I despise it. It's an effective way to eliminate idiots though, "plz send teh codes" being the canonical example. I find 'plz' and 'thx' and 'tks' and '10x' an

I despise it. It's an effective way to eliminate idiots though, "plz send teh codes" being the canonical example. I find 'plz' and 'thx' and 'tks' and '10x' and so on the most annoying though; how the fuck is it polite if you can't even be bothered to spell the complete word? If you want to show gratitude, 'thanks' or 'thank you' are much better, and english already provides 'ta' as a short form. Sigh. People treating IRC like AOL make my sad.