anghraine: obi-wan in anh, frightening the sand people; text: damn you kids! get off my lawn! (obi-wan [off my lawn])
Anghraine ([personal profile] anghraine) wrote2018-12-27 10:36 am
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*shakes cane*

I'm morbidly curious if the people who constantly tack "lol" or "lmao" onto their arguments (for lack of a better word) actually think it adds an impression of amused superiority, or if ... idk, they're just trying to be irritating.

I suppose it's a bit of a "kids these days!" thing, but it seems a common fandom convention more than anything else. I certainly see adults using it all the time. In any case, it's probably my single least favourite fandom trend. No, above-it-all superiority isn't a cogent argument. And the likes of AGE GAPS ARE PEDOPHILIA LOL aren't exactly convincing as above-it-all, anyway.
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[personal profile] makamu 2018-12-28 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome! Here is the name of the German linguist to start you off: Anatol Stefanowitsch And here is his website (though all in German, unfortunately Happy information hunting!
Edited (borked link) 2018-12-28 19:06 (UTC)
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[personal profile] workday_dreamer 2018-12-28 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
That's perfect! With a name, I can at least start looking in the right direction. Thanks again!