Remember when you used email for the first time and it was so neat and fascinating?
It’s amazing! I can instantly send anyone a short message at their computer at this very instant! Because instantaneous communication was so intoxicating to people they started saying and writing words or phrases that they normally wouldn’t. One of the most common and overused terms in this new "era" of communication was “LOL” which stands for “laugh out loud”. (If you didn't know that you should shut off your computer and leave the room right now!)
LOL started to be used everywhere. People were writing LOL in every email after anything that was remotely perceived to be funny. LOL started to show up in television ads and on bill boards. It got sickening to read LOL everywhere. It became quickly over used and ineffective.
Which brings me to “What the fuck” or the sanitized version used on the Web “WTF”. I've notice that this phrase has popped up all over the web the past few years. Browse around on your Facebook or MySpace account and you will probably see "WTF" roughly 13 times a page.
Why is "WTF" so commonly used? For starters, is fun to say in real life. Open up the credit card bill and look at many items that you wife charged? "WTF!" Driving to the store and someone cuts you off, "WTF!" After Davidson beat Wisconsin in basketball "WTF!!"
WTF.....enjoy it before it becomes the next LOL.





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