Which type of salute are you?

[Alien]

SO we have this weird way of saying "Hi" to fellow Commanders .... I'm referring to the good ole "o7". It's the salute .... right? A head with an arm holding its hand to it's forehead ... right?

OR is it someone saying "Yeah, I saw him, he was THIS tall!" .... think about where the hand is in relation to the head ----> o7 ... you've been typing the lower case letter "O", haven't you?
To demonstrate what I mean ....
Lowercase "O" ---> o7
Uppercase "O" ---> O7
Numerical zero ---> 07

So, which type of salute are you?

P.S. This is just for fun, type it anyway you want to. It just amuses me that so many type it with the lowercase "O".

 

[Jaggid Edje]

I'm a o7, because the other two require just a little more effort to hit the keys and I don't like any of you enough to make the effort. I use my left hand only on the keyboard when playing, so the 0 is more out of reach, and hitting shift to do a capital is just way too much to ask.

 

[Vedmo]

I've been instilled with a fear of losing my life should I salute with anything but the right hand, at the correct times, and in a proper fashion.

It pains me to use any of those, but when I do it is usually the 07.

 

[m0rl0ck]

07

 

[Riverside]

o7, Cmdr.

I salute with my left hand to maintain proper control of my ship with the right.

 

[Midian Cabal]

I do not salute without wearing hedgear.

 

[Eckee]

ГO

 

[aRJay]

SO we have this weird way of saying "Hi" to fellow Commanders .... I'm referring to the good ole "o7". It's the salute .... right? A head with an arm holding its hand to it's forehead ... right?

OR is it someone saying "Yeah, I saw him, he was THIS tall!" .... think about where the hand is in relation to the head ----> o7 ... you've been typing the lower case letter "O", haven't you?
To demonstrate what I mean ....
Lowercase "O" ---> o7
Uppercase "O" ---> O7
Numerical zero ---> 07

So, which type of salute are you?

P.S. This is just for fun, type it anyway you want to. It just amuses me that so many type it with the lowercase "O".

Or from the front.
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[Nihila Vex]

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[Bottom Hat]

Definitely the lowercase o7, for the simple reason that it is much quicker and easier to type, especially whilst flying!!

Another commander mentioned the same near the top of the thread, and I totally agree with him/her (Cmdr Jaggid Edje) - but I felt important to add this post to theirs as it seems we're in the minority when I write this!? Which surprises me tbh!

Cheers OP and everyone else o7

 

[Bloodsign]

What? I though o7 represented sniffing under one's arm to check for body odor upon realizing another CMDR was in the area.

I might start doing "bod" though... which is me flexing my massive biceps.

 

[Flimley]

\o/

Flimley

 

[buellpilot]

o7

Because no matter what the graphics are capable of in 2019 a text based form of o7 communication reminds us old '84/'85 players how far we have come.

<squee> multiplayer Elite </squee>

 

[Cmdr Nemo]

Where and in what universe, except ED, does anyone salute left handed.

 

[Stressfest]

 

[Schmack]

007

 

[Turd Ferguson]

waiting for the Arnold Rimmer salute

 

[Majic-12]

My salute of choice requires only a single finger.

 

[CMDR Snailman]

<S>

 

[z993126]

Where's the ZO ? (not my allegiance, personally, just felt it should be here for completeness' sake)