19th September 2010, 1:36 PM
Of course it's an excuse. We aren't the frickin' borg. You act like we should automatically know every single term ever used in perpetuity throughout time and space JUST because it's probably somewhere on the internet. Guess what? If you've never seen the term on any page you've been to, you will never know that it's there TO be known! I've never heard the term "moe" before you guys mentioned it! How the heck would I even know to "use google" if I hadn't ever heard it! You act like I just should start typing in random characters in search engines on the off-chance it matches up with some sub-cultures list of jargon phrases.
I can promise you there's plenty of terms you've got no idea on the meaning of pal.
I can promise you there's plenty of terms you've got no idea on the meaning of pal.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)