^ With adding just one letter to your post, you come up with a basic truth of the internet:

If you click more, you find that the world has been given an arbitrary different meaning as well.
Title: Re: WTF, WTF?
Post by: himynameisjulien on 10 Jul 2008, 21:35
A simular reason to why someone would have the Fibonacci Sequence in their signature.
My point was that it's not difficult to type, is not vulgar, does not require some sort of code (parents behind me or something) due to awkwardness or some other reason, and could not embarrass you in the event that you're in a conversation with multiple people.
I guess it's time to change my signature.