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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers (infosec.pub)

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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers

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.

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

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[–] fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

2137

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (17 children)

For millennials, like me: 1337 means "LEET" which is short for "Elite".

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 190 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] hoppolito@mander.xyz 94 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.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 74 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

What the h311 is wrong with you? Us millennials invented 1337!

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[–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm confused as to where you fit in the Millennial demographic for you to have not known this already

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[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

1337 h4x0r

[–] qbus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Hack the planet

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ragebait. Millenials are like 40 and have back pain.

[–] squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi 74 points 1 week ago (1 children)

84CK P41N

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[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can confirm you can in fact get back pain before the age of 40

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[–] Trev625@sopuli.xyz 56 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What about Schfifty-Five?

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Three fiddy?

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[–] Yankee_Self_Loader@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Shiggity Schwat

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Teens in different countries have different funny numbers too funny enough. There is a thing influencing multiple civilizations to do this.

31 is funny in Turkey.

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