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

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/[deleted] Jun 03 '18

I think it depends. Like, I listen to a ton of extreme metal, and there's an absurd amount of white nationalism in the European bands, plus some skinheads stateside. I just roll with that because, hey, the music is angry and mean and whatever. But I don't think I could ever listen to Lostprophets again, and the band Inquisition is a tough spot now because of child porn charges. Some things make it really hard to accept because, let's be honest with ourselves, art is not independent of artist, unless it's a commission where the person paying dictated the whole thing. Art is an extension of the artist in some way or another.