to think that the new fangled use of the @ symbol when addressing a poster is

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

stupid

me no likey

and the first person to @ me will be shot

MrsM used to do it loads.

I'm liking your thinking, cornsilk

You don't need to use two hands for an @ the ' and shift are right next to each other! Even if you are on a mac/US keyboard you can press the shift with your little finger and the 2 with another finger.

It's still annoying but I don't think it's particularly lazy or complicated.