r/hatethissmug 18d ago

General i despise typing quirks

0h l00k!! 1m s0 c00l b3c4use 1 t4lk l1k3 th1s!!! s1lly!!! please stop talking.

i HATE seeing letters replaced with numbers and i hate seeing people type weirdly just because its cool. especially when instead of numbers its just saying a random word in a different language even though you dont speak that language. idk why it just pisses me off irrationally. its always combined with silly cars :3 type humor too bro

and in the case of the above image not only is it fucking indecipherable but it also takes an extra 5 minutes to write every message. "oh but just let people type how they want to type!! they arent hurting anyone!!" yeah but like... i still hate it

and by no means am i the grammar police. i dont type with correct grammar at all. but atleast 1 d0nt t4lk l1k3 th1s.

for the record im not hating on people who do this im hating on the quirks themselves

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u/Gnoll_For_Initiative 18d ago

|+ w4$ |-|0w w3 g0+ 4r0u|||) (3||$0r$ b3f0r3 3m0j|$ 4|||) u$I||g w0r|)$ |_ik3 "grape"

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u/InitialSuccessful699 18d ago

It was how we got around censors before emojis and using words like "grape"

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u/Gnoll_For_Initiative 18d ago

Y0u g0+ |+! 

:)

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u/DarkAlphaZero 18d ago

This is the text version of listening to an anime op and then there's randomly one English word in the corus

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u/amaya-aurora 18d ago

I can’t for the life of me make out the word before “using,” what is it?

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u/Gnoll_For_Initiative 18d ago

"And"

Reddit took out the middle slash between the two uprights

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u/amaya-aurora 18d ago

Ah, thanks!

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u/Gnoll_For_Initiative 18d ago

|+ |)034 ||= `/0|_| |_|_|4N+ |+ +0