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> o7 I never came across this emoticon, but with what you wrote, its meaning became clear immediately. It's perfect.

• farnsworth 3y ago
  Same, I thought I was terminally online but I've never seen this before.
  • closewith 3y ago
    Oh, God, these comments may be the trigger to my mid-life crisis.
    • zilti 3y ago
      If it's any consolation, it's been around since the 90s
    • whamlastxmas 3y ago
      I remember being a terminally online teen thinking i would never fall out of “what’s hip” bc i enjoyed being online so much at the time. I have since never once installed or used TikTok and I have no idea what’s happening I am sure
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  • Angostura 3y ago
    See it quite a lot in Twitch chat
  • notso411 3y ago
    orz
    • amatecha 3y ago
      For the people who weren't aware... https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/orz https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/orz
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• klyrs 3y ago
  Looks like a swimmer to me... what do you see?
  • kayodelycaon 3y ago
    It's a salute. :)
  • jconnop 3y ago
    The 'o' is a head and the '7' is an arm giving a salute.
    • rkagerer 3y ago
      Here, let me help you with that... O7 /| Λ
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      • klyrs 3y ago
        That's ridiculous, nobody swims up a waterfall (but actually, thanks for the illustration... my dad was in the military but apparently long enough ago that I entirely missed this) Edit: oh! You used a capital O rather than a little one! That makes loads of difference... the "hand" placement in o7 is way over the forehead, while O7 (or is it 07? either way) is much closer to a proper salute! Perhaps the military culture hasn't entirely worn off after all...
        • frickinLasers 3y ago
          It's also the wrong hand. But I think the little o looks more like a head in this case. O7 just looks like a hex code or something.
          • throwawaaarrgh 3y ago
            Right hand if you're standing behind him...
• jprd 3y ago
  > o7 Someone saluting
• rubinlinux 3y ago
  It is a very common theme in Elite Dangerous, to the point that the station controller will sometimes say "Oh seven, commander" to you.
  • datameta 3y ago
    Also ubiquitous in Eve Online since about 15 years ago. Did it originate in Elite Dangerous?
    • knowaveragejoe 3y ago
      This is where I was first exposed to it. I'm not surprised it's got a longer history than that, though.
    • closewith 3y ago
      No, predates broadband at least. Certainly was around on Usenet in the nineties.
• noduerme 3y ago
  Funny, I didn't see it as a salute... I thought it was a "flex".