This is a prequel to ASCII Puzzler 2: Arrows Depicting Movement, Things, or Pointing Out Objects, ASCII Puzzler 3: The Trees, and https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/32439/ascii-puzzler-4-not-a-rebus
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I ---> {}--{}
I QQQQQQ <--> QQQQQQ
I AAAAAA <--> AAAAAA
I CCCCCC <--> CCCCCC
Figure out the sentence using the block of text above.
Hint 1:
The first thing (read top to bottom,
o I I I I) is also a cereal brand
Hint 2:
Do, obviously, not trace: Base everything you know on this image MICROHARDNESS That is the key to unlocking this clue.
Hint 3:
Q, A, and C stand for something.
Hint 4:
Q: Is it a well known phrase or just some arbitrary sentence?
A: Well, it relates. Somehow, this arbitrary clause kills puzzlers' brains. Keep thinking.
Hint 5:
It is
{}---{}.
Hint 6:
You're barely scratching the surface of this puzzle... try harder. Maybe your answer will stack up to good answers of hard questions.
Answer
I'm guessing it's something like
Post to the Stack Exchange Question/Answer Community
Explanation
The I's on the left are a post, putting a thing that looks like it could be an empty question and answer onto a Stack of things being exchanged (the bidirectional arrows). The rest I was just guessing at what Q, A and C could stand for. No idea why there's six of one and half a dozen of the other being exchanged though.
Hint 3:
Q A and C stand for Question, Answer, and Community, respectively (see the stackexchange.com homepage for those )
Hint 4:
Taken as examples: Q is the Question and A is the Answer
Hint 5:
Don't know. Could be related to a stack trace (which unwind sometimes when curly braces are closed) or items being pushed onto a stack. Or it could just be saying that that item is what's being posted.
Hint 6:
Maybe referring to a scratching post. Also, the word "stack" appears in it.
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