Fascinating. He has already mastered the art of ghosting. He has written two messages so far (at least in this thread) but his post count remains at zero... what could this possibly mean...
Anyway, playing along... Yes, the Internet's users have their own slang, or jargon if you will. But it's not only that, there's a whole another culture with it's own phenomena in the Internets, closely connected to the terms developed and used in the internets.
First of all, you need to learn that all internets are formed of multiple series of pipes. No further knowledge is required, but it is of course never a bad thing.
Secondly, never try to find out what goatse means.*
Thirdly, if you start seeing a lot of owls with unintelligible gibbersih in capital letters superimposed on top of them, and no actual text written in the message, do not be troubled. You see, in addition to using specific terms, we internet dwellers also use hieroglyph-like sign language to transmit our emotions if we think they can't be described in words. People tend to think that pictures tell more than words, and they also are an exellent way to continuously increase the bandwidth requirement (the diameter of the tubes) of Internets. That means that as the bandwidth of internets grows and the percentage of inane crap remains about the same, the part of bandwidth not used for inane crap allows you to use the internets better. Emoticons - those little pictures you already learned to use - are one form of this phenomenon, but some stil lprefer to use more complex images of owls, retarded people, movie characters or comics to transmit their fiilings via the internets. If you don't understand the meaning of some more obscure hieroglyph or letter/number combination, don't hesitate to ask. Usually people in internets are very friendly and forgiving for newcomers, unless they stop being newcomers and evolve into n00bs. A n00b is a relatively experienced internet user who, despite their time in the internets, still behaves like when they were genuine newcomers.
Unfortunately, many people are so frustrated about real n00bs that they have difficulties telling the difference between n00bs and newcomers, and simply treat everyone like n00bs just to save time.
*about 75 % of people who don't know what goatse is, want to find out regardless if they know about it's existence... it's a form of "what's behind that hill" syndrome, a nearly irresistable urge to go and find out. It is your call, but don't come accusing me if you decide to find out. Anyway, it's likely that you will find out what it is even without trying, but if you go and find out what it means you will likely regret it.
