Unfortunatly that kind of shorthand is encouraged when you have to limit your thought to one line of text. I myself find it incredibly frustrating to try and use proper spelling and grammar, then run out of space halfway though a thought. I do agree that that kind of typing makes me automatically think the person typing is about 8 years old, or or possibly IQ challenged... And hey, WOOT for my first tipit post. :D I've been using this site for months now, and this article just finally made me need to post.