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Google has always had a witty sense of humour and has been making your computer screen do a barrel roll and triggering OCD for a long time. With all the hype about the new Marvel Studio’s movie Avengers: Endgame and the fictional supervillain Thanos, there is no doubt that Google will sneak a tiny easter egg somewhere. Do not worry, this article is free of spoilers.
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C4n u und3r574nd wh47 15 wr1773n h3r3?
(Can you understand what is written here?)
If you are a gamer or take interest in geeky topics, chances are you have seen such notations. This kind of modified spelling is no coincidence, it is known as leet (“1337”) or eleet or leetspeak and has a very interesting origin.
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There you are on a Sunday afternoon, chopping trees punching sheep and building mud huts, a few hours later you’ve been condemned to death by hunger games or something. Oh, the things we do for entertainment. If only the Romans with their bloody murder arenas could have seen us now. Perhaps they would have realized that maybe it would have been more beneficial to maintain a sustainable population of able-bodied men for that encroaching barbarian horde. If only they had picked up a game console instead of crazy uncle Frank’s issue of mutilation monthly when they were still young and impressionable.
This article has been contributed by Aditya Bhadra
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