You'll see how SABSing doesn't have to be limited to college campuses, either. Nevertheless, the practice of SABSing has existed long before it got this new SABS term and well beyond college campuses. There has been a larger trend towards more IRL events—with IRL here standing for "in real life" rather than "Ireland." At the beginning of this year, I covered this IRL trend for Forbes in an article entitled, "Trend Towards IRL Events With More Authenticity. SABSing Can Be Very Positive With Some CautionsPerhaps this SABSing thing is an expected SABS-lash against various longstanding trends that have long needed correcting.