Blahages
October 17th, 2007, 09:45 PM
Although it's always nice to learn new things, I have to say, I've never seen a point in this type of "Speak." It's not something that makes you "Cool" by some people's definitions of the word, in My opinion.
All it really is, is manipulating some Characters to Form Words replacing existing ACTUAL Letters with Other Characters.
It's just people who have too much time on their hands, Are Strange, and who think that by doing it, it makes them special.
Not trying to Complain too much about it, it's just odd.
As far as I see it, the only people that are impressed by the use of this stuff, are those who have never seen it before, or odd-minded people.
I can't say I haven't used some of these in the past, when Messing around with some friends, just to annoy them. It's fun at times, but the rest of the time, there's just no sense in it.
The way I see it, use of this just makes you look less "1337" than you might actually be. I tend to respect/admire someone who can actually prove to me that they know what they are doing, and have a firm grasp on Fixing a Computer, building one, using one, etc, over someone who can put random characters together to from something that resembles normal language.
I almost ALWAYS use the Actual English Word or Phrase for something. The ONLY time I EVER use something besides the Actual word or phrase for something, it it's proper form, is like an actual recognized Contraction, like "I'm" or "I'll" instead of "I am" or "I will" Respectively.
For me, it makes you appear less intelligent than you may actually be by using the "1337
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About the only thing I use that you posted above besides is a few Abbreviations for Words, sometimes, I use "WTF." Actually, That's the only Abbreviation for a Phrase that you listed above that I use, as far as I can see.
Your post will inform people who didn't know what some of these were, though.
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