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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers
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Title text:
In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.
Transcript:
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3184/
For millennials, like me: 1337 means "LEET" which is short for "Elite".
1337 h4x0r
Sorry, what? I'm a millennial, this is common knowledge for anyone who played a videogame in the last quarter century.
I was going to say, I think the perpetuation of leetspeak and most of its use falls squarely into the millennial generation's early 90s into the early 2000s.
What the h311 is wrong with you? Us millennials invented 1337!
Nope. Source: am gen X.
Yep I think pops here has this one, us Millennials grew up with leet speak, it already was a thing in the 80s.
That's the first time anyone called me pops! NOW I feel old!
I know it just means you aren’t familiar with it but it’s funny you picked the millennial one as the one you had to explain to millennials.
Ragebait. Millenials are like 40 and have back pain.
84CK P41N
I'm confused as to where you fit in the Millennial demographic for you to have not known this already
It seems, I'm on the older side.
It's been around since the 1980s. If you didn't know it it's not because you're a millennial, it's because you weren't part of the right subcultures when you were young / teen / 20s.