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Stop 1337-speak

Stop 1337-speak

Closed — 41 supporters Verified

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Nemanja J.
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Started by Anonymous 19 years, 4 months ago
This petition was started to try to put an end to 1337-speak. Using it is lazy, hard to read, and useless. If you can\'t type 3 characters per word extra, how will you get anywhere in life If you sign this petition, please tell as many people as possible. If you want, you can link to it with this image: Also, of course, if you sign the petition, don\'t use 1337-speak yourself. I\'m not sending this to anyone.

Updates

November 5, 2007

Seeing this community grow makes me feel like there is real hope for clear communication again. It is incredibly validating to know I am not the only one frustrated by this trend.

November 5, 2007

I see people still typing like they have forgotten how to use a standard keyboard. It is honestly exhausting to read through these garbled sentences every single day.

6 Comments

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Jessica Duncan
19 years ago Featured

This is so dumb. Just type normal like a person. Nobody thinks your cool because you use numbers instead of letters.

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Rachel Adeyemi
19 years ago Featured

Ugh yes. My teenage brother does this constantly and I have to ask him to translate it, its embarrassing.

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Kevin Hassan
19 years ago Featured

its honestly just annoying to look at. nobody talks like that anymore anyway so move on.

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Brian Herrera
19 years ago Featured

so true. takes longer to type that way anyway.

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Mark Norton
19 years ago Featured

Agreed. It was barely even funny back in 2005. Why are people still doing it?

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Sarah Barnes
19 years ago Featured

FINALLY. thank you for saying this. it gives me a headache trying to figure out what people are even saying.