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[–]Otaku-sama 380 points381 points ago

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This makes me think that 4chan is like a genie in a bottle. He will grant your wishes, but in a way that often fucks you over and humors him.

[–]Varric 113 points114 points ago

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Monkey's paw.

[–]benhop 37 points38 points ago

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The turkey's a little dry.

[–]lostonrails 36 points37 points ago

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Like Elizabeth Hurley in Bedazzled. Right?

Guys?

[–]Deggit 1 point2 points ago

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Like Peter Cook in Bedazzled. You asshole.

[–]neverinvalid 120 points121 points ago

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[–]magicmerlion 99 points100 points ago

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[–]ProlapsedPineal 162 points163 points ago

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[–]drgiggleface 26 points27 points ago

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the more i think about this, the more it terrifies me

[–]UsernameNumbers 12 points13 points ago

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It appears to come from The Magnificient Whatever.

[–]shitterplug 29 points30 points ago

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I love lamp

[–]Legoandsprit 8 points9 points ago

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I'd still rather have Robin Williams.

[–]Squalor- 885 points886 points ago*

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If there's one thing I've learned about the people on 4chan, it's that they'll give you exactly what you ask for.

[–]oblivision 1126 points1127 points ago

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I believe you are refering to this http://i.imgur.com/Q1DE5.jpg

[–]RideBmx11 161 points162 points ago

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Incredible

[–]Fistacon 12 points13 points ago

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[–]OmegaVesko 37 points38 points ago

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You are not on 9GAG.COM

And that is a bad thing.. How?

[–]Innovationwarp 29 points30 points ago

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Less profit for content they stole and watermarked

[–]Narcolepzzzzzzzzzzzz 39 points40 points ago

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Clearly the bow should have been propelled backwards with respect to the arrow. I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of a... (snickering) magic bow or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[–]robeph 6 points7 points ago

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But he had to "fire the bow at the enemy"

If it went backwards, it'd not been fired at the enemy, unless the enemy was himself, in which case physics prevails and you have a somewhat ironic twist.

[–]weDAMAGEwe 243 points244 points ago

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THIS RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO CHEESE PIZZA

r/randomactsofpizza, BE WARNED

[–]reynej 63 points64 points ago

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The cp was out of control yesterday. That part makes me sick. Don't they have mods?

[–]MmIoCuKsEeY 79 points80 points ago

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What have you got against Jean-Luc?

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[–]dbe 26 points27 points ago

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The gore is worse IMO. Probably because most CP isn't P, it's just C. And nudity isn't offensive, but violence is.

[–]DropAnvilsNotBombs 3 points4 points ago

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The violent nudity is the worst out of both of those.

[–]gosslot 21 points22 points ago

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I thougt Reddit was home of CP.

You know, CP = Cat Pictures.

[–]FlockaFlameSmurf 768 points769 points ago

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[–]neorevenge 505 points506 points ago

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"Hey can we go to your place?"

"Sure hop up babe... wait how old are you?"

"15..."

"NOPE"

[–]Nuggetry 84 points85 points ago

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Wow that caption was spot on.

[–]MestR 295 points296 points ago

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[–]neorevenge 14 points15 points ago

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Thanks! my gif-fu is pretty weak

[–]FromAWarTornFuture 35 points36 points ago

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I'm throwing Oscars at my screen to give to him, but they broke.

[–]MorningKnight 15 points16 points ago

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The Oscars or your screens?

[–]David_Crockett 4 points5 points ago

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Wait. You don't call your screens Oscar?

[–]IjustcametosayAnyang 60 points61 points ago

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Is this some new version of "Wave Race?"

...that was the first game I ever got for the N64...

[–]zomgryanhoude 128 points129 points ago

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Resident Evil: Raccoon City Watersports

[–]tibsalot 53 points54 points ago

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That is a completely different type of game.

[–]NoNamedGuy 23 points24 points ago

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No, it's Resident Evil 4.

[–]solidfake 30 points31 points ago

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Leeeeoooooonnn

[–]nightfan 27 points28 points ago

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HIDE. FOLLOW ME. HIDE. HIDE. FOLLOW ME.

[–]Wibbles 5 points6 points ago

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Wave Race. Dolphin. Fuck yeah.

[–]SpaceBotany 15 points16 points ago

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[–]mcaffrey 395 points396 points ago

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I am SO CURIOUS as to the nefarious reason that the motor cycle needed to get the Orwellian treatment.

[–]RobotKitten 53 points54 points ago

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The joke was a lot of dudes post threads of girls to photoshop dicks in to (notice her hand was in front of her face). The joke was it was a perfect pic to shop a dick in, but he asked for the motorcycle.

He didn't actually need the motorcycle gone, it was a misdirection, which is why the shop with just the bike gone isn't actually trolling him.

[–]mcaffrey 4 points5 points ago

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Nailed It. Now that I look at her hand I am almost sure you are right.

[–]drockers 420 points421 points ago

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because it's samefag.

[–]ObamaisYoGabbaGabba 133 points134 points ago

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I know I am old, but what is "samefag"?

[–]goblinbee 335 points336 points ago

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It's a term used on 4chan, where most posts are made anonymously. Without usernames, there's often no way to tell whether or not the opening post and the replies are the same person. As such, clever responses are often accused of being samefagged, ie planned out by the original poster.

The "fag" part is part of a 4chan convention to add fag to the end of a word to denote a person associated with that word. For example, you could be an Ohiofag (someone from Ohio), or a tennisfag (someone who plays tennis) or even a gayfag (homosexual). As such, the use of fag isn't pejorative at all in these terms.

[–]Nexusmaxis 339 points340 points ago

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If you're curious, the reason why they use "fag" is because quite a few years back there was a huge rush of people from www.newgrounds.com who were easily distinguishable by the fact that they were fucking retarded. (this was back before a lot of the mainstream coverage of 4chan, so an influx like that was easily noticeable.)

They were, as you might expect, called faggots. Specifically "those newgrounds faggots", which was eventually shortened to "newfaggots/newfags".

Eventually, the influx died down/people stopped caring, so the term no longer became relevant. It would have been long forgotten except for the fact that the shortened version is conveniently also usable for everyone "new".

As more people came on the site and started using the word, most people forgot the original connotation and it was reappropriated to mean anyone who was new, or acted new.

[–]Wikwak 212 points213 points ago

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Read like a History channel (of old) show about the internet. Modern Marvels: 4chan

[–]ProlapsedPineal 49 points50 points ago

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Narrated by Patrick Stewart.

[–]StevyJ 4 points5 points ago

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Or Sean Connery....

If you're curioush, the reashon why they ushe "fag" itsh becaushe quite a few yearsh back there was a huge rush of people from [1] www.newgroundsh.com who were easily dishtinguishhable by the fact that they were fucking retarded. (this wash back before a lot of the mainshtream coverage of 4chan, sho an influx like that was eashily noticeable.) They were, as you might expect, called faggotsh. Shpecifically "those newgroundsh faggotsh", which was eventually shortened to "newfaggotsh/newfagsh". Eventually, the influxsh died down/people shtopped caring, sho the term no longer became relevant. It would have been long forgotten excshept for the fact that the shortened vershion is conveniently alsho ushable for everyone "new". As more people came on the shite and shtarted using the word, mosht people forgot the original connotashon and it was reappropriated to mean anyone who wash new, or acted new.

[–]PancakesAreGone 14 points15 points ago

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Interesting factoid good sir, was this also around the time of the whole SA + NG vs Ebaums? Or was this some other time? I have a blank spot in my history of internet politics from between that time and 2 years after that, right around the time 4Chan worked on sinking that site that stole all sorts of shit and tried to recreate a weird mix of gaia and neopets...

Perhaps you might know this as well, when exactly did /b/ steal the general rules of the internet from gaia and claim them as their own? That is something I haven't been able to directly tag but have been successful with tagging that gaia did it first...

[–]Nexusmaxis 4 points5 points ago

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the thing about exact dates on 4chan is that it's almost impossible to place who and what was first/when something happened.

It's just how the site goes, it's not like how on reddit we can all go to the site and see the most popular thing of the day right there.

Something only becomes popular when enough people decide to talk about it in unison.

Even then, you can miss it depending on what time of the day you get on, because of demographic change.

[–]reynej 61 points62 points ago

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There is now. Users are tagged with a number for 24 hours.

[–]goblinbee 115 points116 points ago

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Only on /b/. Forced anonymity was reinstated a couple weeks ago to deal with the extensive trip/namefagging, but now users are identified with a number by each of their posts for a 24 hour period, so that you can see who posted what in a thread. 420chan uses a very similar system where the site generates a name for you when you post.

Of course, if you REALLY want to samefag on /b/ you can just rotate proxies to give the appearance of different people, but you'd have to be some kind of super hacker do that.

[–]khiron 89 points90 points ago

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you'd have to be some kind of super hacker do that

I giggled a little.

[–]ariiiiigold 41 points42 points ago

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Back off now, motherfucker. I'm a super-pro hacker. I even have a HP wireless keyboard.

[–]GreenDaemon 25 points26 points ago

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~~~ 7 proxies motha fucka ~~~

[–]raaaargh_stompy 15 points16 points ago

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proxies in iraq b1tches, so don't even try to find me

[–]the_opinion 11 points12 points ago

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I've got CS3, so I should be ok

[–]AndyRooney 66 points67 points ago

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My fucking head hurt after reading that. I must be an oldfag.

[–]thereal_slimshady 31 points32 points ago

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oldfags are generally matured /b/tards

you sir qualify as a newfag, as you don't know how to 4chan.

[–]knoland 1 point2 points ago

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I sometimes forget not all of reddit fled here from 4chan.

[–]lastflighthome 30 points31 points ago

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or no fag at all

[–]underattack86 93 points94 points ago

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Everyone's a somethingfag, man.

[–]joeydaioh 36 points37 points ago

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wisdom.

[–]AndyRooney 16 points17 points ago

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Come on, man. I wanna be one of the cool kids...I'm oldfag and thats that.

[–]Hoobleton 28 points29 points ago

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Really? How boring, samefagging was all part of the fun.

[–]the_opinion 44 points45 points ago

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Cancer

[–]A_Broken_condom 11 points12 points ago

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cancerfag

[–]NBAallstar 4 points5 points ago

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Really? Since when/why?

[–]Lairo1 3 points4 points ago

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About a week or 2 ago. Seemed like there was demand for it

[–]opex14 2 points3 points ago

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On some of the 18+ boards nowadays they have something called 'forced_id' which assigns a random username to each poster. I guess it's to supposed to stop or at least discourage "samefagging". The OP has an ID in the first pic and in the shopped pic it says 'heaven' which is the new 'sage'. He probably didn't want to give it away that he was the one that posted the shopped pic

[–]nukyew2 20 points21 points ago*

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Here:

On 4chan's infamous /b/ board, everyone appears as "Anonymous". There are no usernames (you CAN get a sort of name but that's not important). So when someone posts a thread, they're anonymous. When someone replies to that thread, they're also anonymous. Now because of this anonymity, many people will post multiple times to a thread and pretend like they're different people. So I could say "THIS IS FUNNEH LOL" and then reply to that with "SHUT UP DUMBASS" and you'll never know it was just me, not two people.

Where "samefag" comes in is when you claim that two or more different posts are made by one person. Pretty much like how andrewsmith123453 and POLITE_ALL_CAPS_GUY is the same person. Hence, samefag.

Hope that helps!

(I should admit that, recently, moot forced Anon ID's that give you a unique number that stays with you through a thread. So you can't really samefag anymore)

[–]IjustcametosayAnyang 210 points211 points ago

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lurk moar.

ninja edit: As this is not 4chan and I'm not an asshole...what drockers is saying is that the OP on the thread is the same guy who did the shop...he set himself up for the joke.

[–]pagaladmee 70 points71 points ago

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so pretty much most of the reddit top posts. Post some lost/cool item/find/etc, then 4 or 5 posts later, OMG you are not gonna believe this, I/my uncle/neighbor/father is related to this item somehow.

[–][deleted] 59 points60 points ago

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So like AndrewSmith/POLITE_ALL_CAPS_GUY or Karmanaut/ProbablyHittingOnYou?

[–]JokeExplainer 97 points98 points ago

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JokeExplainer/JokeExplainer is my favorite example of one user pretending to be more than one user.

[–]dasberd 27 points28 points ago

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I don't get it.

[–]jarde 37 points38 points ago

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You need JokeExplainer.

[–]frissonFry 8 points9 points ago

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Did you mean recursion?

[–]Jawthumb 10 points11 points ago

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Well, the joke is that they're the same account, and not multiple. Had he used any other username in the joke (say, Jawthumb) it would've been the same. Because it wasn't what you expected, it was a joke.

[–]drockers 9 points10 points ago

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Since 4chan is anonymous. An OP will sometimes stage a epic thread. With amazing comments or w/e.

So in this thread OP posted the photo asking for a photo shop and then posted the photo shopped photo to his own thread.

[–]Xoebe 37 points38 points ago

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I was thinking the same damn thing. It's not like the photo is such a work of art and the background so pristine that the motorcycle ruins it.

Naw. Somebody is threatening the motorcycle owner with a stalking charge, and he plans to claim that he was inserted into the photo.

Or the 4chan OP just saw an opportunity to be clever. Which it is.

[–]anexanhume 8 points9 points ago

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He dared to ask what was in room 101?

[–]I_suggest_band_names 6 points7 points ago

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Nefarious Bike

[–]Alfierulz 1368 points1369 points ago

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[–]rotato 967 points968 points ago

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[–]skryb 662 points663 points ago

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Still the all-time winner for photoshop trolls.

[–]lgspeck 127 points128 points ago

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[–]ekimnal 19 points20 points ago

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i am in tears and nearly fell off my chair laughing

[–]princessbananas 9 points10 points ago

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So simple. yet so effective.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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Can't...breathe...

[–]CanklesAndSteak 4 points5 points ago

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masterful

[–]heslaotian 148 points149 points ago

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This makes me laugh no matter how often I see it. Best ever.

[–]iRSoap 98 points99 points ago

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I laughed so much i cried the first time I read it. I would pay large amounts of money to delete it from my memory so I could re-read it again.

[–]mjohniii 33 points34 points ago

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I just read through this in the library. I still have tears in my eyes and look like an idiot. I had to pause before each picture to try and calm my laughter.

[–]iRSoap 19 points20 points ago

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I tried to keep calm too when reading so I wouldn't wake my sleeping girlfriend, but now I feel like a wasted a great laugh, forever.

[–]Wakasaki_Rocky 14 points15 points ago

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Check out the rest of his site... you're in for a real treat.

[–]asininequestion 27 points28 points ago

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I lost it at the "NO REWARD" part.

[–]PedanticDouchebag 52 points53 points ago

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Re: David Thorne, FYI.

[–]mileylols 11 points12 points ago

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So back in 2010, 10000 karma was an impressive reddit score?

[–]shcotty 72 points73 points ago

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dat file name.

[–]lgspeck 18 points19 points ago

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I finished anyway.

[–]Im_thatguy 79 points80 points ago

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No but seriously, source?

[–]ZergMark 530 points531 points ago

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[–]Krelboyne 265 points266 points ago

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I don't know what I expected.

[–][deleted] 65 points66 points ago

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Mere beginners when compared to these guys.

[–]aardvarkspleen 2 points3 points ago

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A timeless classic.

[–]nostrongfeelings 105 points106 points ago

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4chan image, with 9gag watermark posted on reddit. Truly we have come the full circle.

[–]ecmmyers 247 points248 points ago*

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It's kind of interesting, now that I think about it, how we refer to the use of a firearm as "firing a gun", but with archery we emphasize the projectile "fire an arrow".

EDIT: I've been corrected. If I am correctly interpreting the responses below, one "looses" arrows.

[–]TheAmityvillain 187 points188 points ago*

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"Firing" used to be quite literal, since the cannon; then it was used for early guns (since early firearms were just small cannons). Before cannons and guns no one said "fire an arrow". It's a misused phrase and is a result of people mixing up "firing a gun" and "shooting an arrow".

[–]wankerbot 35 points36 points ago

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I've always heard "loose".

"Loose" an arrow.

Transitive verb, definition 2.

[–]alantrick 11 points12 points ago

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That would be correct, but archaic.

[–]TrackerHD 32 points33 points ago

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Just like arrows ;>

[–]Se7en_Sinner 90 points91 points ago

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[–]jorawub 39 points40 points ago

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I wonder how these would fare in a modern war...

[–]ThatsSciencetastic 151 points152 points ago

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They'd make some nice targets for the guys with guns. There are better ways to start fires nowadays.

[–]cC2Panda 59 points60 points ago

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Like napalm.

[–]TheCuntDestroyer 33 points34 points ago

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That is like so, 1960s. Now a days we use kerosene.

[–]GenericDuck 16 points17 points ago

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[–]TheCuntDestroyer 5 points6 points ago

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Reply when it's lit and mixed with white phosphorus ;)

[–]Sthurlangue 16 points17 points ago

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"see where that flaming arrow came from? Light 'em up"

[–]underattack86 14 points15 points ago

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You forgot "RAMIREZ!".

[–]EveryoneCalmDown 47 points48 points ago

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RAMIREZ! QUIT WONDERING WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT AND TAKE OUT THOSE ARCHERS!

[–]immerc 4 points5 points ago

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Except that arrows aren't line-of-sight only like guns (handheld firearms that is, true "guns", i.e. artillery, is of course not line-of-sight).

A group of archers firing flaming arrows while hiding behind a wall might initially cause a problem for the guys with guns. OTOH, it wouldn't last long, as the guys with guns would simply attack the archers' position.

[–]SciencePreserveUs 5 points6 points ago

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Until the guys with guns got out the mortars.

[–]LordSparkles 25 points26 points ago

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Actually, an interesting fact I read a while ago was that during the peninsular war, the Duke of Wellington realised that the longbows that had been used in the past were far more accurate, longer ranged, and faster firing than the guns of the period. He actually looked into raising units of longbowmen to fight the French but could not as a longbow required over a decade of training to prepare. Drawing one required immense strength that basically required a deformation of the bone structure that came from training from a young age. Had he been able to, the longbow may have met with a comeback in warfare.

[–]wawawawa 6 points7 points ago

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My wife's been telling about this for ages (she's an avid reader of historical books and novels). You explained this so well! Thankyou

[–]paulfknwalsh 4 points5 points ago

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so he was basically playing as the Britons in AOE:II? awesome

[–]frenzyboard 11 points12 points ago

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Okay, so just line up your archers on that hill over there. That's right, just 50 yards away. Now shout an order to them to light their arrows on fi- Oh. Sorry. They've all been shot to death.

[–]tr33beard 8 points9 points ago

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I guess the act of setting them a light could be considered firing and arrow.

[–]TheAmityvillain 5 points6 points ago

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Or "lighting an arrow".

[–]ihaveacalculator 27 points28 points ago

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Or "burning a bowbullet"

[–]inappropriate_fuck 26 points27 points ago

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Orr "letting an arrow go from it's place of employment"

[–]Retanaru 42 points43 points ago

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When someone would tell archers to shoot they would use the words loose or release. Hence you loose an arrow and fire a gun. Fire has to do with using fire to shoot the bullet. I'd assume it came up when they would stick burning fuses (fire) into the gun to ignite the gunpowder.

Also when referring to projectiles in that era they would use missiles. Rockets eventually took over that name.

[–]I_CATS 68 points69 points ago

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This is actually interesting. In my 2nd native tongue we only have the word that is similiar to shoot (ampua) that is used for both arrows and guns. It gets really retarded as the same word is (or more like was) used for blowing up explosions aswell. It leads to a good WW2 era joke:

What did finnish soldier say when he stepped on a mine?

"Ampu tulloo!" (Beware, explosion coming!)

Which is clever because it also points out to "amputaatio", or as in English, amputation. Ha ha ... ha.

Why did I even write that here? I'll just go away now.

[–]MetalMrHat 29 points30 points ago

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I love puns where I don't understand them :D

[–]Retanaru 7 points8 points ago

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I love finding words in other languages that carry many meanings. I theorize that languages that have the listener decide the meaning of a sentence help hone your mind and allow you to look at problems from multiple directions.

[–]I_CATS 9 points10 points ago

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I think the most interesting thing about finnish is the lack of he and she as separate words. There is only one word for third person singular (or two, as there is equivalent of "it"). As my 1st native tongue is swedish, which has gender-specific words (as do all the other languages I know aswell), I find it interesting that they are not universal.

[–]Saint947 10 points11 points ago

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Arrows are not fired, they are loosed.

[–]deagle50ae 10 points11 points ago*

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close. but you don't fire an arrow, you loose an arrow.

[–]TexasTeaParty 5 points6 points ago

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Actually you "loose" an arrow, not fire it.

[–]shitterplug 14 points15 points ago

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It's actually called loosing an arrow.

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[–]Blaybluh 7 points8 points ago

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Shouldn't the term "firing" only apply to guns and not bows, since the bullet's propellant actually ignites in the chamber?

[–]aco620 35 points36 points ago

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I was so damn confused for a minute there. I saw a 4chan post and assumed I was in /r/4chan . I came into the comments and people were actually having a discussion with each other and not just calling everyone a fag or a nigger and insulting Reddit.

Anyway, that one is great too, but who's the guy in the last frame below confused Jackie Chan?

[–]Sharrakor 29 points30 points ago

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I believe it's this guy.

[–]cafink 13 points14 points ago

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Is "fire a bow" wrong, though? When we shoot at something, we say that we "fire a gun" at it, not that we "fire a bullet."

[–]wittlepup 35 points36 points ago

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Yeah, it is. You can shoot an arrow, but you really should not fire a bow. It tends to not take the high temperatures that well.

[–]lostonrails 9 points10 points ago

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And in any case, you loose an arrow.

[–]firewires 43 points44 points ago

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[–]I_Love_Lamps 51 points52 points ago

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4chan has taught me 2 things. dont trust anyone. and be specific.

[–]ProlapsedPineal 13 points14 points ago

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Those are good things to learn early in life.

[–]trev2010 85 points86 points ago

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Am I the only one that thought a penis was going to end up in her hand?

[–]cfenton23 40 points41 points ago

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THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK you

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[–]jackass706 48 points49 points ago

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Somethingawful would have put child porn in it and then accused Reddit of hosting it.

[–]derungo 19 points20 points ago

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You forgot about calling CNN.

[–]hearshot 23 points24 points ago

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And then would go on a massive rage against the OP for asking, claiming censorship or some other thing, and organizing others against OP.

[–]apextek 62 points63 points ago

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---> sees its a 4chan link, checks who is behind me before clicking.

[–]TheCuntDestroyer 106 points107 points ago*

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[–]apextek 42 points43 points ago

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Im at work, and now their are woman seated behind me. no way Im clicking this till I get home.

[–]LeConnor 41 points42 points ago

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Its worth the wait

[–]idefix24 18 points19 points ago

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Wise choice

[–]ScoobyDoobieDoo 10 points11 points ago

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I wasn't, but I'm going to from now on

[–]Darth_Monkey 90 points91 points ago

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Very funny. would laugh again. A+

[–]Replaces_Heads 81 points82 points ago

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[–]gp0 48 points49 points ago

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expected tiny viking helmet on motorcycle guy. disappointed.

[–]Replaces_Heads 85 points86 points ago

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[–]lgspeck 22 points23 points ago

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Its so tiny and cute.

[–]Kilaya 17 points18 points ago

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That is an enchanter helmet.

[–]Replaces_Heads 4 points5 points ago

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QUITE

[–]ajikeshi 31 points32 points ago

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[–]iRSoap 13 points14 points ago

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Source
For those who liked it there are much more great trolling on the site.
This is another of my favourites.

[–]RaptorATF 31 points32 points ago

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4chan will be pissed when they hear this is on the front page of Reddit.

[–]CPU1 66 points67 points ago

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I'm sure that they are quite used to it by now.

[–]Pooters 22 points23 points ago

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90% of /r/funny is reposts that were originally shared on /b/

[–]ClownsAteMyBaby 15 points16 points ago

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And god knows where before /b/

[–]Avenu 48 points49 points ago

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10/10 I almost died laughing

[–]OneCello 35 points36 points ago

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i almost laughed dying

[–]boniggy 33 points34 points ago

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i died almost laughing

[–]Squirrat 28 points29 points ago

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Almost laughing i died :(

[–]ahtr 30 points31 points ago

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died, I laughed almost.

[–]veron101 26 points27 points ago

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I almost, laugh, died

[–]RossLH 8 points9 points ago

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Dying, I almost laughed.

[–]A_Slow_Descent 42 points43 points ago

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[–]njrhall 12 points13 points ago

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Honestly, I am shocked they did not photoshop a dick in her hand

[–]haiku_robot 41 points42 points ago

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Honestly, I am 
shocked they did not photoshop 
a dick in her hand 

[–]Overrwatcher 3 points4 points ago

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Best haiku response ever.

[–]vaultboy13959 2 points3 points ago

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4chan could of done worse, did you see the way her hand is positioned?

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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4chan > reddit

[–]n3wby 7 points8 points ago

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Oh god, great start to the morning. Thanks

[–]AndyRooney 7 points8 points ago

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You should try Wheaties sometime...

[–]danbfree 22 points23 points ago*

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Why would the chick care about a motorcycle in the background in the first place? Sounds like a typical planned 4chan thread to me and pretty lame at that.

[–]AlphaKlams 12 points13 points ago

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Wait, so what did the OP actually want them to remove?

[–]sonofslackerboy 2 points3 points ago

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Facepunch has my all time favorite 'fix this photo' thread. Some NSFW pictures

[–]Hiroxffs 2 points3 points ago

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Do anyone remember "can anyone FINNISH this picture" ?

A guy posted a picture of something and asked 4chan to finish for him, but he wrote finnish instead of finish. so the thread was spammed with the picture with the finnish flag in the background.