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Kevin A
11-07-2003, 00:37
Well, what does it mean?
RogerR
11-07-2003, 00:42
i'm quite certian that it is a rendition of a cartoon heart

or it could mean "less than 3"
Matt Attallah
11-07-2003, 01:27
It's generally ment as a crude way for a heart. Over in my neck of the woods - "ska or punk" kids normally wear them...
Kristina
11-07-2003, 02:12
I totally thought this was a philosophical question about what our definition of love is. Could it be that my 'un-techniness" automatically assumed he wasn't just asking about the symbol or is the heat just impairing my mental capacity?
tatsak42
11-07-2003, 03:53
Hey the topic could to that way :P

I less than three ____. I might say that sometime, and people will look at me like I'm a dork.. again.
kristen
11-07-2003, 13:08
<3 is so much less serious than "love."

and it looks really cute :D
Katie Reynolds
11-07-2003, 15:08
Just a little heart, when you're too lazy to type "love"

Or, in numerous LJs, <3 is the equivalent to "I love you, [insert name of LJ owner here]!" :D

- Katie
Amanda Morrison
11-07-2003, 20:10
Originally posted by Kristina
I totally thought this was a philosophical question about what our definition of love is. Could it be that my 'un-techniness" automatically assumed he wasn't just asking about the symbol or is the heat just impairing my mental capacity?

I'm so with her. I was assuming this was a thread about what the definition of love really was... and I was like, 'OOOH!'

Us non-techies live for that sort of thing.
utishpenguin
12-07-2003, 12:03
or when someone wants to say "i heart you" they say "i <3 you"
hahaha
EddieMcD
12-07-2003, 13:24
Well, <3 didn't turn up on a google search. So, being my geeky and mathmatically oriented self, I just had to look up "less than three". I got a few things on colleges, baseball, stock reports, vacations, employment opportunities, and a weird picture on the moon.

I think I'm just afraid what a Google search on "love" would bring back...
Rob Colatutto
12-07-2003, 13:52
no no...its 'less than 3' :D
People sometimes get annoyed when you say that to them, but its funny. It does mean 'love' to some people.
Cory
12-07-2003, 19:58
Lol Kristy, youre the only person I know that would think that :)

I generally use <3 not to mean like I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, but more of a you are really awesome type of thing.

Cory
Melissa Nute
12-07-2003, 22:46
Originally posted by Cory
Lol Kristy, youre the only person I know that would think that :)

I generally use <3 not to mean like I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, but more of a you are really awesome type of thing.

Cory

Just like when I go I <3 cory, b/c I do :p
RogerR
12-07-2003, 23:50
Originally posted by Kristina
I totally thought this was a philosophical question about what our definition of love is. Could it be that my ''un-techniness"automatically assumed he wasn't just asking about the symbol or is the heat just impairing my mental capacity?

..or is our "techiness" corrupting a deep, philosophical discusion?
Katie Reynolds
14-07-2003, 10:36
Originally posted by Rob Colatutto
no no...its 'less than 3' :D
People sometimes get annoyed when you say that to them, but its funny. It does mean 'love' to some people. So ... rather than it meaning "I love you" ... does it really mean, "I less than three you."???:confused: ;) :yikes:
Erin Rapacki
14-07-2003, 15:59
My boyfriend did that to me... I text messaged him "I <3 you" and he returned... "aww, I less than three you too."

I cracked up so much, and it was an inside joke of ours. But now I understand that it's not too uncommon. (erin shrugs and lowers head in disappointment)

now it's "I < x u (x = integer sqrt4 < x < 4)"
EddieMcD
14-07-2003, 16:52
Originally posted by Erin Rapacki
now it's "I < x u (x = integer sqrt4 < x < 4)"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Very good.
chellyzee93
15-07-2003, 10:49
Originally posted by kristen
<3 is so much less serious than "love."

and it looks really cute :D

I beg to differ. I <3 many of my friends, I love them to death. :)
Firewolf
15-07-2003, 11:25
well, being that the bases of this thread has been ans. now the philosophical q. of it begins....

yesyes, it can mean, i love you, i heart you, ur cool, love ya, i'm out, etc.

but i prefer i heart you, that's so funny, how do you heart someone, that's the coolest

or you write it at the end of a letter
"<3"

heart, name
haha

but less than 3 is so sufficient, i may get to like that more, but 'i heart you' man, that's the shiznit rite there:p :rolleyes: