i feel old...but that's not bad

[vernacular_life]

when looking at list of a random search's LJ friends, I notice that I have no friends with names like this:

for3v3rbrok3n
_sw3eth3art_
amali_tamali
glass_heartx3
heyy_bubbyys
ice_is_yummy_8
m_hepke_xo
oochaldobabeoo
qtwidabooty0911
shhscheer,
sumlikeithotx3
tracy_x_lynn,
x_born_free_x
xbabicecex,
xelizabethswanx

seriously, what's with all of the x's? kisses? The 3's?

I thought I was with it when I knew <3. is x3 a variation?

Comments

[banshee.livejournal.com]

I think it means 'straightedge', but who knows. Kids these days, with their excessive punctuation and silent x's!

[vernacular-life.livejournal.com]

x is the new straightedge? back in my day, it was white tshirts, vintage levis rolled up and doc's.


i apparantly havent' been spending enought time at the mall.....

[banshee.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the 3s are 'leet'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

[effy.livejournal.com]

Blast. Someone beat me.

Look at this though. That stuff bugs me!

[vernacular-life.livejournal.com]

oho lord! that page made my head hurt. I can read a leetle of it, but when they start going nuts with the ph for f and the random 4's, urgh...too much!

Althought, I'm sure its a teenage kid's parents "rosetta stone" to deciphering their blogs..........