I for one have problems typing in online shorthand (or whatever the hell you want to call it). It takes more time to think to type "OMG" than it does to just put "oh my God." It doesn't bother me so much that people will do things like this in an online forum, but when I see this lazy approach to written communication leak into their English papers (in college no less) I get more than a little upset. I had to do a joint paper with a partner who, I discovered, didn't quite have the college level grasp of grammar I expected. She typed the paper based on our rough draft because she typed faster than I, and I didn't check the paper because I got severely ill. When we got the paper back I found that our grade was marked down because she used "by" in place of "buy." I've learned not to trust people to have a good grasp of English, except for my girlfriend (English major) who is constantly correcting me.

What really annoys me on forums is when people posts something that takes me more time to read than it should because I have to figure out where their sentences are supposed to end and what all the abbreviations are supposed to represent. Being casual in forums like this is one thing, but being stupid is another. I don't go back through and check my spelling or otherwise treat each post as an English paper. I do make sure that what I said makes some kind of sense and that my grammar is solid enough for people to understand me.

Oh and about not reading what's already been posted, I believe I saw a third episode 78 thread. Baka.