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[โ€“] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 30 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

VVu7 d0 y00 4ll th1nk 4b0ut 1337$p34k? 1 h4v3nt 8u$t3d 1t 0ut 51nc3 m1ddl3 5ch00l, 8ut m4y83 th3r3'5 p0t3nti4l #3r3.

[โ€“] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Here's what Google's Gemini had to say about it when I asked:

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What does this say?

VVu7 d0 y00 4ll th1nk 4b0ut 1337$p34k? 1 h4v3nt 8u$t3d 1t 0ut 51nc3 m1ddl3 5ch00l, 8ut m4y83 th3r3โ€™5 p0t3nti4l #3r3.


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This is written in l33tsp34k (leetspeak), an internet language that replaces letters with similar-looking numbers and symbols.

Here's what it says when translated:

"What do you all think about leetspeak? I haven't busted it out since middle school, but maybe there's potential here."

[โ€“] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 34 points 3 weeks ago

beans. we'll get em next time

[โ€“] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

fucking hell, it even got 1337

I think about leetspeak every time I notice the time is 13:37