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It means "too long; don't read." I'm not sure why the past tense variation sticks; but it's a label/post-it/card/sign/placard/billboard/sign-post/warning/caute!
by nerdfiles 14y ago
It means "too long; don't read." I'm not sure why the past tense variation sticks; but it's a label/post-it/card/sign/placard/billboard/sign-post/warning/caute!/message not to read the identified text for concern of irrelevance.
It's like a voting system. The ";" functions as the hash tag: "#tldnr", "#tldr", etc.
- LesZedCB 14y agoThis just simply isn't true. It does mean "too long, didn't read" as in, "this wall of text is too long. I didn't read it."
- nerdfiles 14y agoHonestly, "T L ; D N R" and "... Too Long; I didn't read it" Doesn't make sense. "N" does not pick out the beginning of any word. If you chance across the tag, your interpretation is less obvious than, "... Too Long; Do Not Read" The contraction makes sense, and thus the natural transformation into a meta-informative suggestion makes sense. Contractions serve to convey information, usually engendering more intimate dialogue. So it also invites the question of "why not"? And we all know how that goes. It invites the author and really any reader to a game not dissimilar to trolling, usually. It may not take a position necessarily, in terms of the message, and this is not required of what I am saying; however, an explanation of why one would post it at all stands in order. I think the conveying of information to other readers is also important.
- nerdfiles 14y agotl;dnr Yes, of course I read it; but _why_ am I posting it?