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I decided early in my life that I would type things out.
Pretty sure I dodged a bullet by doing so...
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"U" annoys me, but I use 'idk', 'iow', 'obv' (which is either 'obvious' or 'obviously', depending on context) so I can't complain. I just know Gen Z and even Gen Alpha have their conventions and when their convention doesn't conflict too much with older generations' conventions, then I try to work it in. Perhaps it's a compromise and averaging that repels all generations equally, but the fact is the younger men are the future.
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I agree and I even use proper capitalization and punctuation in text messages. Call me a freak
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Abbreviations are fine some times... but those should be capitalized, BTW.
ikr?
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LOL... someone wasn't listening in class.ikr?
Idolater
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It's not about propriety and should, it's a matter of style. idk how they do it at the Chicago Tribune but the New York Times doesn't even have an entry for any of my examples as recently as 10 years ago. Literally no entries for "I don't know" or "idk" or "IDK", "in other words," "iow," "IOW." Nothing. It's a question of style. All the main stream, legacy, corporate news media have a style guide, whether they publish it or not, and it's just a matter of taste, and there's no accounting for taste. They first off just want to be consistent more than anything, not having one article or column with "idk" and another with "IDK". Just pick a lane and stay in the lane.