Magna
Gamma
Linux 0wnz j00!
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L33t
Feb 3, 2005 3:31:53 GMT -5
Post by Magna on Feb 3, 2005 3:31:53 GMT -5
Okay, everybody poll up, then please give the reasons why you voted the way you did. I'm doing this for an actual good reason, so please be as specific as you can/care to be in your explanation. Thanks.
EDIT: Please ignore the last option on the poll. My hand hit the keyboard or something and I didn't notice.#nosmileys
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L33t
Feb 3, 2005 10:40:45 GMT -5
Post by Wag - Now And Forever on Feb 3, 2005 10:40:45 GMT -5
Stop the 1337. Bring back the English Language please.
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L33t
Feb 3, 2005 12:37:09 GMT -5
Post by The Fighting Libra on Feb 3, 2005 12:37:09 GMT -5
...*kills Magna for a stupid poll*
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Magna
Gamma
Linux 0wnz j00!
Posts: 478
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L33t
Feb 4, 2005 3:56:54 GMT -5
Post by Magna on Feb 4, 2005 3:56:54 GMT -5
*Doesn't die as this is his poll, thus the laws of the universe bow to him*
Seriously, when I said I wanted specific instances, I meant it. I've got something I'm working on right now, and I need to know WHY you people hate l33t, not just that you do. If you can't gimme' a little break here, then just don't vote, and don't post, no sweat off my back.
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L33t
Feb 4, 2005 11:40:18 GMT -5
Post by The Fighting Libra on Feb 4, 2005 11:40:18 GMT -5
Leet is annoying. It's a little harder to read than default text. Good enough for you? *steals the powers of the universe and slaughters Magna*
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L33t
Feb 4, 2005 15:13:03 GMT -5
Post by Ai on Feb 4, 2005 15:13:03 GMT -5
Leet is annoying. It's a little harder to read than default text. Good enough for you? *steals the powers of the universe and slaughters Magna* QFE
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L33t
Feb 4, 2005 15:40:04 GMT -5
Post by NeoEllis on Feb 4, 2005 15:40:04 GMT -5
Why hate leet? Because the likes of:
"\/\/I h87 1337/"
…is unintelligible. We come to message boards, if at the very least, to communicate with other people -not to read the same "sentence" three times in an effort to try and figure out just what the hell someone is try to get across. Leet is not cool, leet is not "elite", leet is just stupid. Seriously.
That's why.
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L33t
Feb 4, 2005 15:53:12 GMT -5
Post by Naz T Mann on Feb 4, 2005 15:53:12 GMT -5
"leet" only adds to the growing idoicy of society. People spelling words with symbols and numbers instead of just using letters like a normal person in an attempt to be cool when all they are doing is looking like idiots to those who don't know what "leet" is an being annoying to those who do. Plus it perpetuates (forgive my spelling if it's wrong) a stereotype that the people on the internet use their own crazy language. "leet" people present a bad image of the internet to the world, despite the fact that everyone hates it and only a small minority of people actually use it.
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L33t
Feb 4, 2005 19:29:03 GMT -5
Post by DarkAries on Feb 4, 2005 19:29:03 GMT -5
Because it is supported by Great Teacher Largo.
*raises a fist, his eyes narrowed.*
Aries could actually sit here and list off every reason he doesn't like l33t and GTL, but he'd hijack the topic.
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L33t
Feb 4, 2005 19:32:09 GMT -5
Post by Raz V5.0 on Feb 4, 2005 19:32:09 GMT -5
How about.
Your gay, Leet is gay, this poll is gay, the board is gay, Aries is gay, all of you are gay, Richard Simmons is gay, and the entire province of Quebec is gay.
Now go have a parade fags.
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L33t
Feb 4, 2005 19:39:34 GMT -5
Post by Ai on Feb 4, 2005 19:39:34 GMT -5
Fag parade! I nominate Libra to take the lead.
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L33t
Feb 4, 2005 19:47:25 GMT -5
Post by Raz V5.0 on Feb 4, 2005 19:47:25 GMT -5
I guess you'll be bringing up the rear then, eh, you fag!
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Magna
Gamma
Linux 0wnz j00!
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L33t
Feb 5, 2005 8:30:42 GMT -5
Post by Magna on Feb 5, 2005 8:30:42 GMT -5
Okay, those are all good reasons to dislike l33t, but I wanna' know who the Hell voted FOR it. They didn't post a reason... Oh well.
Everyone, if you'll notice, I rarely use l33t on the bar, and then only for comedic effect. And, believe it or not, I have NEVER used l33t in a chatroom, on AIM, on another board, or anywhere on the internet besides the off phrase for a laugh. I like l33t because it fascinates me on an intellectual level, and now some of you may be saying, "Bullshit. How the Hell could something as stupid as l33t provoke ANY kind of thought." But if you'll think about it, l33t is the youngest language in the world. And yes, although it is technically an English cipher, millions of people around the world can recognize it, read it, and speak it. It has dialects, regional characteristics, and slang. I once met a guy who learned to read l33t so that he could talk with people in America before he learned English, I shit you not! It is a language. It may not be formally recognized as such, but formalities aren't everything. And yes, l33t is THE language of the internet. Because though many languages are spoken THROUGH the internet everyday, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese... L33t is the only language born OF it. But anyway, keep the opinions coming if you please, want to get as many people's opinions as I can, thanks again.
EDIT: And to the first smartass who tries to say HTML/XHTML is THE language of the internet, you're WRONG! HTML was
A.) Created before the internet as you know it today was operational, ergo it cannot possibly be the language of the internet. Man did not speak before he existed.
B.) HTML is what the internet is made of, along with servers and networks and so on. So saying that HTML is the language of the internet is like saying that you can speak fluent left big toe. HTML is more like body language. Hehe, <body> language...Sorry, bad HTML joke. #nosmileys#nosmileys#nosmileys
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L33t
Feb 5, 2005 10:38:03 GMT -5
Post by The Fighting Libra on Feb 5, 2005 10:38:03 GMT -5
...That's it, Magna. You're flagged from making new topics for being stupid. And then we'll all have our fag parade.
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L33t
Feb 5, 2005 12:07:37 GMT -5
Post by Ai on Feb 5, 2005 12:07:37 GMT -5
Seconded. All in favor of closing thread?
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