Believe me, you'll benefit if you just stick around, I've been reading here for a couple years, and most of it is 'tounge-in-cheek' humor. Don't take it personally. The Internet tends to bring out the most honest/worst comments because it's all anonymous.
There are some very witty people here that serve up a few laughs each day. One day there was an earthquake in another country, someone posted "It's all Bush's fault" ... we all know it's not true, but it's still funny because the Democrats want to blame everything on our President.
I don't post very often, but regularly read the news to gather a picture of what is happening in the world today. It also took me some time to develop an understanding what the abbreviations mean. Here's some explanations:
DU Troll (or Troll in general) = You see this posted when someone from the Democratic Underground website (a very liberal version of this site) stops by to stir up trouble. Usually they are 'new' because their accounts get suspended very fast.
Bump/Ping = They mean about the same thing. It is a way for someone to notify their fellow freepers of an interesting story.
Bttt = This is an attempt to bring this story "back to the top" of newest postings area of the site.
In case you can't find what Hugh Series means ... there are a bunch of us that just can't spel vary whell ... :-)
I'm still wondering what a "beeber" is! Just saw that a few days ago for the first time. Answer me if you want, but its not hugh series.
This saves me the trouble of emailing Jim Robinson for the definitions. Am actually in the process of compiling the terms. But what is ZOT? And what is a Freeper Canteen? Is that a real place?