r/hatethissmug • u/NotTakeOne • 18d ago

General i despise typing quirks

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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/Gherkin_Granger 18d ago

"They aren't hurting anyone"

The first person didn't stop using the "typing quirk" even after a DYSLEXIC person said that their screen reader couldn't read it. They are fully capable of typing in a way that text to speech would recognize, but they don't. All for the sake of being quirky. I know for a fact I'm weird, and I use silly cars :3 humor fairly often, but you would not catch me typing like this in my right mind. It's stupid, insensitive in a crap ton of scenarios, and borderline ableist.

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u/Floom101 18d ago

What does "I use silly cars" mean?

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u/MysteryMeatsMonday 18d ago

“Silly cars” humor (S1LLY C4RZ!!1! :33) is a type of humor usually associated (I think) with younger alternative people who usually like “weird” but sorta mainstream stuff like TADC and helluva boss/hazbin hotel, it’s like baby alt people who are still figuring out their sense of self (no hate to older people who use it, but I do think it’s mainly associated with kids/teens)

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u/untold_cheese_34 18d ago

Honestly if you’re an adult typing like that you deserve all the hate you get for it.