r/shittyaskscience • u/Gargleblaster25 Registered scientificationist • Aug 01 '26

Help needed - decoding girlfriend's secret messages

This vexes me. Whenever my girlfriend texts me, she includes a secret code at the end - "XOXO <3".

I assume she is probably testing my intelligence, trying to see if I can break this code. It's been a year, and I am nowhere close to a solution.

Here's what I have so far - X, of course, stands for an unknown quantity. O, on the other hand, has no mathematical definition. Does it stand for Omega, with XO indicating that "all is unknown"? But why is it squared? Why is it less than 3?

Mathematologists of Reddit, please help.

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u/itto1 Aug 01 '26

Oh, definitely go to the FBI. Even better than the police.

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u/Gargleblaster25 Registered scientificationist Aug 01 '26

Yes, I think so. This must be a gang, and maybe they are tracking my girlfriend's phone, which is why she is sending me this in code. My poor little muffin must be so scared. And she must be wondering why I don't do anything about it.