back in the g??d ?l' days, i used t? type like this f?r my quirk. i d?ubt i'll pers?nally be bringing it back any time s??n, but i abs?lutely end?rse any?ne wh? d?es. if y?u ask me, it's m?rally c?rrect t? g? ar?und ?nline l??king a little bit ?dd~!
(it is n?t, h?wever, m?rally c?rrect t? make all ?f y?ur p?sts c?mpletely screen-reader-pr??f, s? maybe use it sparingly ?r include alt texts)
as f?r the ?rigin ?f this particular substituti?n -- it's n?t hard t? guess! ^w^