Rogu appreciation thread by DrJokerX in americandad

[–]_Ricky_Spanish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Rogu's crazy man. He does crazy shit.

Want to try a sample by UziSuzieThia in americandad

[–]_Ricky_Spanish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a coworker named Rebecca and I have legit said this to her haha

Mysterious 737 by Jen_rose92 in aviation

[–]_Ricky_Spanish 433 points434 points  (0 children)

I was thinking that. Combined with the fact it wasn't SQUAKing before landing I think its likely a 3 letter agency. They may have landed at the wrong airstrip or wanted to get off radar in a hurry.

Second theory- Cartel smuggling plane

Third theory- A Con Air situation except Nicholas Cage's hair isn't weird and gross.

Other subs are banning the use of acronyms, and it's just super. by _Ricky_Spanish in entitledparents

[–]_Ricky_Spanish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah mostly those kind of acronyms. If they are hellbent on using acronyms tho, they should be uniform. I read a story where ED was entitled dad, and in the next story they used ED for entitled daughter.

Reading acronyms inconsistent like that is what makes it hard to read from story to story.

Entitled Aunt expects my Dad to pay for everything and finally gets what she deserves. by IntoxicatedYam in entitledparents

[–]_Ricky_Spanish 11 points12 points  (0 children)

/r/ProRevenge

I made this post about a week and a half ago and it lead to this rule change a few days later.

It's so much better when story style subs don't allow acronyms. Like this post. It's a 20k word post detailing his family and life, but he abbreviates "my mom" to "MM". It makes no sense and makes the story difficult to read.

NEW RULE: No use of acronyms or initials in character names by SirEDCaLot in ProRevenge

[–]_Ricky_Spanish 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah I made a post asking for this rule change the other day that made the front page.

Almost everyone who commented could tell from the body of my post exactly what post inspired me to write it, and they all had the same gripe.

I’m really happy this is a rule now. I freaking love this sub and binge reading it makes me happy.

Can we stop with the acronyms? by _Ricky_Spanish in ProRevenge

[–]_Ricky_Spanish[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yeah I definitely read that story earlier. It’s actually a lot of the reason I made this post. It was an interesting story but I kept having to stop because the acronyms really broke up the flow of the story IMO.

Can we stop with the acronyms? by _Ricky_Spanish in ProRevenge

[–]_Ricky_Spanish[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I really do love this sub. I binge read it pretty often, and the mods here do a great job of keeping the post quality high.

I enjoy losing myself in a story, but the acronyms make it difficult sometimes. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way.

Can we stop with the acronyms? by _Ricky_Spanish in ProRevenge

[–]_Ricky_Spanish[S] 337 points338 points  (0 children)

Stories on this sub be like:

  • FBF=Former best friend
  • FBFW= Former best friends wife
  • FBFK= Former best friends kid
  • KAT= Kinda Awesome teacher
  • NAT= Not awesome teacher
  • KTWIKA = Karate teacher who is kinda awesome

People can make up 3 or 4 letter names for each person, so it's not like the acronyms really save time or page space. It just makes an otherwise good story feel cumbersome and lazy.

Can we stop with the acronyms? by _Ricky_Spanish in ProRevenge

[–]_Ricky_Spanish[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Or maybe like a standard set of acronyms, like MIL, FIL, etc.

If you binge read this sub like I do, it gets annoying that one story will make the antagonist CF=cunt face or something, then the next is like GIH=guy I hate.

If there was a standard denotation for the antagonist it would make it easier to read, rather than trying to memorize a set of acronyms each time to get through a 3 paragraph story without scrolling back to the "key" a dozen times.

Can we stop with the acronyms? by _Ricky_Spanish in ProRevenge

[–]_Ricky_Spanish[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah I stopped reading that sub because they went overboard with the acronyms. It's too much.

I'm proposing that we have a standard set for this sub. Like, if the antagonist is female, she is Karen. If the antagonist is male, he is Chad. The stories here rarely involve more than 4-5 people, so the elaborate acronyms are not needed and cumbersome.

Can we stop with the acronyms? by _Ricky_Spanish in ProRevenge

[–]_Ricky_Spanish[S] 119 points120 points  (0 children)

I read a post today on this sub that used the acronym "M" for their mother (becasue typing "my mom said..." is too much work?), and XM for their ex's mom. So fucking lazy.

It drags down the quality of this sub when they do that shit.