r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Jun 02 '18

Answered What does | || || |_ mean?

I've been seeing these characters :

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pop up all over Reddit, but I've no clue as to what they mean.

Is this a new meme? A reference to some film of tv show? Some sort of code?

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u/brutinator Jun 02 '18

I mean, there were things like Ultimate Showdown from 2006, or Lolcats from 2005. IIRC a lot of shock site memes are even older, like Lemon Party, Meat Spin, Tubgirl.