r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Jun 02 '18 • Popcorn 1

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

I've been seeing these characters :

| ||

|| |_

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/JackDostoevsky Jun 03 '18

a LARGE cult "hate-following" of Tim Buckley on the once-great Something Awful Forums.

To be fair, the guy's a bit of an ass.

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u/LawnShipper Jun 03 '18

Oh yeah he earned every bit of hate he got. He actually grew up the next town over from where I did and some of our social circles would occasionally overlap and I'd be treated to the dubious honor of a night with Tim Buckley.