# /337 sp33/\< **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2001, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/337-sp33/54560 "2001-02-15T06:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/337-sp33/54560/21 "2001-02-17T01:21:59Z")
Do any of you hang out at Something Awful? ---
**Author:** ![Alonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Alonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonist)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/337-sp33/54560/22 "2001-02-17T11:03:42Z")
Not me- give us a link? Thought-- anybody wanting to do an entire thread in leet could probably do it at [Salon.com](http://Salon.com) Table Talk. As I understand it, the objection to threads like this is, that the mods here are duty-bound to examine each post for flames and such, and coding makes posts hard to read. Over there it’s much less busy and much looser; board users pretty much police themselves if anybody gets abusive. I haven’t spent any time over there lately, though, because surfing the boards here is more compelling. ---
**Author:** ![Alonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Alonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonist)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/337-sp33/54560/23 "2001-02-17T11:21:31Z")
(I’m aware, of course, that JA didn’t start this thread in order to gibber in leet [or fake-leet], but to speculate about language change, pattern recognition, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Bawdysurfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@Bawdysurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bawdysurfer)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/337-sp33/54560/24 "2001-02-17T13:16:07Z")
[sub]other similar confusions must not be discussed in polite company, here or elsewhere. Convention holds that clarity of topic and intent shall always supersede contrivations to confuse.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/337-sp33/54560/25 "2001-02-19T23:14:35Z")
Here’s another example of the strong association of 'i33+ sp33|{ with gaming: From [http://www.3dactionplanet.com/features/editorials/collectors/](http://www.3dactionplanet.com/features/editorials/collectors/) [emphasis mine] > [@](#): > > Yeah, I admit it… I bought Quake 3: Elite Edition. Pre-ordered it, even, and paid in advance the princely sum of $91.54 CDN (I still have the receipt in my wallet). I called Electronics Boutique every morning for a week, asking “Is it in yet? Do you have it?” The morning they finally said yes, I skipped out of school, sped to the bus station, then sprinted through the mall towards EB, slowing to a calculated swagger just before I got within sight of the clerks. > > I casually pulled the receipt out of my wallet, tossed it on the counter, and said “Hey, I think you have a game for me or something.” The clerk rummaged around under then counter, then produced a shiny metal box, tucked it in a bag, and handed it to me. I didn’t even look at it. I didn’t dare -I was afraid I’d go into spontaneous multiple orgasms on the spot. Only when I reached the bus station did I pull the game out and gaze upon it in all its glory. It was metal. It was shiny, and had the Q3 logo embossed on the front. I felt cool. Hell, I felt downright **h4rdc0r3**. I was **r337**. > > Then a little old lady came to the bus stop, and stood beside me. She looked at the box. I looked at her, thinking “Aww yeah. That’s Q3 Elite, **biatch**. **ph34r**.” The little old lady looked at me, smiled, and said “What a lovely box, dearie… is that pot pourri?” ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/337-sp33/54560/26 "2001-02-19T23:46:48Z")
At my college, 1337 5p34x is something that is used as a sort of joke. Many of the students play network games, particularly Counter-Strike, and will use an occasional 1337 word for fun. In fact, my friends and I will often talk in 1337 by pronoucing the words as the look. It’s hard to explain, but we will pronounce h4x0r as haxor, not hacker. Get the idea? Anyways, just my +uu0 \<3^+5. ---
**Author:** ![Alonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Alonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonist)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/337-sp33/54560/27 "2001-02-20T12:40:15Z")
“biatch.ph34r”=“biosfear”, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/337-sp33/54560.md?page=1)