ILX memes you never quite understood.

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"Boxcar".

That picture of Mase.

FTW.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)

blood diamonds

remy bean, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, that too.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 14:52 (eighteen years ago)

I think FTW = For The Win?

Hen Fap

Banning Louis Jagger

People getting banned from the noise board

Oh .......paws

Luckily, I think I got in quick enough to know who or what the hell Marissa Marchant is, but not soon enough to have enjoyed any of those threads in real time.

mehlt, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 14:55 (eighteen years ago)

LZBC

wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

ftw = wtf backwards? like fuck the what?

blood diamonds and boxcar were DC things originally. boxcar is from the comic strip for better or for worse and blood diamonds just means GOOD or GREAT

69, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe something to do with LeZBians?

I saw those Marissa Marchant threads back then, but I didn't want to contribute to them, the whole thing seemed to creepy to me.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:02 (eighteen years ago)

(x-post)

Tuomas, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:02 (eighteen years ago)

FTW will always be associated with that mid-90s movie where it stood for Fuck The World.

oh.....paws is associated with Wrinklepaws, a former (and...well maybe current, who the fuck knows any longer) poster who would say things and would get the response, "oh wrinklepaws". just sort of funny.

the table is the table, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:03 (eighteen years ago)

oh and i meant the FTW thing for me, not everyone

the table is the table, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:03 (eighteen years ago)

I thought FTW was WTF backwards too, but For The Win sounds like a better explanation, given the way it's used.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:04 (eighteen years ago)

i never got '8080'

r|t|c, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:05 (eighteen years ago)

That had something to do with the URL ILX had after the move, which had "8080" in it.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:08 (eighteen years ago)

8080 means OTM, another DC thing - it was part of the URL for some of the sandbox pages

69, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:09 (eighteen years ago)

i wish i never got '8080'

r|t|c, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:18 (eighteen years ago)

I thought the 90s movie was SFW (So Fucking What) - was there a whole slew of terrible acronym-based movies around that time?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FTW

I've never thought of it as anything but for the win (possibly because I spend my life surrounded by gaming geeks), but that there link has it as an intentional misspelling of WTF.

ailsa, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:20 (eighteen years ago)

Tuomas being "clueless"

Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:20 (eighteen years ago)

That's another 90s movie.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:22 (eighteen years ago)

LZBC = Lazy Zingin' Britpop Curmudgeons, or thereabouts

blueski, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:22 (eighteen years ago)

i had to look up QFT earlier this year

blueski, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:23 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe something to do with LeZBians?

chngbl srnms plz

Just got offed, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:24 (eighteen years ago)

jess as mase is one of the greatest memes of all time.

did boxcar come from that 'for better or worse' comic? that is what i always assumed/hoped.

bnw, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:41 (eighteen years ago)

ya i never got the thing about tuomas not understanding things.

s1ocki, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:46 (eighteen years ago)

boxcar is from the comic strip for better or for worse

69, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:56 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks to 69 for that one. He really sold us on it.

I DIED, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:57 (eighteen years ago)

yo b my parents are taking me to hook for my birthday BLOOD DIAMONDS

69, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 16:03 (eighteen years ago)

GREAT saves a lot more time typing than BLOOD DIAMONDS.

Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 16:39 (eighteen years ago)

http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/5/12/26/f_diamondstm_8ee5d98.jpg

I DIED, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 16:45 (eighteen years ago)

BLOOD DIAMONDS is always GREAT, but GREAT is not always BLOOD DIAMONDS

I DIED, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 16:46 (eighteen years ago)

whatever suck my dick "pleasant plains"

69, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

That shirt ftw

HI DERE, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 17:06 (eighteen years ago)

Ideally that shirt will be produced with a 3D foam hand extending from it holding a glass.

I DIED, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 17:08 (eighteen years ago)

cafepress has not been very flexible about this.

I DIED, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 17:09 (eighteen years ago)

Other phrases to go along with BLOOD DIAMONDS.

GREY DALMATIANS - having a :-/ day.
INSANE REFRIGERATOR - fair-to-middlin'
SUCK A DICK PLEASANT PLAINS - The housing market slump will spread from metropolitan coasts to the rest of the country due to prime-lenders moving flexible interest rate loans to unreliable consumers.

Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 17:47 (eighteen years ago)

GREY DALMATIANS - having a :-/ day.
INSANE REFRIGERATOR - fair-to-middlin'

i like these

Just got offed, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 17:48 (eighteen years ago)

But what if we wish to discuss genuinely insane refrigerators? This would surely confuse the issue needleessly.

Aimless, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

SFW

i tended to believe that stood for "sisters fith woices" :/

t**t, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 18:46 (eighteen years ago)

Safe for Work

Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

SUCK A DICK PLEASANT PLAINS - The housing market slump will spread from metropolitan coasts to the rest of the country due to prime-lenders moving flexible interest rate loans to unreliable consumers.

damn dog thats what i talk about at work ALL THE TIIIIIIIIME

69, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 18:51 (eighteen years ago)

Is "gree hee hee" the new LOL? Or does it have something to do with gr8080?

Wrinklepaws, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:16 (eighteen years ago)

gree hee hee is the sound of scooby-doo laughing

69, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:18 (eighteen years ago)

I'm a leprauchan, gree hee hee hee!

carne asada, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:21 (eighteen years ago)

SFW is right. FTW was the name of a punk band's song... i think it might have been Boston's The Unseen, when they were still in high school and not some bad joke of a political punk band.

the table is the table, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:22 (eighteen years ago)

no it's laurel the leprechaun

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

i don't fully get the gree hee hee story but it makes me laff to beat the band

gff, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

ohhh right i forgot about the leprechaun :#

69, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

- thread asks people to imitate the poster directly above them
- Laurel posts
- n/a follows with "I'm a leprechaun, gree hee hee"

this is funny in part because Laurel is not a leprechaun

nabisco, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:30 (eighteen years ago)

Results 1 - 10 of about 174 for "scottish leprechaun". (0.25 seconds)

nabisco, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

FTW = Originally, "fuck the world", and should still be. However, because of game show culture creeping into idiot video gamer culture, it's "for the win" now.

Alex Trebek: "A hilarious caption 'shopped onna funny kitty pic", for the win.
Contestant: Lolcat?

libcrypt, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 23:55 (eighteen years ago)

About 1/3 of "ILX memes" are really general Internet memes, I've noticed.

libcrypt, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 23:56 (eighteen years ago)

rip chap

markers, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:35 (fourteen years ago)

Joke's on you, I'm actually dead.

Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY

markers, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)

you don't understand your own "meme"?

sarahel, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:37 (fourteen years ago)

that was 4 chap

markers, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:44 (fourteen years ago)

It's a meme he made and likes

buzza, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:48 (fourteen years ago)

well played

Richter scale? I hardly even knew 'er! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:49 (fourteen years ago)

hahahahaha buzzaaaaaaaaaa

markers, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:49 (fourteen years ago)

markers made a meme and he liked it

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:50 (fourteen years ago)

joke's on sarahel, turns out he does understand his own "meme"

puerile fantasies (Matt P), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:51 (fourteen years ago)

the taste of hopp's cherry chapstoick

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:52 (fourteen years ago)

markers made a meme of musical missing

buzza, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:52 (fourteen years ago)

rip "I miss you"—it's sad he was a song

alright, in a sort of a limited way, for an off-night (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:57 (fourteen years ago)

rip aerosmith bootlegs—it's sad they were underrated

alright, in a sort of a limited way, for an off-night (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:58 (fourteen years ago)

markers how my meme taste

hello I love you but I've chosen darkness my old friend (Edward III), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:58 (fourteen years ago)

rip aerosmith, heaven needed a meme patiently explained to it

alright, in a sort of a limited way, for an off-night (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:58 (fourteen years ago)

LA meme shows

Richter scale? I hardly even knew 'er! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:08 (fourteen years ago)

markers makes meme

markers, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)

mmm

*steens furiHOOSly* (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:15 (fourteen years ago)

RIP in ILXese = 'let's all sneer at', I think.

this is not accurate I don't think - I think ilx's use of RIP is actually one of its more complex & impressive feats, actually explaining its various uses is pretty difficult imo

pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)

'hard luck, old man'

Richter scale? I hardly even knew 'er! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:23 (fourteen years ago)

rip explaining things

iatee, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:24 (fourteen years ago)

also in re the voice inside moy ead

Summary
A forced meme is a meme that came to be through incessant posting of the meme by the creator, in an attempt to gain popularity for the meme. Almost all forced memes are not actually memes, as they with the intention of doing so, while true memes pop spontaneously. People rarely understand forced memes, they are simply just there. Most forced memes get completely dumped into the dark corners of the internet, though some actually become famous. Prime examples of forced memes are "F YEAH SEAKING!!!" and Milhouse.
Origins
Forced memes normally come from image boards like /b/ and /v/.
Current status
There are still forced memes out there on the internet, and they are still not funny.
Facts
They are often bounced between being memes and not being memes.
They are rarely funny

pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:24 (fourteen years ago)

could've sworn blind that "I miss you" isn't even a markers orig but fuck setting sail on that choppy ocean

Countdown to Alma Cogan (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:26 (fourteen years ago)

ilx's use of RIP is actually one of its more complex & impressive feats, actually explaining its various uses is pretty difficult imo

otm

goole, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:26 (fourteen years ago)

rip explaining things

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lol

*steens furiHOOSly* (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:27 (fourteen years ago)

rip ilx's use of rip

The Reverend, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:47 (fourteen years ago)

really don't understand this one Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

Countdown to Alma Cogan (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:49 (fourteen years ago)

aspies gonna asp

schmendrick lamar (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:53 (fourteen years ago)

bitches gonna bitch

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:56 (fourteen years ago)

it's sad it was a music board

Countdown to Alma Cogan (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:57 (fourteen years ago)

she left me new memes by the stairs
surprises let me know she cares

beth (crüt), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:59 (fourteen years ago)

say it ain't so

markers, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:00 (fourteen years ago)

liked markers' meme on fb

4chap (cozen), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:01 (fourteen years ago)

Hey, you can button it NV. Maybe if you'd signed up we might have got to see the end of the Tunes poll. :(

NickB, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:01 (fourteen years ago)

that poll is sub judice atm sorry

Countdown to Alma Cogan (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:02 (fourteen years ago)

apparently i shd have included 5 sub-polls in the same thread

Countdown to Alma Cogan (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:03 (fourteen years ago)

here is some meme you just can't understand
i could just kill a man

bnw, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:03 (fourteen years ago)

sub aqua

Richter scale? I hardly even knew 'er! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:03 (fourteen years ago)

will be starting a "Favourite MC Tunes Ball: L/R" poll next month tho

Countdown to Alma Cogan (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:04 (fourteen years ago)

Sub jodeci morelike

NickB, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:04 (fourteen years ago)

In memes I talk to you
In memes you're mine all of the time
We're together in memes, in memes

some jock-bully out to take down the hipsters (history mayne), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:05 (fourteen years ago)

Together in eclectic memes

NickB, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:05 (fourteen years ago)

I've got a woman meme as she can be

Countdown to Alma Cogan (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:06 (fourteen years ago)

Oh my life is changing everyday
Every possible way
Though my memes, it’s never quite as it seems
’cause you’re a meme to me
Meme to me

beth (crüt), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:08 (fourteen years ago)

meme meme meme, meme meme meme
meme meme meme, memememememememe
meme meme meme, memememe meme meme
meme meme meme meme meme meme memememememe
meme meme meme HUNGGRAAAYAAAYYYYYYYY

dougie instructor (jjjusten), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:10 (fourteen years ago)

i lolled

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:11 (fourteen years ago)

yeeeaaaaaaahhhhhh

markers, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:11 (fourteen years ago)

you think it's all about you you you
But's baby it's all about mememe

Richter scale? I hardly even knew 'er! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:11 (fourteen years ago)


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