1337, can you read it?

[Zizzykitty]

I can usually read it pretty well but I stumbled into this thread in the chatterbox today saying it is stupid. So naturally someone started speaking it.

If you don't know what 1337 is then here's an example from that thread.
F1||4||Y 5()|/|3()||3 //|-|() (4|| |)3(RY|*7 7|-|3 5|_||*|*()53|) (()|/||*|3X |3375|*33|{ //|-|1(|-| 15||7 7|-|47 |-|4R|) 7() 7R4||5|473

"Finally someone who can decrypt the leetspeek which isnt that hard to translate."

So how many people do you know who actually speak leet?
I know how to read it but I find it hard to type.
I also find it very pointless to use. It's not like some secret code, most of the internet knows it so what you're typing in leet isn't all that secret.  

[Flyentologist]

Ugh. I hate 1337 speak. Can't really type it well. Certainly can't understand it well either.

 

[Moonlight_HuangHou]

Wow..I've never heard of that until now I think!
There's a language for it too?  

[Docxime]

i can't speak it but i can read it depending on how tired i am.

i used to be a lot better with it but i've been getting worse the less i play online pc games.  

[Fate-J]

No I cantD: Im a complete idiot at this kind of thing! emo  

[Dornkus]

I can usually read most of it.  

[Zizzykitty]

I can speak mixed leet, kind of like Spanglish. Except I can't speak spanish.

I just think it's a kind of obnoxious "language".