'ftw'=NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS
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- Jaline0
there are so many butchered terms like this = slang.
- Jaline0
times change.
anyway, it's a personal preference and you have every right to speak out about it.
- blaw0
but anyone with a sense of american cultural history knows ftw means fuck the world, hands down, no question
version5
(Jul 27 07, 09:09)----
that's been the use for about 40 years or so, with the term still alive and well this very day.
- instrmntl0
i had a world industries hat that said fuck the world on the back. i got it taken away at school. bastards.
- version30
times change.
anyway, it's a personal preference and you have every right to speak out about it.
Jaline
(Jul 27 07, 09:14)i'm sorry this is just a stupid statement... times change? personal preference?
apply that ideology to sexism or racism and see if it still applies
"well the internet said..." so lame
- Jaline0
I mean that in the sense of language. How many words have a different meaning now compared to what they meant years ago?
Personal preference = you don't have to use the word, although it definitely is in your face all the time with its growing popularity.
- lvl_130
nope. wrong to anyone that thinks otherwise. it means 'fuck the world' plain and simple. and for a guy that loves the police-jevad*cough you should know better.
- nadnerb0
times change.
anyway, it's a personal preference and you have every right to speak out about it.
Jaline
(Jul 27 07, 09:14)i'm sorry this is just a stupid statement... times change? personal preference?
apply that ideology to sexism or racism and see if it still applies
"well the internet said..." so lame
version6
(Jul 27 07, 10:30)Language changes. Evolution FTW.
- nadnerb0
plus "fuck the world" is a retarded sentiment in my opinion.
- lvl_130
plus "fuck the world" is a retarded sentiment in my opinion.
nadnerb
(Jul 27 07, 23:58)but 'for the win' isn't? that term has fucking world of warcraft written all over it (ie. nerd!)
- nadnerb0
nerdy != retarded
But yeah. I'm just saying, pick a word - it once meant something different.