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Where the hell did FAIL come from?

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  • #32
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Ass Face wrote: »
    Most of the times it is used on boards, it is completely out of context and entirely unfunny. This whole thread makes me very sad.

    FAIL! (see what I did there? Hmm?):(


  • #33
    Cunny-Funt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Cunny-Funt


    farohar wrote: »
    http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Fail

    Apparently it's been around for "over 9000 years". :rolleyes:

    WHAT NINE THOUSAND!?!


  • #34
    raah!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭raah!


    Call Me Jimmy wrote: »
    Did it not come from Team Fortress 2? If you lose a round the lady says "You Failed!" in a harsh tone. People started saying stuff like "epic fail" in the server when they lost and it probably spilled out from there.

    This seems a likely reason, since TF2 is relatively new too. Have only noticed this fail business recently also.


  • #35
    Wazdakka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭Wazdakka


    Dragan wrote: »
    I don't see why you are rolling your eyes, someone recently discovered a 9000 year old tablet with the word "Fail" carved into it! :pac:

    And It's common knowledge that the Egyptians invented the LolCat..

    "I iz in your piramid, steelin ur mummiez.."

    Or the classic..

    "Oh Hai, I upgraded your Ra"


  • #36
    andrew
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    Pinning down the exact origin of a meme is almost impossible, everyone claims to know exactly how it all began. The influence behind a meme (eg all your base) might be easy to find, but the transition into meme status happens in multiple places at the same time.


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  • #37
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Very imcomplete list........

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_phenomena


  • #38
    Davidius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    "Fail" has been around for ages, long before TF2. I'm surprised people have only noticed now.


  • #39
    Jigsaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,510 ✭✭✭Jigsaw


    On a related topic, where did the failboat come from? I think it is very funny though.

    http://www.rotskyinstitute.com/rotsky/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/shipmentoffail.jpg


  • #40
    The guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭The guy


    Genghiz Cohen wrote: »
    RULES 1&2 of the internet!!
    Remember them!!

    They're mostly for /b/ anyway and they broke them when they "declared war" on scientology.


    On another note, how many boardsies go to 4chan?


  • #41
    Krieg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭Krieg


    The guy wrote: »

    On another note, how many boardsies go to 4chan?
    This thread would seem to answer that


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  • #42
    barnacle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭barnacle


    OPisfailboardsie


  • #43
    JIZZLORD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭JIZZLORD


    4chan, the home of teh lulz


  • #44
    constitutionus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭constitutionus


    Roundtower2 wrote: »
    I think Pontius Pilate used it

    sorry, i just got this image of christ and barabas in front of pilate and pontius saying " you FAIL jesus!"


  • #45
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    joo r teh most epic failz of teh gheyz.

    Im 31 in November.


  • #46
    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭MooseJam


    this thread is epic fail, can't believe I'm going to dignify it with a reply, must be the good samaritan in me


  • #47
    Krieg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭Krieg


    YO! BOARDS.IE MUTHAF*KAS! WE FOUND THIS MUTHAF*CKIN BOARD!!!1!

    F*CK ALL Y'ALL POSTIN' ALL THIS RACIST SH*T!

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  • #48
    Fulton Crown
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,493 ✭✭✭Fulton Crown


    Krieg wrote: »
    YO! BOARDS.IE MUTHAF*KAS! WE FOUND THIS MUTHAF*CKIN BOARD!!!1!

    F*CK ALL Y'ALL POSTIN' ALL THIS RACIST SH*T!

    WE GON PULL A 187 ON YO SERVERS!

    WE GON PULL A 187 ON YO DEVORE!

    AN WE GON PULL A 187 ON ALL Y'ALL SKINNY ASS WHITE MUTHAF*CKAS WHO THINK THEY COOL POSTIN THIS RACIST ****!11!!!

    Take a tablet..pal.
    How is things in Kanturk....?


  • #49
    The guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭The guy


    Cache.jpg


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