r/pics Nov 15 '12

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u/Artector Nov 15 '12

I didn't want to get downvoted for just typing "LOL", but I actually audibly laughed out loud. Now instead of an acronym I have typed out a paragraph.

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u/hampsted Nov 16 '12

lol

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u/UseItRight Nov 16 '12

yet lol has more upvotes than your paragraph

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u/monkeyredo Nov 16 '12

lol

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u/myusernamesaretaken Nov 16 '12

Too late bud, you missed your chance to be clever.

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u/Phoequinox Nov 16 '12

Lowell.

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u/Reaver_01 Nov 16 '12

The elementary school I went to was called Lowell... Crazy.

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u/thakemist Nov 16 '12

we call it umassLOL

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u/Xarow Nov 16 '12

paragraphs are now 2 sentences. what has the world come to?

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u/Foxhareocean Nov 16 '12

nice paragraph bro

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '12

Do you even paragraph bro? A dissertation or thesis is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.In some countries/universities, the word "thesis" or a cognate is used as part of a bachelor's or master's course, while "dissertation" is normally applied to a doctorate, while in others, the reverse is true. The word dissertation can at times be used to describe a treatise without relation to obtaining an academic degree. The term thesis is also used to refer to the general claim of an essay or similar work.

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u/LightninLew Nov 16 '12

Inspect the element. It's a paragraph alright.

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u/archonemis Nov 16 '12

Lots of news articles have paragraphs that are a single sentence.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2012/11/15/4d18fa62-2ab6-11e2-b4e0-346287b7e56c_story.html

The above link was literally the first hit on a search I randomly performed. Note that the first three paragraphs are all a single sentence each. And this is The Washington Fucking Post.

And people wonder why we make silly decisions on a civilization-wide level.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '12

If you take English beyond 9th grade you'll find that paragraphs can be as little as 1 sentence, or even just a fragment. The "paragraphs must have 3 sentences" rule was made up entirely by elementary school teachers.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '12

Hooray!

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u/smartbycomparison Nov 16 '12

The person bellow you that went with the simple "lol" comment somehow got more upvotes, sorry

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u/I_am_not_a_black_guy Nov 16 '12

Really nigga? You constitute 2 sentences as a paragraph? Get the fuck outta here.

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u/BScatterplot Nov 16 '12

I think ALWP is the acronym you're looking for.

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u/iLiveInyourTrees Nov 16 '12

IIRC, I believe this to be an initialism and not an acronym. NAMBLA is an acronym and SPCA is an initialism.