ur - the future of language

When I was 17, my girlfriend at the time had me get a pager. I was keen to the idea because it was better than a cell phone. You can stay "in touch" while not being obligated to talk to somebody. When I signed up for the service, she gave me a piece of notebook paper of pager speak, a "numeric alphabet" where numbers represented letters in both cases as well as certain phrases. This was the precursor to text messaging, because you could digitally message someone without cell phones or anything. Around this time, the bronze age of digital communication, people started to truncate most of their writing (and stop capitalizing) via e-mail as well. For example: Original message: wassup bro? i just want u 2 know that im always here 4 u. y don't we go 2 the movies l8r? KIT. Translation: Dear Brett, As your brother, I would like you to understand that I am happy to be your shoulder to cry on. Our friendship means more than words to me and I want to make sure that you are happy. Perhaps you are preoccupied with your current relationship? I suggest we go to the cinema tonight. Keep in touch, my friend. A few years l8r, with the inception of DSL and Cable modems, online gaming became a large hobby for men and boys alike. You could blast your friends into chunky, meaty, globules and you never had to get out of your pajamas! I think that this is where 1337 or "LEET-speak" comes in(someone correct me if I'm wrong, please) I seriously know nothing about 1337, except that it is next to impossible to decipher. It's fucking computer chinese. I may be wrong but I think []D[][]V[][]D = PIMP. The most perplexing thing about 1337 is that it's the opposite of text messaging speak (replacing you with U, etc.). Instead of shortening the time it takes to write a message, in fact, it takes longer and involves more complicated key strokes. Shakespeare it's not. But the very interesting pop culture aspect of 1337 is that of "pwn3d." As near as I can tell, "pwn3d" was an accident that caught on like wildfire, like herpes. The combination of the slang term, OWNED, leet speak, and a typo, most regular internet nerds know exactly how to pronounce "pwn3d." The point of me explaining all of this is because it is clear to me, that while I don't understand, use, or care for the use of U for YOU and 4 for FOR, this is clearly the future of our language. It is progress. As our world transfers tons of paper to terrabytes, and books to CD-ROMs, our written communication is bound to change with it. I'm not trying to say that writing will change, because I don't think it will. Grammar and spelling will certainly take a significant hit, as everyone has spellcheck now, yet grammar and spelling will undoubtedly become MORE important as this digital communication revolution takes place. Yes! This will be a REVOLUTION! It will represent progress into a bright new future of new ways to communicate. Everyone will have their own website soon, their own personal font created by a certified font-smith, their own personal newsfeed giving them only the headlines, box office takes, and sports information they desire, we will go to school online, we will work online, we will order food online etc etc and so on. Think about it! We buy our music online, we rent movies online, and we link to our friends information through websites and personal e-mail accounts. It is obvious 2 me, that things R changing. R U going 2 change 2?