The language of the Internets
Written by on Thursday, June 26, 2008 – 7:00 am -So it has been a week or so since I have attributed inspiration for a blog post to the new guy at work Doug. However, it is not to say that he has not provided me with “numerous” inspirational tidbits, I have just been holding off for awhile for this one, but the time has come. So Doug, this one is for you 
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Through an IM conversation that I will not recount here (no need to bore you all), Doug had a typo, well at least that is what I thought. In fact, it was not a typo, but a word from a language that I did not know, the language of the Internets. He went on to say that the “typo” that I thought he typed was part of a language called L337 (that is Leet for those of you that do not speak it, and Elite for those of us who have no F’ng clue what it all means). Of course, I was like WTF? about this whole “language” and Doug was so kind as to point me to the Wikipedia page for it. That’s right folks, it is a language alright because Wikipedia says so (after all, everything on Wikipedia is 100% accurate, right?). I was floored, how could there be a language out there that I was not familiar with? Once I understood the meaning behind it all, I quickly realized why I did not know of it. I fashion myself a fairly savvy Internet user, but apparently not savvy enough. I am not down with using various combinations of ASCII characters to replace Latinate letters.
Lesson learned here for me, I am not one of the cool kids, I guess I have some catching up to do. In the meantime, I am going to get schooled on L337 so I can hang with the cool crowd. Once I do, you all will be pwned by me 
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June 26th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Ha! Wait till you start using the internet language in real life and no one has any idea WTF you’re talking about. I have the tendency to say “FAIL!” all the time when people make a mistake, and they get all upset because it is really rude when you think about it. I can’t help it, though! This is what Internet culture has done to me.
June 26th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Well, shit, you’re not going to tell us that actual word he used? What kind of bait and switch is this, Cowboy Kern?
June 26th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
@calinazaret,
FAIL, that is a fav word in the office. Kori gets daily feeds of FAIL pics and videos and we laugh our arses off about it. Nom Nom is another one that has crept into my offline world. Every time I feed my daughter, I am like Nom Nom Nom.
@honest_ape,
OK, so I guess I am throwing Doug under the bus a bit, but it was pr0n. Now don’t ask what the context of the conversation was
June 26th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Hey, I’ve seen your cowboy pictures. I can guess what it was about.
:p
June 26th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
@honest_ape,
I was hoping that would never get out, but it was bound to happen
June 27th, 2008 at 8:56 am
n00b. How can you not know of l337? Haven’t you ever seen the most awesomest film of all time?
June 27th, 2008 at 10:00 am
@Aaron,
. I have not seen that film, but I guess I should so I do not get pwned by anyone else.
Ha, I guess I am a n00b at least to the language, not the industry. But what does that say about me, I must be old