T-Rex: It's the future! We write on tiny keyboards and on networks where each keystroke is at a premium. I'm not gonna spell out "therefore" when I can type "ther4"!
T-Rex: The English language needs to evolve to keep up!!
T-Rex: Rather than the MAN expecting me to follow a spelling rule that was invented back when we were so dumb we never even thought of TELEPHONES, maybe we should just change the rules to keep up with how the language is actually used??
T-Rex: MAYBE?
T-Rex: ALSO THESE RULES WERE INVENTED BACK WHEN WE LITERALLY THOUGHT OWNING PEOPLE WAS RAD; JUST SAYING??
Utahraptor: I can't believe you think "ther4" is the future of "therefore"!
T-Rex: Ah, the voice of prejudice!
Utahraptor: Is it? Or is it that SMS shorthand is cryptic and distancing and incredibly difficult to take seriously? Are we going to live in a future where cops actually write "Sry bt ur bro'z ded?"
T-Rex: I sure hope so!! That officer saved valuable keystrokes. Now he has more time to arrest criminals.
Narrator: MEANWHILE IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE T-REX GOT HIS WISH:
Off panel: Lt us ther4 brace rselvs 2 r duties, & so bear rselvs dat f d british mpah & itz cmnwlth lst 4 a thou yrs, men wil stil say, 'This wuz thR finest hour.'
T-Rex: Wow.
T-Rex: It sure wuz
