# I demand a ban on the use of o\_O

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-demand-a-ban-on-the-use-of-o_o/295758>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 22, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-demand-a-ban-on-the-use-of-o_o/295758 "2005-03-22T19:22:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-demand-a-ban-on-the-use-of-o_o/295758/58 "2005-03-23T09:39:03Z")

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> [@Binarydrone](#):
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> l33t speak, as far as I am concerned, can be spelled any way you want. The point is to obscure communication, while at the same time fooling yourself into thinking that you are somehow special or vaguly interesting\*.

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