the JeJeMoN

"Jejejeje", I usually mistype this when im enthusiastically chatting online that I don’t look at my keyboard anymore. Don't get me wrong, I don’t use that...EVER. I am no jejemon. This interesting topic was suggested by a cyberfriend of mine after reading my first current event blog (thanks PONG). I was like, what is a jejemon and then I was told to google it and then there it is. I was sitting there face to face with its definition; it being the people I love to hate over the internet and cellphone networks, and they have made themselves a name in the form of "jejemon".

I have nothing personal against these jologs and how they are in real life. They're just probably bored or need attention. Yes! I love to hate these people. Typing in jajaja, jejeje or .,.,.,!@HeEEiii, watzzUUUuupp… this makes my blood curl! Even my nephews use this in texting people and im like don’t do that anymore, it's gross, with matching rolling of the eye balls. And then I ask what's with all those overly spelled words? And punctuations have a purpose, it's not decoration. Ok I am guilty for putting ellipses in my messages and stuff but that's not to be overly emphasizing my words but to create a pause, like as if I were talking. But would you really laugh at your friend's joke with a jajajaja… too much effort, pal.

And I meet these people online too. Now that is really hard work putting in caps to your words like KaTe, the shift key is too far from all these letters. Talk about effort! Again I am guilty of this from my former friendster profile, and admittedly that was for emphasis and attention. But by gawd, I don’t misspell words intentionally for the sake of attention. For me that's so uncool. I tend to overrate some things but I don’t overrate my spelled words. It makes my head dull and appear less errrmmm knowledgeable.

Ok, I'll go straight to the point. The internet and the cellphone were created by super geniuses who labored hard just to give us ease in accessing information and getting in touch with each other. We're supposed to use it to ENHANCE our knowledge and SHARPEN our minds. But what has become of the world lately, all these misspelled words, misuse of punctuations and funny grammar? What has become with the intellect of the people who are supposedly the hope of the future? I feel for the dying breed of intellectually capacitated people, for we are about to be outnumbered by these nonchalant punks who think it's cute to use your exclamation point too much. If I were that punctuation mark, I'd cry of being used badly. It's not cute to be less knowledgeable of your spelling and grammar. Surprisingly, being in-the-know is super cool!

We have taken our education for granted. The Philippines may be an English speaking country but we have been too lean and have taken this skill for granted. I know not everyone can afford good education but that is no excuse for not trying hard to learn the right thing to this and that. I bet you, only a few of these people use google to check the definitions and correct spellings of words (I google words im doubtful of, thank you). And look at all these foreigners spending all that hard-earned money to learn English to communicate well, and yet we just laugh off English since first grade. My ex-student spells better than a regular Filipino considering she's Japanese. I am so sad of what has become of all this.

All in all, I think we should give jejemons lesson to go get a life and focus in school instead of hanging out at IRC preying on "game" guys and girls. Young people nowadays have their brains so full of air that it's sad that they have every access to information and they're using it poorly. They didn’t have to go to the library and research using piles of books, they just polish the keyboard, type it in and they're good to go. It's such a shame on their part but they remain unnerved with all this. What a pity it has become. I hope they get that ignorance is not cool, it never was. Being wrong is ok, having mistakes is all but human but to intentionally take these things for granted is so wrong!!! DEFINITELY WRONG. I hope we all wake up from all this and protect the future… improve thine IQ! Read, absorb and understand. I swear you will feel good knowing you know something.