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[troubadamsel]

Greetings, all. This is Maribelle. Every other month or so, I ask all our newcomers to please provide me with a list of their abilities, so I can keep an updated list in my house in Flavo. For example, my contribution -

Maribelle: Healing Staff, Elemental Tomes, Horse.

In other words, what you can provide for others should they need help in anything. Cooking, magic, sowing, flight, and so on and so forth. If you've already listed your abilities, feel free to provide me with any updates about anything you've learned since then, or if anyone has left our town. The list will always be freely available at my house.

With that out of the way, I do have a slightly more serious issue on my hand. I have been without my companions from my realm for several months now, and it's occurred to me recently they were more necessary for me than I first realized. Without them by my side to keep me in check, I have, to my great horror, realized I may have become a bit snobbish.

Rereading that, I am willing to admit that it may be an understatement.

Anyway, with that said, I would like some assistance to keep me grounded, in a sense. What are your suggestions to make sure I do not continue to be so boorish in the face of decent company?

Comments

[troubadamsel]

"fwiw?" Is that a word or did you hit the wrong keys?

[retrobeats]

OH my bad, i forgot about internet not being a thing for a lot of people again
but as it happens it's neither. it's an acronym!
"fwiw" = for what it's worth

[troubadamsel]

I see. I may need to keep track of this odd slang in order to keep up.

[retrobeats]

i mean i can cut back on it, it's just quicker to type that way
OR i could run you through the most common stuff, your choice

[troubadamsel]

It appears that when it comes to technology, my world is far behind compared to most. Would you say that the majority of people in this world know your jargon?

[retrobeats]

i dunno about the majority, but anyone from a world where the internet's commonplace would probably have some kinda understanding of it.

[troubadamsel]

Again, that leaves me out.

I think, perhaps, it is better to be safe than sorry. It never hurts to be up to date on education and language.

[retrobeats]

you got it!!
ok let me think
i can give you a short list here off the top of my head to start with and if you want something better organized i can always message you later or something
cause honestly there's a TON of these things

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idk = i don't know
lmk = let me know
tbh = to be honest
btw = by the way
iirc = if i remember correctly
imho = in my humble/honest opinion
idgi = i don't get it
tl;dr = too long didn't read but you can use it to like... summarize stuff you just said if ya got long-winded with it
ig = i guess
lmao = laughing my ass off (tbh tho you use this more like... idk punctuation than anything else, internet slang is weird that way)
lol = laughing out loud (same rule applies but with bonus sarcasm??? again: it's weird!!!)

[ breaking this down is harder than he thought...! ]

[troubadamsel]

Interesting. Some of these may be useful, I must admit. Language does tend to evolve after a while, just like technology, so perhaps this was inevitable.

[retrobeats]

yeah i think you got it in one tbh
especially now that technology is like our main means of communicating back home

[troubadamsel]

So no one writes letters?

[retrobeats]

some people still do, probably
i mean we still got a postal service
it's just not all that common anymore is all

[troubadamsel]

Understandable, in a way. Still, I rather miss it.