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A "sex ring" of madly texting young Japanese schoolgirl sex workers was recently busted when their use of text shorthand to solicit older male clients was decoded. Arrests have been made, but now we're wondering if our editor's bourbon-soaked use of LOLcat-speak editorial decrees during Mardi Gras means more than we think. No wonder the interns twitch nervously looking at their iPhones. (mdn.mainichi.jp, via shakewellbeforeuse.com)