Whenever I get an absurd email forward that sounds too good to be true or simply insane, my first instinct is to look it up on Snopes. Nine out of ten times, I find it there, and I find that it is a false internet rumor - who would have thought?
Today at work, the following email exchange took place:
To: brah.john
From: Older Coworker
Check out this - I did not know this.
I quickly did my 10 seconds of research, and replied.
To: Older Coworker
From: brah.john
You can’t fool us whippersnappers. We have teh internets.
And then, as if he were paid to set himself up royally, he replied back.
To: brah.john
From: Older Coworker
At least us old farts know how to spell. I’m not sure what “teh” means:)
Laughing hysterically in my cube, my response merely contained a link to the Urban Dictionary definition of “Teh Internets“, of which the first definition is:
teh internets: A word often used scornfully to point out a newbie’s lack of knowledge of the internet and distinctive language. “OMG, liek, this is your first time on TEH INTERNETS!!!”
