Leetspeak is like 50 years old, good chance some boomers were involved in it's creation 👀

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Search yielded early 80s

So 46 years.

So Boomers were not likely responsible for it. Probably Gen X

Boomers were 16-34 at that time. Undoubtedly since of them were involved. Gen X was 0-15 at that point. Considering this was before the Internet even existed, and computers were not available in most households, it makes sense and older cohort would have access to them, at University and work settings.

I imagine by the time hacker culture fully blossomed the gen xers were already in their late teens - a perfect age (especially at that time) for leet speak

Probably a mix of both.

1970s boomer hacker culture existed I think 😂