lol you know you're going to be flamed for posting about correct english on a potheaded website right? actually there's already been a post like this and it got closed...

and i think they do it just to be different, 1337 5p34k 533m5 70 h4v3 b3c0m3 v3ry p0pul4r.

personally i think it's a waste of time, not only does it take 2x long to read, it takes 3x as long to type.