Fin3 2ning $um l33t

[nancylebov]

L33t stages of grieving.
Stage 1: OMG
Stage 2: WTF
Stage 3: :(
Stage 4: kthxbye

Link originally at dhole, but I got it from womzilla.

So I googled kthxby, and found it means "ok, thanks, goodbye".

Then I thought that it might work on a button, but "stages of grieving" looked a little too normal. I don't know much about l33t, so I googled again, and found:

The bbc

and

wikipedia, both of whom had dignified, informative articles.

Is "Stajez of gr33ving" overdoing it? I gather that "f" for "of" is too aolish, and "ph"
for "f" for "of" is probably contrary to the spirit of l33t.

I can see the temptation to get l33tR & l33tR unt|_ 1 is 1ll3jiBle. I bet this is one of the very few uses of 1 as a l33t pronoun.

Comments

[supergee.livejournal.com]

I'd do "stag35"

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I think that's too easily read as stag thirty-five, but I await other opinions. I may be underestimating the l33ti2D of my cust0merz.

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

I concur with supergee. Tho Stag3z is another option.

[darius.livejournal.com]

I'd expect something more like Teh l33t st4g35 0f gr13v1ng. "Stajez" doesn't look very canonically 31337 to me...

[darius.livejournal.com]

Or staj0rz -- I know, it's pretty illegible.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Thanks, everyone. I talked with a girl who's heading off to college this fall, and she made the reasonable point that anyone who'd want such a button would be fairly l33t and not need a toned-down version.

[hughcasey.livejournal.com]

Ur l33t r0x0rz,n4nc3!

[nosebeepbear.livejournal.com]

I thought "sux0r" was one of the stages of grief.

[nosebeepbear.livejournal.com]

Oh, and it may just be me, but I think you should either say "1337 stages of grief:" or "st4j3z of gr33f" (in whatever 1337 form you choose), but not "1337 st4j3z of gr33f." In other words, either specify that it's 1337, or say it *in* 1337, but not both.

[darius.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I realized that after posting it. Also: stagez0rz is the best word, I think.

[nosebeepbear.livejournal.com]

I found this amusing: http://www.google.com/intl/xx-hacker/

[bruhinb.livejournal.com]

There are, believe it or not, people are translating entire classic works (http://uninteresting.myby.co.uk/noeffort/romjul.htm) to 1337. (The beginning, drags, and the intro is nearly unreadable because of the green background, but if you sit through all that, it quickly gets worth the wait.)