Loljk: A New Concept

Loljk: A new concept

In my day-to-day proceedings throughout my lifetime, I have noticed some peculiarities about the way, during usual cafeteria table conversation, that "logic" can be used to prove a sarcastic point or mess with people's heads. It has almost turned into an art of sorts, much like standard rhetoric has, except that this rhetoric is used in a joking manner. Using colloquial terms of my day, I have devised a name for this new art: Loljk.

Don't leave yet, I have my reasons.

I chose "loljk" because the terms "lol" and "jk" are most often used after such discourse, and because it sounds like "logic" when pronounced correctly. By observing the phenomenon carefully, I have also derived a definition for it:

Loljk is the attempted use of flawed logic wherein there are an unusually large number of fallacies (e.g. post hoc, ergo propter hoc), untruthful statements (especially those that almost pass as truth), or things that are just plain wrong. It is used extensively when making jokes or trolling, and is often used by people who have no idea what they're doing, occasionally stretching to even the smartest of us when used without thinking first. It is related to, and in most cases synonymous with, troll logic.

The uses of loljk are many and varied. Its main use is to prove untruthful statements, useful for creating nonsense, deriving unrelated objects, recreating history, proving the unprovable, or making one look smart when one has no idea what one is doing. Other uses include humor, getting out of sticky situations, horrifying teachers, or earning blank stares from one's friends. It is known to be extremely useful on tests.

Spread the word. Hopefully awareness will breed understanding, and understanding will breed new talent in this new art of loljk. Rhetoric has successfully evolved for a new generation.

When you're fighting upstream against everyone else, you're probably the one who's wrong.

Overheard from someone at school

Presented Without Commentary: Someone's Rendition of Sonic Unleashed

Heh...you just haven't realized yet how great of a person you are! And whether or not you know me is completely irrelevant. Sometimes, not knowing the theory or concept behind something but still doing so well is just natural talent. ^^

Um... thank you?

I still want to know who you are, but I have this strange feeling that I won't wrench that outta you, so I guess I'll drop it.

Presented Without Commentary: A Calvin and Hobbes Comic

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?

Um... what?

I assume this is a question that every "new" blog gets asked (it is tumblrbot, after all), but... um... how the heck do I answer this?

Inanimate objects? It's a very broad category. I'm not very good at answering general questions, because that means that there's a lot of factors to consider. For one, I interact with a good many inanimate objects on a daily basis. Each of those has different functions that I can't compare to each other.

I guess I could say my 3DS, but it's more animate than some of the people I deal with. I also happen to like doors - which is especially random for me - as these objects have very useful functions as both portals and barricades. I could even say my laptop, but it's sort of falling apart on me and I need a new one.

Something I'm sure that tumblrbot would appreciate, though, is that most of the objects that come to mind when this question is asked are electronics. And that's probably my best answer.