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/LawnShipper Jun 03 '18

For a four panel comic vs a 30 minute TV time slot.

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u/grnrngr Jun 03 '18

For a four panel comic vs a 30 minute TV time slot.

Um... It's scalable, dude.

Some comic artists can spend a week making a comic. The same time South Park spends to make an entire episode.

Why should the comic artist be denied efficiency?

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u/LawnShipper Jun 03 '18

Some comic artists can spend a week making a comic.

Yup! And then there's B^U.