/oblig
/link is hot
//I mean lih
//or is it 544?
///slashies!

FEAR TECHNOLOGY. IT IS EVIL AND WILL DEVOUR YOUR CHIIILDREEEEN!!

LOL! ROFL!

Seriously, parents, if you need a translator to figure out what 420 means, you are hopeless.

And this is NOT l33tsp3@k!

Get parents to panic over the number 8. What could possibly go wrong?

Kid 1: How was your bio test?

Kid 2: Good. Got an 88 :D

Parent: GAAAAHHHHHHH!

So if I go and get 2 4's instead of 8's, that's half & half now?

Math sucks.

Yay!

Jesus Texting Christ.

Thank god I was never a helicopter parent. My sisters are/were, though. Between the two of them, including inherited step-kids, they have over 20 children. Good little Mormans that they are. I'll bet they can't sleep at night because of this new-fangled "technology" whatsit ;)

Banana?

"Leetspeak"?

Oh, come on...

GradysGhost: Seriously, parents, if you need a translator to figure out what 420 means, you are hopeless.

Umm, 420 is a relatively recent addition.

Youngsters may sometimes communicate in such a way as to keep parents "out of the loop".

baka-san: GradysGhost: Seriously, parents, if you need a translator to figure out what 420 means, you are hopeless.

Umm, 420 is a relatively recent addition.

If by "relatively new" you mean "the last quarter-farking century" then yes, it is "relatively" new. Get off your lawn.

As a side-note: Teen Chat Decoder (new window) doesn't know what "UFIA" means. Submit away.

Winktologist: baka-san: GradysGhost: Seriously, parents, if you need a translator to figure out what 420 means, you are hopeless.

Umm, 420 is a relatively recent addition.

If by "relatively new" you mean "the last quarter-farking century" then yes, it is "relatively" new. Get off your lawn.

LOL, no kidding. We used that one in the 80s.

I did not smoke pot and did not know what 420 meant until I was here.

So the article is about kids shortening text messages due to the 200 character limit. Such as shortening Penis to Banana. Then refers to code key inputs referring to the phone keys such as 459 = ILY = I love you. Also 143 = I love you?
Sense, this article makes none.

Winktologist: Umm, 420 is a relatively recent addition.

If by "relatively new" you mean "the last quarter-farking century" then yes, it is "relatively" new. Get off your lawn.

Dalar: LOL, no kidding. We used that one in the 80s.

See, 420 had no relevance in north texas. school got out at 3:30

182, subby

KHITBASH!

baka-san: Winktologist: Umm, 420 is a relatively recent addition.

If by "relatively new" you mean "the last quarter-farking century" then yes, it is "relatively" new. Get off your lawn.

Dalar: LOL, no kidding. We used that one in the 80s.

See, 420 had no relevance in north texas. school got out at 3:30

Banana goes where?

Bananas fit our hand perfectly?

/yes, yes they do
//and other places as well

Kelbel: I did not smoke pot and did not know what 420 meant until I was here.

Now that you are here, do you smoke pot?

Wanna hit?

cambie: Kelbel: I did not smoke pot and did not know what 420 meant until I was here.

Now that you are here, do you smoke pot?

Wanna hit?

Careful there. You have to share with the whole class ;)

More media hysteria over nothing. If parents did their job this wouldn't be a problem.

Outshined_One: Banana goes where?

N UR π O

*blink*

WTF?

Srsly, WTF?

Do they just make this shiat up or did someone manage to keep a straight face while telling a reporter this?

I just wanna know which 3 numbers when typed together DON'T mean I love you.

Ender's: I just wanna know which 3 numbers when typed together DON'T mean I love you.

9-1-1

banana

Holy crap, not this again. Every few months an article like this pops up that has absolutely no clue what it's talking about. I honestly believe they make most of the shiat up b/c no one will call them on it. If a teen blows the whistle, no one would listen and if a parent tried to tell them this was bullshiat they would just claim that the parent was 'out of the loop' and doesn't understand 'leetspeak'.

Total farking crap.

If parents are so worried about this, how about not giving their snowflakes a cell phone? The only reason a teenager would need one is if they were a sysadmin or a drug dealer.

Teen Chat Decoder also doesn't get BIE.

/coincidentally, I also don't get BIE.

Ender's: So the article is about kids shortening text messages due to the 200 character limit. Such as shortening Penis to Banana. Then refers to code key inputs referring to the phone keys such as 459 = ILY = I love you. Also 143 = I love you?
Sense, this article makes none.

KPC-that is the goal....

Seth'n'Spectrum: Teen Chat Decoder also doesn't get BIE.

/coincidentally, I also don't get BIE.

Is that is because you are ugly and your mom dresses you funny?

Banana?

/Banana
//Banana
///Banana
////Banana
//Banana
//Banana
\Banana

Sardonic_Padre: Banana?

/Banana
//Banana
///Banana
////Banana
//Banana
//Banana
\Banana

I'd rather have a Peach.

Look, man, I ain't falling for no banana in my tailpipe.

This article has to be a joke.

Another Government Employee: Seth'n'Spectrum: Teen Chat Decoder also doesn't get BIE.

/coincidentally, I also don't get BIE.

Is that is because you are ugly and your mom dresses you funny?

She always did want a girl more than a boy. Dressed me in red for Valentines day in preschool.

Reminds me of when I was a kid and the parents at my school received a "How to Tell if your Child is Doing Drugs" pamphlet. Listening to loud music and dressing differently were considered symptoms.

Banana. That is all.

DaBR!


/Do a Barrel Roll!

Since, oh, 2002, havent a lot of phones been keyboard capable or at least work recognizing so that cryptic language isn't necessary...

Burn_The_Plows: If parents are so worried about this, how about not giving their snowflakes a cell phone? The only reason a teenager would need one is if they were a sysadmin or a drug dealer.

This. My kids will get a cell phone when they get a driver's license. And it'll be a bare-bones phone (or at least bare bones for the 2020s).

Ten year olds don't need cell phones.

God I hate local news sites...

Burn_The_Plows: If parents are so worried about this, how about not giving their snowflakes a cell phone? The only reason a teenager would need one is if they were a sysadmin or a drug dealer.

you obviously were not a teenager anytime in the past 15 years.

Penis Phone!

Winktologist: As a side-note: Teen Chat Decoder (new window) doesn't know what "UFIA" means. Submit away.

I also don't know what UFIA means.

Tat'dGreaser: This article has to be a joke.

I agree. Most texting teens can't even spell "banana".