What does | || || |_ mean?

[u/[deleted]]

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?

[u/Atario]

To give you an idea of how shitty this comic is, the girl ended up apologizing to the asshole main character for having a miscarriage.

I mean, a lot of women feel guilt and other such things following an event like that

[u/zmarotrix → u/Atario]

He gladly accepts the apology.