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when did it become ok for everyone to use the words "epic" and "fail?"

3,747 September 16, 2010 at 03:11 PM in Rant
i have been thinkin about this all day. farkin makes me mad when people who are not "techies" use "epic" and "fail" when they shouldn't.

i know this douche who said the other day, "i made this epic omelete." loser

whats even worse is when those same people say "that was an epic fail" for something completely unrelated to computers. are you farkin kidding me!? all of the sudden everyone starts using facebook and now they think they're techies that can throw around those words.

JUST BECAUSE YOU USE FACEBOOK DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO USE "epic" AND "fail" ALL THE TIME.

get a life gawd dang dweebs.

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09-19-2010 at 11:37 PM.
09-19-2010 at 11:37 PM.
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1103newz
09-20-2010 at 01:16 AM.
09-20-2010 at 01:16 AM.
Lol pwnt
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1103newz
09-20-2010 at 01:33 AM.
09-20-2010 at 01:33 AM.
is this acceptableshake headshake headZzZZzZzZZz
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ashcampbell
09-20-2010 at 07:25 AM.
09-20-2010 at 07:25 AM.
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curious, op. how do you know it was a techie/nerd/geek/loser who coined the phrase epic fail?

wow...just...wow.
Honestly epic fail makes me think of everquest. You had "epic quests" for each class that got them a weapon that typically had a particle effect. ie Druid had green leaves that fell off it. Bard had music notes. My rogue on the other hand had...barely noticeable poison drips.

No I'm not bitter! Smilie

Anyways if you failed the epic quest at certain steps the whole quest would need to be restarted. I knew of a handful of ppl that had to do their epic quest multiple times. I also recall some rogues that...threw their epic weapon by accident. They had to do the complete quest over again to get it back.
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Maleficent
09-20-2010 at 09:01 AM.
09-20-2010 at 09:01 AM.
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Rofl2


I can't believe someone misspelled the word "fail." LMAO
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tresanus
09-20-2010 at 09:24 AM.
09-20-2010 at 09:24 AM.
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I can't believe someone misspelled the word "fail." LMAO
Their arrow is on the wrong person too!
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bluepanda
09-20-2010 at 09:32 AM.
09-20-2010 at 09:32 AM.
The natural progression of a slang term is typically like this:

2002- Underground internet-savy dudes start using it. Becomes popular in the small community (most likely 4chan).

2004- Casual young computer users start using it. This includes annoying teenagers and savy adults.

2006- Soccer mom uses it. Phrase can be found on t-shirts at Target.

2008- Phrase is discovered by 8 years olds first getting online, and completely clueless adults. Phrase is used on tv shows by yuppies. Original users of this phrase will only use it to mock its overuse.

2010- Phrase is ubiquitous. It is no longer a buzz word, but a normal part of the vocabulary. It is most likely in the Webster Dictionary.
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1103newz
09-20-2010 at 10:37 AM.
09-20-2010 at 10:37 AM.
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I can't believe someone misspelled the word "fail." LMAO
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Their arrow is on the wrong person too!

THAT WAS THE POINT LOLwootwave



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09-20-2010 at 06:29 PM.
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09-27-2010 at 11:47 AM.
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09-27-2010 at 11:51 AM.
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09-30-2010 at 11:28 AM.
09-30-2010 at 11:28 AM.
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09-30-2010 at 12:10 PM.
09-30-2010 at 12:10 PM.
OP - epic fail

Replies - win
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09-30-2010 at 02:34 PM.
09-30-2010 at 02:34 PM.
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Sites like twitter and facebook are making everyone more stupiderer.
Thank Satan I deleted mine just in time. Phew. They almost had me. OMG Big Grin
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