What?

[Archdemonessa]

If we were reading text talk, would our IQ rise? We're reading a foreign language!  

[The Shoe Pile]

Hmm... I suppose it's kind of like solving riddles so maybe it can. It's a good practice for problem solving! xp  

[Archdemonessa]

Yes, yes it is...  

[Kaze Ookami]

Well you do have to really think about it when you try to read it so I would have to say yes.  

[Clickmyname]

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No.
It kills brain cells.

 

[Archdemonessa]

Clickmyname

xd
No.
It kills brain cells.

No it doesn't. We can decipher the foregin language of idiots.  

[MadnessFreak]

'Txt-tlk' (aslo known as n00bspeak, ch@t-sp33k, etc. ) isn't a foreign language. It's a diversion of English. We don't see german people saying 'G|_|73|| 7@G' do we? It's not a language. Also, deciphering it is a good challenge (I've mastered it, think MR and UAQ forums), but it has no values because nothing anyone who uses it is worth listening to.
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MadnessFreak

'Txt-tlk' (aslo known as n00bspeak, ch@t-sp33k, etc. ) isn't a foreign language. It's a diversion of English. We don't see german people saying 'G|_|73|| 7@G' do we? It's not a language.
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Well, no, but for a second there, I felt pretty proud of myself for deciphering that German. xp  

[CristoVII]

Your IQ wouldn't rise, but you'd be damn good at deciphering codes and understanding other languages.

I3l1t$kr13g

Someone try to decipher that English word derived from german.  

[Zealot of Insanity]

Clickmyname

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No.
It kills brain cells.

I would not waste brain cells trying to learn that language then. xp  

[DarkElf27]

Zweite

Your IQ wouldn't rise, but you'd be damn good at deciphering codes and understanding other languages.

I3l1t$kr13g

Someone try to decipher that English word derived from german.

Blitzkreig, also known in English as "lightning war."  

[Kiwee]

I'm illiterate in txt tlk, unfortunately.
I can only understand the bare minimum if you give me a couple of hours to decipher one word.
It is, however, a good way of learning how to solve code, I suppose.

 

[SilverMaple]

I suppose it's a valuable thing to learn in a world where an increasing number of people use it.  

[Archdemonessa]

It can be used to solve code, as a lot of people in the thread have pointed out. And maybe it could create another code, so that the text talk inadept can't understand it.  

[MadnessFreak]

//@|-|||s1||||3xz3||7r1|<3r

The fact I can read that peice of German perfectly fine unnerves me.

(For some reason, I can't use backward spaces, so the actual word is Wahnsinnexzentriker, guess it)