2010 Search

13 reconstructed results for 4chan in the 2010 exhibit.

1. 4chan - Anonymous, /b/, and the meme factory

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/4chan

   4chan's anonymous image boards, especially /b/, generated much of the internet's meme vocabulary in 2010 and gave rise to Anonymous, which attacked PayPal and Visa in...

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2. lurk moar - Read more before posting; the 4chan reply to a newcomer's naive question.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-lurk-moar

   lurk moar: Read more before posting; the 4chan reply to a newcomer's naive question. Example: "lurk moar before you ask what a rage comic is"

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3. Rage comics - FFFFFUUUU, Trollface, Forever Alone, Me Gusta, Y U NO

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/rage-comics

   Rage comics were crude, four-panel MS Paint strips about everyday frustrations, drawn with a shared cast of stick-figure faces. Born on 4chan in 2008, they peaked in...

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4. Anonymous and Operation Payback - Guy Fawkes masks, LOIC, and the WikiLeaks payment war

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/anonymous-2010

   Anonymous, the loose collective born on 4chan, spent 2010 attacking anti-piracy groups and then, in December, the companies that cut off WikiLeaks: PayPal, Visa and...

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5. Sad Keanu - A paparazzi photo of Keanu Reeves eating a sandwich, Photoshopped everywhere

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/sad-keanu

   A May 2010 paparazzi photo of Keanu Reeves eating a sandwich alone on a New York bench became Sad Keanu in June, when Reddit and 4chan users cut him out and pasted him...

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6. Trolling - Do not feed the trolls

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/trolling

   Trolling, provoking people online for amusement, was the internet's defining pastime in 2010, from YouTube comment wars to 4chan raids to Trollface. "Don't feed the...

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7. Rickrolling - Three years old and still catching people

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/rickroll

   Rickrolling, tricking someone into clicking a link to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up, was a 2007 4chan prank that by 2010 was the internet's most famous...

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8. tl;dr

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-tldr

   tl;dr: Too long; didn't read. A complaint about a long post, or a one-line summary placed at the end of one. Example: "tl;dr Digg v4 sucks, we're all on Reddit now"

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9. inb4 - In before: predicting a reply before it arrives.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-inb4

   inb4: In before: predicting a reply before it arrives. Example: "inb4 someone posts the Fail Whale"

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10. u mad? - A taunt implying the other person is angry, often paired with Trollface.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-u-mad

    u mad?: A taunt implying the other person is angry, often paired with Trollface. Example: "u mad bro?"

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11. LOLcats - I can has cheezburger? Still going strong in 2010

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/lolcats

    LOLcats, cat photos captioned in lolspeak with Impact font, had been mainstream since 2007 and were still the most recognisable internet joke in 2010. Ceiling Cat,...

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12. over 9000 - An absurdly large number, from a Dragon Ball Z dub line.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-over-9000

    over 9000: An absurdly large number, from a Dragon Ball Z dub line. Example: "the number of FarmVille requests is over 9000"

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13. Rule 34

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-rule-34

    Rule 34: "If it exists, there is porn of it": one of the Rules of the Internet, from a 2003 webcomic. Example: "Rule 34, no exceptions"

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