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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers

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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.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3184/

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[-] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 10 points 1 week ago

Sorry, what? I'm a millennial, this is common knowledge for anyone who played a videogame in the last quarter century.

[-] hoppolito@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

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.

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