One of the markers future historians will use when describing the New Dark Ages will be the collapse in the use of the alphabet in favour of ‘Yookay Hieroglyphics’. A demoralising development has emerged: a whole new form of pictographic language whereby children and young adults engage in hours-long online conversations with each other without the need for any letters, texts or words. Such conversations largely occur on gaming platforms, Snapchat and WhatsApp, and mark a classic regressive step in civilisational decline.
Welcome to the Age of Yookay Hieroglyphics
