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I want everyone here to know that I talked about leet being fun before sarcasticmuppet edited her post to include a lengthy sociological quote regarding leetspeak.
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What sarcasticmuppet said was: According to Wikipedia: Leetspeak can be said to be an expression of some generational laws of sociology as it applies to small tribes or cliques, which strive to maintain a sense of elitist cultural identity and uniqueness in the midst of the ‘ignorant masses’ by inventing linguistic and fashion styles. Such behavior is deeply ingrained in the human psyche, perhaps to the point of being encoded in the genes. In literature, the book lord of the flies depicts the evolution of such behavior. Leetspeak often represents an intermediate stage in a user’s use of the internet. First there is the “newbie” stage, where the user is ignorant about the customs and language of the internet. Next there is the leet stage, where the user has obtained enough information to “speak leet” to prove their superiority over “newbies” or to simply shorten typing time. Grammar (especially capitals etc.” is often ignored in this stage. Many internet users of high-school age are in the stage. The third and final stage is a more mature stage, where most words are spelt in full and grammar is used correctly. Most major websites are hosted by people in this stage—highly internet savvy people who only use leet sarcastically. One of the currently important uses of such devices as leetspeak is to allow some legitimate discourse on some subjects that cross the boundary of “political correctness” in many tightly controlled communication medias. It is also sometimes used as a way to imply certain impolite expressions without causing offense (the emotive impact of these words in raw language overwhelm their denotive meaning), similar to the !@!*@($%) type expressions commonly seen in cartoons to indicate cursing (the desire is to interject the meaning without the negative impact). Another common use is to avoid activating automatic filtering systems which will intercept many expressions that are thought to indicate illicit content. Again the normal objective is to exercise free speech, not illicit activity in the general sense of the word. Beginning of forms of expression by authorities have made the use of alternate language forms for common tool of expression down through the ages. The use of “porn” (or “pron”) for instance to reference pornography in serious discourse to avoid an automatic e-mail filter from killing the conversation is a simple example.
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I buy it in a shop. I don't order it in restaurants (unless they don't understand the word 'malt', which happened once). The minimal age is 18.
Short Message Service, though in my school the weirdos (such as myself) are able to - ahem - cause a Sadomasochistic Society, yes.
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You can buy beer at the store before you're 18? Are you old-looking? Fake ID? I'd think that in Israel, with the culture so security minded, that fake ID would be very seriously frowned upon.
Even I know how to order a beer! I don't even have any conversational Hebrew. Just say "Maccabee, b'vahkashah".
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