You're new here. Give it some time and you'll realize not to take everything so seriously all the time. I know this was a more serious thread, but there's no need to feel offended by any of it.

Hope you enjoy the site!

what is 1337?

This is taken from the urban dictionary

leet speak 399 up, 32 down

Originating in the early 1980's, leet speak was first used by hackers as a way to prevent their websites/newsgroups from being found by simple keyword searches.
Leet speak grew and became popular in online games such as Doom in the early 1990's as a way of suggesting that you were a hacker (h4x0r), and therefore to be feared.
Leet, or 1337, is a short form of "elite," commonly used by video gamers to suggest that they are skilled.
Leet: l337
Hacker: h4x0r
skills: s|<1llz
Own: Pwn

ohhhh, ok, thinking i would get a headache after reading a paragraph of that

I think it has become less important...but not because they do not care...were living in a world where communication is TxT spk and most classic literature is presented in the form of movies

Luckily, not all of us use text speak all the time. People do seem to get mad when I ask them to type out full words, though.

I remember years ago it used to be... without proper grammar and spelling ...the best one can achieve is a minumum wage job.

Sadly, people can end up pretty high up in a company, yet not be able to write and communicate well at all.

I agree with your opening post SMS. Although I haven't been on sites in a long time, I do notice it seems to be "text" talk. Either that or they simply can not spell. It makes me sad.

Good to see you around again, Auburn.

Thank you SMS. It's good to see you too. Hope things are well with you.

I say it's personal preference. If it is important to you, then you will spend most of your time trying to correct someone else. Is that what you're looking to do? If not..then don't talk with that person just to save you some annoying moments.

What's important to me is to be able to understand what the person is saying. If their spelling/grammar interferes with that, I won't spend my time trying to correct them the whole time, but I will lose interest in trying to figure out what they're saying.

That I do understand. The world have become a shortcut place for everything including internet typing. It is like a entire language within itself. The more you seem to use it, the more you take the shortcuts. I know I do it myself on a regular basis and find it comes natural sometimes. I play a lot of online games and that right there is a bad influence. Good luck :)

As long as I can actually understand someone well enough, I'll give them a chance. I just don't have the patience for constant text speak, though.

yea, no wht u mn. ther r sm msgs u hav 2 read 2 or 3 tyms 2 gt der tru mng n it can b v fkn anoyin whn u r tryin 2 rd dem n sht.

Such a unique response! No one has ever thought of responding this way before.

hill il drink 4 that :p

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