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I gotta dismiss most of the above posts.
basically, humans have a social chameleon disorder sometimes. I mean "culture" rubs off on people.
Did you invent "lol" or "roflmao"? if you ever do online gaming, you may pick up thier attitude and lingo based on the game, now.
"what? shauk? how the hell do acronyms apply to this?"
well, it was increasingly frustrating to me that when I first came out of school I typed very well, I had almost perfect grammar. But when I went to forums, chatrooms and so on, and became a regular at these locations, in conjunction with online gaming, I noticed my typing skills took a subconcious hit. Without even trying, my punctuation slacked, my capitalization was spotty at best (and still is), acronyms started creeping their way into my sentences, my spelling, fortunately remained in tact (thank god for the "grammar nazis" who strangely enough, rarely correct grammar, and jump on your spelling, while misspelling something in the process as well, which makes it funny)
ANYWAYS, the same thing happened with me in real life, I went from being around students, to being around drunks (wait, aren't those one and the same?! hah!) and you know, when your peers are operating below capacity, your chameleon form takes hold without your permission. Its just mirroring, if you can get along with someone, you will likely mirror them without realizing it, its good and bad. We're all a reflection of our surroundings, our upbringing, sponges.
so, my suggestion is to challenge yourself, put those skills to use, get a challenging job that uses those skills you learned, find other people with similar backgrounds and interests. (thats easier said than done though)
anyways, thats my 2 cents.
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