Your thoughts on chatspeak and L337

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**blood reaper**

earth-star wrote:| 54¥ ¡₣ you d0|\|'+ |_ ¡|< 3 ¡+, +00 b4d

Jkjkjk, looool, I don't care if people use it

Automatically Appended Next Post:
| 54¥ ¡₣ you d0|\|'+ |_ ¡|< 3 ¡+, +00 b4d

Jkjkjk, looool, I don't care if people use it

That's not even vaguely funny , that's just extremely stupid.

**Platuan4th**

Darkvoidof40k wrote:
earth-star wrote:If you say you don't like it, too bad.

Just kidding, just kidding, just kidding, haha, I don't care if people use it.

A prime example.

You mistranslated. He said "I say if" not "If you say".

**Darkvoidof40k**

blood reaper wrote:
earth-star wrote:| 54¥ ¡₣ you d0|\|'+ |_ ¡|< 3 ¡+, +00 b4d

Jkjkjk, looool, I don't care if people use it

That's not even vaguely funny , that's just extremely stupid.

I agree with this man! Even if he forgot to use the shift key when creating his username.

Platuan4th wrote:
Darkvoidof40k wrote:
earth-star wrote:If you say you don't like it, too bad.

Just kidding, just kidding, just kidding, haha, I don't care if people use it.

A prime example.

You mistranslated. He said "I say if" not "If you say".

*shrug* The works of heretics are not mine to understand. Prepare to initiate purgation by blessed flame.

**ChrisWWII**

earth-star wrote:| 54¥ ¡₣ you d0|\|'+ |_ ¡|< 3 ¡+, +00 b4d

Jkjkjk, looool, I don't care if people use it

Thanks to darkvoid for the translation.

But yes, this is exactly why I can't stand it. I would go crazy if someone wrote all their posts in 1337. Using it occasionally as a joke? Fair enough. But please oh please don't treat this board like 4chan.

**blood reaper**

4chan is a terribly annoying website full of Trolls and Spammers , don't taint Dakka with that kind of user.

**Darkvoidof40k**

ChrisWWII wrote:
earth-star wrote:| 54¥ ¡₣ you d0|\|'+ |_ ¡|< 3 ¡+, +00 b4d

Jkjkjk, looool, I don't care if people use it

Thanks to darkvoid for the translation.

But yes, this is exactly why I can't stand it. I would go crazy if someone wrote all their posts in 1337. Using it occasionally as a joke? Fair enough. But please oh please don't treat this board like 4chan.

Writing a post in the style of the first line of the quote would take far longer than learning how to spell or feeding some ducks or something else that's as equally majorly beneficial to the British society.

**earth-star**

There's a lot of mad going on here, I apologize for any crapstorms started, I just couldn't resist

**MadEdric**

earth-star wrote:| 54¥ ¡₣ you d0|\|'+ |_ ¡|< 3 ¡+, +00 b4d

Jkjkjk, looool, I don't care if people use it

Automatically Appended Next Post:
| 54¥ ¡₣ you d0|\|'+ |_ ¡|< 3 ¡+, +00 b4d

Jkjkjk, looool, I don't care if people use it

I figured someone would post in it in response to my post and you pretty much proved my point. You had no care that people would understand you, just wanted the attention.

**Darkvoidof40k**

MadEdric wrote:
earth-star wrote:| 54¥ ¡₣ you d0|\|'+ |_ ¡|< 3 ¡+, +00 b4d

Jkjkjk, looool, I don't care if people use it

Automatically Appended Next Post:
| 54¥ ¡₣ you d0|\|'+ |_ ¡|< 3 ¡+, +00 b4d

Jkjkjk, looool, I don't care if people use it

I figured someone would post in it in response to my post and you pretty much proved my point. You had no care that people would understand you, just wanted the attention.

Well said.

**earth-star**

ITT: neckbeards get raged over 1337 5p34k

**kronk**

You did not spell 1337 correctly.

**earth-star**

My bad, I'm on my phone typing this

**Grimtuff**

Cracked.com sums my feelings up on this subject perfectly.

#5. Don't Look Like an Idiot When Communicating Via Text

Kids, never forget that anything you type on the internet can wind up etched in granite for the rest of eternity, for all to see. One impulsive post on Facebook can get screengrabbed and saved and passed around until long after you're in your grave. Keep this in mind when you are posting anything online, anywhere.

If later in life an employer decides to Google your name to find some free background on you, he or she has access to every little slowed thing you ever posted on Facebook or Twitter. It's not like having a conversation in Meatworld, where everybody will forget what you said by next month, or remember that you were drunk when you said it. Once it's in text, on the internet, every last word is there to read by anyone on the planet with a computer. There are even websites that archive web pages that have long since been deleted from their hosting servers years ago.

I've already broken my own rule here by cursing so much, and using the word "slowed" above. Uh, don't do that.

But curse words aside, learn your own goddamn language. Once upon a time you could get away with not knowing the difference between "their" and "they're" because in spoken conversation they sound the same. Online, everybody can see that you weren't paying attention in fourth grade when you mix up "your" and "you're."

Remember that text is going to be how you make your first impression over the internet; if every third word you type is misspelled, people will automatically assume that you're a moron. Even if the public school system fails you, there are browsers that come with spellcheck built-in. Me, I used Microsoft Word to type this article, simply because it checks my spelling as I type.

Also, keep texting shortcuts confined to your cell phone. Everybody understands when you use "2" instead of "too" because you were typing with your thumbs on a number pad. But you cannot let that habit sneak into your work or school emails or even message boards. And there's no reason for it, you have all the time in the world to construct and proofread your message. If you are so pressed for time that you can't spend the extra quarter of a second to type out the full word, you need to get up right away and finish your responsibilities. Don't even worry about closing the window - that would take almost a full second.

It matters. Once you type it, it's there forever.

Oh, and if you use "lol" in every sentence you type (and I've seen people who use it multiple times, ie, "lol I like dolphins because they're cute lol") I'm picturing you as this cackling moron. If you're really laughing out loud that much you need to be on some kind of medication.

Taken from: 5 Internet life lessons parents need to teach their kids.

**Melissia**

Chatspeak and 1337speak are not for intelligent people.

**dogma**

I should state that, while I voted "its not good" I only believe that relative to Dakka. In a context where its understood, there is nothing wrong with it. I see it as being similar to speaking English in Japan, or Spanish in the US, as though everyone will understand you. There's nothing wrong with communicating in a certain way insofar as people can be reasonably expected to understand.

**earth-star**

Melissia wrote:Chatspeak and 1337speak are not for intelligent people.

>implying using it as a joke makes you stupid,
>implying that you're superior to those who use 1337 and chatspeak
Nope.avi

**Darkvoidof40k**

earth-star wrote:
Melissia wrote:Chatspeak and 1337speak are not for intelligent people.

>implying using it as a joke makes you stupid,
>implying that you're superior to those who use 1337 and chatspeak
Nope.avi

*shrug* YMMV. Melissia can be rather.. extreme.. in her opinions sometimes.

Both have their places, and generally I think that it's in humour. Regardless of everyone's opinion on that, it does not belong on Dakka.

**earth-star**

Ok, so, archive that I, earth-star, will never jokingly use 1337 to avoid future crapstorms

**Melissia**

earth-star wrote:
Melissia wrote:Chatspeak and 1337speak are not for intelligent people.

>implying using it as a joke makes you stupid,
>implying that you're superior to those who use 1337 and chatspeak
Nope.avi

I also say that about gangsta-speak too, and if you connect education with intelligence, that one's certifiably true.

Hearing "an I axe you a question" makes me want to punch someone in the face. YMMV.

**Darkvoidof40k**

Melissia wrote:
earth-star wrote:
Melissia wrote:Chatspeak and 1337speak are not for intelligent people.

>implying using it as a joke makes you stupid,
>implying that you're superior to those who use 1337 and chatspeak
Nope.avi
I also say that about gangsta-speak too, and if you connect education with intelligence, that one's certifiably true.

Hearing "an I axe you a question" makes me want to punch someone in the face. YMMV.

I would love to see what would happen if you were my age, shared a similar mentality and learned what "experts" (as of Jan 2010) thought of 'Teenage Speak' and how it worked..

**djphranq**

Its adorable but I'd rather have someone more eloquently type out what they are saying.

**earth-star**

Melissia wrote:
earth-star wrote:
Melissia wrote:Chatspeak and 1337speak are not for intelligent people.

>implying using it as a joke makes you stupid,
>implying that you're superior to those who use 1337 and chatspeak
Nope.avi
I also say that about gangsta-speak too, and if you connect education with intelligence, that one's certifiably true.

Hearing "an I axe you a question" makes me want to punch someone in the face. YMMV.

That is annoying, but not as bad as "nomsaiyin?" Or when they call me their 'n', or people who call me "kinfolk" just because I'm black

**micahaphone**

Frazzled wrote:
blood reaper wrote:What are you're thoughts on people using chatspeak or L337 on the Dakka Forums , I'm fine with stuff like LOL or ROFL but sometimes its just stupid. When people constantly use numbers and don't even try to write out their words can be annoying and difficult to understand. What do you think?

They are second against the wall when the WeinerTime comes.

Wh-who is first?

**Slarg232**

micahaphone wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
blood reaper wrote:What are you're thoughts on people using chatspeak or L337 on the Dakka Forums , I'm fine with stuff like LOL or ROFL but sometimes its just stupid. When people constantly use numbers and don't even try to write out their words can be annoying and difficult to understand. What do you think?

They are second against the wall when the WeinerTime comes.

Wh-who is first?

Westborrow, hopefully.

**AvatarForm**

Both are an abomination that should be suspension offences.

Not only does both encourage poor English skills, but many times the associated memes and phrasings are as inflammatory as troll posts in themselves.

**Leigen_Zero**

kronk wrote:Anyone that makes a post with m8, u, or O'rly or similar junk needs a kick in the nads.

That should be a feature of the DakkaDakka web page set up.

O'rly?

**GalacticDefender**

1 d0n7 r3411y m1nd 1337 5P34k.

**ChrisWWII**

GalacticDefender wrote:1 d0n7 r3411y m1nd 1337 5P34k.

I, however, take issue with you typing like that on the forum and expecting us to be able to understand it perfectly. Is it really so hard to type in proper English?

**GalacticDefender**

Yeah I never actually use 1337 unless it is in a video game. But on forums it is stupid.

**FITZZ**

I would argue that both sides of the coin become equally annoying .
No one really want's to wade through a post filled with "1337" speak..and on the flipside,soap boxing about how "very well educated you are ..as opposed to the unwashed masses" comes across like a load of jackasserys.
Just my two cents.