Okay, I give up. I am officially waving the white flag. I hereby announce my resignation from the chaotic mess called Modern Life. This already swayed camel's back was broken with the final straw contained in this morning's news concerning a new "app" -- shorthand for "application" but God knows we haven't time to say the whole word -- which Facebook purchased yesterday for $19 billion in cash and stock. It is called, ironically, WhatsApp, which would be fitting if it meant What the fuck is an app? but instead it's a play on Wazzzupp?, which is how they say it now, they being the young'uns and anyone else under the age of reason, or wanting to appear so.Still mystified by the meaning of the hashtag and panicked over falling further behind, I researched this thing and learned that it is yet another instant messaging service, akin to the moronic Twitter but even better. This one also allows kids to chat with each other instead of doing anything real, like homework or chores or bringing alms to the poor, but now they can erase the chat so nobody can see it. This is of course a major concern among the prepubescent set: Privacy. (God only knows what would happen if anyone found out that she likes him but he smiled at her best friend, only they maybe did it and Justin Bieber is a scumbag.)
Despite the privacy issue, I found the following samples of Whatsapp chat on Wikipedia:
Nikhil chaudhary sup dude
Leeela Kurian Good night:) take care!
Ariyaa! Ok. !
Manikutty :)
Joshua Quadros :(
Gnlu vir britto My room*
After seeing these important messages coming from the youth of today and the leaders of tomorrow, I'm pretty sure you'll agree that global warming is not our biggest problem.
So is a hash tag the pound sign? And does a hash tag have a function? Is it a noun or a verb. Is it an adjective? Is it the keyword that you use to search about stuff?
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