Writing: Spare Us the Crypto-Babble

As I was browsing a post on BoingBoing this morning, I came across a comment that is quoted in part below:

snc y ddn’t sy y hld jb n fd srvc .. tht’s n. blh blh. S y hvn’t bn stffd. nd y hv n cncpt f hw tht wrks.
cn tll by yr tn y’v stffd mr n wtr wh rnd tp frm y. Prbbly sm sngl mthr tryng t fd hr kds r sm cllg stdnt tryng mk nds mt. Y cn dny t bt “ptnl” s wht ppl wh dn’t tp sy. sm.zr= yr tp t’s k, t’s yr rght. t’s ptnl.

HELLO!!!???

An occassional BTW or LOL can be forgiven, but in a word - make that 3 words - it’s absolutely flippin’ ridiculous to waste readers’ time with such crypto-babble.

OK, I admit that after scrolling by it once or twice, I was intrigued enough to read the comment to discover if there actually was some worthwhile message hidden in between the consonants — which unfortunately there was not.

I know… it’s my own fault for taking the bait.

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