Ridic and other nonsensical words

In life, there are now about six million ways to communicate (literally, I've counted) so you're constantly connected to everything and everybody. Back in the day, it was normal to not hear from somebody for a few days because maybe they actually didn't get the phone message that was written down on that random scrap of paper or you know, actually had a life that didn't involve an iPhone or BlackBerry.

But now we need immediate gratification. There's an understanding that you need to reply to a text, email or call within a 3 hour window (and even that's pushing the appropriate reply time) otherwise, it's unacceptable (or that you're trying to send some sort of message that you don't actually want to talk to the person which is fair). We've gotten to a point where communications need to be short to keep up with all our conversations, thereby, shortening all the words that we used.

No longer will I ever, type out 'laughing out loud' or 'don't be lame' because LOL and DBL is way more time efficient (and let's be honest, more fun). And really, typing out 'ridiculous', 'totally' or 'whatever' is way too much work -- it's all about 'ridic', 'totes' and 'whatevs' because that's how us awesome people do. So suit up kids, the world is changing and ridic and other nonsensical words are the way to go because yes, they're totally a thing. ^L