The origin of fail…
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What’s with all the failing lately? Why fail instead of failure? Why FAIL instead of fail? And why, for that matter, does it have to be “epic”?
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It’s nearly impossible to pinpoint the first reference, given how common the verb fail is, but online commenters suggest it started with a 1998 Neo Geo arcade game called Blazing Star. (References to the fail meme go as far back as 2003.) Of all the game’s obvious draws—among them fast-paced action, disco music, and anime-style cut scenes—its staying power comes from its wonderfully terrible Japanese-to-English translations. If you beat a level, the screen flashes with the words: “You beat it! Your skill is great!” If you lose, you are mocked: “You fail it! Your skill is not enough! See you next time! Bye bye!”
Hey, Brewski? I’ve got your load of clothes in the washer now. I really had to do some work on those stains first, though. How do you get the knees of your pants so soiled?
Wha??? er… uh… It’s, um, my knee-aerobics videos. Gotta stay in shape. Thanks!
*grabs jeans and runs away*
*feels relieved no underwear were in the load*
Doubt it. I only recognize it as the hdqtrs of Cain’s (mayonnaise, etc.) Not even sure it’s pronounced the same as “air”, but I thought I’d go for the somewhat private New England joke.
I actually have no idea. I’ve never heard of it, I had to google it!! It’s in the middle of BFE (nowhere). Farmland and such.
That was a good one though…
Why has fail become so popular? It may simply be that people are thrilled to finally have a way to express their schadenfreude out loud. Schadenfreude, after all, is what you feel when someone else executes a fail. But the fail meme also changes our experience of schadenfreude. What was once a quiet pleasure-taking is now a public—and competitive—sport.
The highest form of fail—the epic fail—involves not just catastrophic failure but hubris as well. Not just coming in second in a bike race but doing so because you fell off your bike after prematurely raising your arms in victory. Totaling your pickup not because the brakes failed but because you were trying to ride on the windshield. Not just destroying your fish tank but doing it while trying to film yourself lifting weights.
Normally, this sort of game would vanish into the cultural ether. But in the lulz-obsessed echo chamber of online message boards—lulz being the questionable pleasure of hurting someone’s feelings on the Web—”You fail it” became the shorthand way to gloat about any humiliation, major or minor. “It” could be anything, from getting a joke to executing a basic mental task. For example, if you told me, “Hey, I liked your article in Salon today,” I could say, “You fail it.” Convention dictates that I could also add, in parentheses, “(it being reading the titles of publications).” The phrase was soon shortened to fail—or, thanks to the caps-is-always-funnier school of Web writing, FAIL. People started pasting the word in block letters over photos of shameful screw-ups, and a meme was born.
The fail meme hit the big time with the May launch of Failblog, an assiduous chronicler of humiliation and a guide to the taxonomy of fail. The most basic fails—a truck getting sideswiped by an oncoming train, say, or a National Anthem singer falling down on the ice—are usually the most boring, as obvious as a clip from America’s Funniest Home Videos. Another easy laugh is the translation fail, such as the unfortunately named “Universidad de Moron.” These fails often expose deep ignorance: One woman thinks her sprinkler makes a rainbow because of toxins in the water and air.
It wouldn’t be the first word to owe its ascendance to the Internet. The exclamation w00t—an interjection expressing joy—gained mainstream recognition when Merriam-Webster crowned it Word of the Year in 2007. The phrase pwned, a perversion of owned used by online gamers, made it into an episode of South Park—not quite the OED but still authoritative—and enjoys broad ironic usage. And of course, Google is no longer just a noun.
Yeah, that’s me. I was hoping to go through this anonymously. My stupid form-filler program ratted me out. pleez forget you ever saw that! Gawd, I hate that name!
Alicia: is this your Philosophy 101 project?
Bondfan: Huh? What insult?
velvet: Yay Loz!!!
abstract: failblog is hosed.
brewski: Your hat looks silly.
AAAAHHHHH!!! I can’t keep this mess straight!!
Bonjour! I am Jean-Paul Sartre. I want say hello to a few people here at Failblog, namely: Arthur (cheers to Germany for Heidegger, my pal!), Moomin, Leila, Jam, Velvet, Brewski and Gaynor.
Breski: He said tentacles. I made the connection between Japan and Tentacles, and I sorta overreacted. Excuse me while I cool myself down.
B2F: firebenter: *hands tinfoil hat to firebenter*
Brewski: *squeeze*
B2th: *squeeze*
anyone else I haven’t squoze lately: *squeeze*
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Actually, the lady sitting at the desk can barely keep from laughing.
BOGGY go find Mr. FailBlog Man and makes hims putted back the RePLY BUTTOM!
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` Heres Mr. FailBlog Man, come FIXES you RePLY Buttom! NOWS!
No buttom maked BOGGY all Cormfused an Not unnerstands!!
Mr. FailBlog Man FIX NOW!!
B2th, if you ever had dinner with my in-laws, you would understand that saying. Nobody ever finishes a sentence because they are always cut off by someone else. If you wait for someone to finish a sentence, you’ll never get to talk. Hence, never get a word in edgewise.
Brewski: I know, there is some gossip about me dying in 1980, but as you can see … The true purpose of my presence here is to find some material for my upcoming drama Huis Clos 2: Failblog Edition, that will venture to further demonstrate my thesis ‘hell is other people’.
Was I included in that squeeze ? I hope so and Meegwetch for it.
- Bondfan4518 why did only one man bow?
- hello Brewski.
- its hot out eh.
- free wet willy for anyone who wants one.
mr cuddles, I hope you have a woderful trip. You’ll have to take lots of pics, then make a folder and link it up with a clikie so we can all see. *squeezes for good luck*
Um, someone should of told alice the true origin story behind woot. It was originally from hackers. These hackers were attempting to gain full access of specific databases and systems. Gaining full access only comes from controlling the main part of the system, the admin account. Often referred to as the root account. Well the exclamation of “yesss/wooo i got root access.” got shortened over the years to woot. I got picked up mainstream and now we all know it.
I see you are shortly to visit Ireland mr. Cuddles! Please say hello to my fellow philosopher and friend George Berkeley, I haven’t seen him in a while.
what ya alls didnt notice was that the toupedude blew out a snot rocket right before he bowed… he needed something quick to cover his grime, sooooo… excellent aim on his part.
Thanks Cuddles *squeeze* Have a great trip.
Let’s have a de-nested drink-up. Does BYOB still stand for bring your own beer, or have the kids taken that one too?
Hey Ms B. I might just wig’gle over to’pay some attention. Nevermind there, I am sure it will all be (hair)pieced together soon. They will come-up with a fix or at least comb-over the bug for now.
@ Arthur…the last time this happened, there were a passel of posters who requested the nesting stay this way in order to prevent us from having conversations with each other.
*agrees with Arthur* I could put up with just about anything else, but how are we going to carry on 6 pun-runs, 4 how are your day conversations and 17 innuendo nests at the same time?
Bring your own booze is great too.
*throws back a shot*
*throws back a shot*
*throws back a shot*
Now what were we talking about? Oh yeah. Starfish ftw!!!!
*Is fearful*
*Hopes this doesn’t land between the aforementioned duo*
I wonder if they continued with the broad cast or did they go to break so he could re-glue his hair on.
Arthur…yup. They begged and pleaded with the Powers that Be to keep the nesting broken. They said the fails were sooooooo much better without all of us talking to each other. It was an outcry from the “We hate the regular’s clique” crowd. It was stunning.
Your challenge is to challenge the challenger of the challenge challenge, this would be a challenge for a challenged challenger. (now the word sounds and looks funny)
I expect it to be normal again MUCH sooner, cuddles! Like in an hour or so. And Admiral: Somehow that’s kinda funny, because that means several regular-haters watch us every day but lack the cojones to come out of their woodwork when we’re able to reply. We’re FIERCE!!!
blue 2th you dirty narc! *fires grnade at blue 2th* you thought i’d miss that without the nesting did you? mwwhahahahah you can never escape my sight!!
Well they are doing quite alot of repairs. They changed the color of the FailBlog headings. All this html could be fixed in one day, but that would be one day that failblog would have to go down for. So they are slowly eating away at their to do list. Inconveniences expected, so I think they are ready for the complaints that they are going to receive.
Domain - Eukarya; Kingdom - Animalia; Phylum - Chordata; Class - Mammalia; Order - Primates; Family - Hominidae; Tribe - Hominini; Genus - Homo; Species - Homo sapiens; Subspecies - Homo sapiens sapiens; Name - Czuhc says:
Oh, I just can’t stand this! I suppose I’ll go and do some work around here. I’ll check back in when I get home from work (roughly four hours from now.) If I don’t see you again, mr. cuddles, *sloppy wet smoochies!* Have an incredible time!
Apparently he did it for love. The female news reader on the right had trouble trusting men after having her heart broken. Knowing how much honor meant to the man in the middle, she asked him not to use the glue on his toupee that morning. Before she would commit again, she needed to know if his declarations of love for her were real … Aparently, they were.
I thoroughly enjoyed Alice’s comments, they were well written, well researched and deserved acclaim high above that of ‘troll’.
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Well played Alice, I take my hat off to you.
Wow, gone for a while, and everybody leaves?
*sits down*
*stares at walls*
*hums to self*
*looks at watch*
Hmmm. Oh, I know.
Starfish: It’s For The Win!
I hope this inconvenience is because they are cooking up some new and wonderful function for us. Like private messages, or an ignore function (though that could get complicated with the nesting and all).
Mr. bondfan1453 you make up the rules but don’t follow them oh well
water under the bridge. This is nuts.
I liked it when Alicia kept rambling on and on and on and on…………………………………………………………………
This reminds me of that Simpsons episode where every kid goes out to play after Marge ruines Itchy and Scratchy.
@mrcuddles: have a great time
@starfish: FTW=For The Win
Nearly all the other sites by ICHC were converted to this format a few months ago. I wonder if this has anything to do with how much traffic THIS site sees. Or if someone is messing with the system as retribution for the webbys.
What, paranoid? Me? Well, maybe.
I didn’t even know I was fishing! I do love a good fish story, though.
And BFF…your disclaimer made me laugh out loud. How many hugely long lists of rules have you put out on the blog over the months, hmmm?? You can’t put that one off on us. :p
*pulls Bf to safety just in time*
*buffs out scratches on jeep.* Oh wait that was a tmz joke. Some vallet dented a car he was parking for some celebrity, and then like ten of them tried to buff out a dent. …
*brushes BF’s shoulders off*
The origin of fail…
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What’s with all the failing lately? Why fail instead of failure? Why FAIL instead of fail? And why, for that matter, does it have to be “epic”?
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It’s nearly impossible to pinpoint the first reference, given how common the verb fail is, but online commenters suggest it started with a 1998 Neo Geo arcade game called Blazing Star. (References to the fail meme go as far back as 2003.) Of all the game’s obvious draws—among them fast-paced action, disco music, and anime-style cut scenes—its staying power comes from its wonderfully terrible Japanese-to-English translations. If you beat a level, the screen flashes with the words: “You beat it! Your skill is great!” If you lose, you are mocked: “You fail it! Your skill is not enough! See you next time! Bye bye!”
To fail is human; to nest divine!
human, human
I’m just surprised the guy had enough time to type all that and still be first 0-0
Brewski: I’m guessing that from where you live, to err is human, but to Ayer is west?
Yeah, pretty much! I’ve never been there! Is it a happening place?
Hey, Brewski? I’ve got your load of clothes in the washer now. I really had to do some work on those stains first, though. How do you get the knees of your pants so soiled?
Wha??? er… uh… It’s, um, my knee-aerobics videos. Gotta stay in shape. Thanks!
*grabs jeans and runs away*
*feels relieved no underwear were in the load*
Oh look! A pair of underpants with track marks! Who left them here?
I’m not touching those!
Doubt it. I only recognize it as the hdqtrs of Cain’s (mayonnaise, etc.) Not even sure it’s pronounced the same as “air”, but I thought I’d go for the somewhat private New England joke.
I actually have no idea. I’ve never heard of it, I had to google it!! It’s in the middle of BFE (nowhere). Farmland and such.
That was a good one though…
Sweet dreams all, I’m out!
I can sleep in peace knowing nesting has been saved!
Nighty Night!
I take it BFE means “For The Win”?
Sure does! In Egyptian.
Nestie, nestie, nestie!
theres just no respect round here, thanks for sharing
are you serious? newgrounds is the origin of fail? that’s awesome!!!!!
i always knew there was a reason i used that site ^_^
He meant that, he’s funny.
Toupetouche.
shhhhh….act like it never happened.
*waves Japanese flag patriotically*
I love the way he just continues on without noticing his hair has blown off.
Because Ogura-san is AWESOME!
Why has fail become so popular? It may simply be that people are thrilled to finally have a way to express their schadenfreude out loud. Schadenfreude, after all, is what you feel when someone else executes a fail. But the fail meme also changes our experience of schadenfreude. What was once a quiet pleasure-taking is now a public—and competitive—sport.
“people are thrilled to finally have a way to express their schadenfreude out loud”
Uh, Nelson Muntz anyone? “HAW HAW” is the original “FAIL.”
Nesting fail?
Guess we cross our collective fingers and toes, and wait until tomorrow. Goodbye pun runs!
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME WHERE THE HELL HAS THE REPLY BUTTON GONE?!
over there
Here’s your reply button, Digger!
*gestures*
:lol”
*SNORK!*
Judy!!
*pretends to look shocked but spoils it by laughing*
Yay! We cannot quote each other!
“Yay! We cannot quote each other!”
What do you mean?
*hands fluffy a citation*
What is this in reference to?
You need a license for that parrot.
Polly want a permit? Polly want a permit?
Oh dear. Fluffy has gone crackers.
Hee! She’s the snack that smiles back.
Ritz or Keebler Townhouse?
Goldfish, of course!
Wow, major brain-fart on my behalf…
*snork*
There, there…*pat pat pat*
It’s been a rough day for all of us.
I’ll say, and mine just started. 7 hours still to go.
*squeeze*
Gaaah!
*SQUEEZE!*
At least we have beautiful, beautiful nesting.
Let’s hope it sticks around this time…lol.
*claps a hand over Crow’s mouth*
Don’t…don’t jinx it!
*looks left…looks right…hears ominous music playing*
HEY! Where did the reply button go???
I supposed Alicia is the FAIL professor?
why can’t I reply to your comments? no reply button… that was funny though, maybe no one will notice if i don’t do anything about it….
arse
Some ate the reply button.
One of the weirdest fail runs I’ve ever looked at, this.
medica? Haven’t seen you around these parts in a while. Whassup?
Medica! LTNS!
Wait, is medica calling me weird? I didn’t really understand.
The highest form of fail—the epic fail—involves not just catastrophic failure but hubris as well. Not just coming in second in a bike race but doing so because you fell off your bike after prematurely raising your arms in victory. Totaling your pickup not because the brakes failed but because you were trying to ride on the windshield. Not just destroying your fish tank but doing it while trying to film yourself lifting weights.
eat my pubic.
I’ll need ragu for that.
*checks cupboard*
Nope, sorry, no Ragu.
How about I make you up a nice alfredo sauce for that?
WTF?
Too bad for Alicia, she wanted to crack some wise to get a first post just to get some annoyed peeps have a go at her.
And now all that copy / paste has gone down the drain.
i think failblog are posseced for evil spirits of mushroom kingdom
Normally, this sort of game would vanish into the cultural ether. But in the lulz-obsessed echo chamber of online message boards—lulz being the questionable pleasure of hurting someone’s feelings on the Web—”You fail it” became the shorthand way to gloat about any humiliation, major or minor. “It” could be anything, from getting a joke to executing a basic mental task. For example, if you told me, “Hey, I liked your article in Salon today,” I could say, “You fail it.” Convention dictates that I could also add, in parentheses, “(it being reading the titles of publications).” The phrase was soon shortened to fail—or, thanks to the caps-is-always-funnier school of Web writing, FAIL. People started pasting the word in block letters over photos of shameful screw-ups, and a meme was born.
And tomorrow lesson, well discus the origin of Pwnd.
I LOVE the look on the other guys face as he’s sitting there watching! Priceless!
*starts to tear out hair and bite fingernails*
Here, reply button, reply button. Come out, come out, wherever you are!
I guess something (with tentacules) just felt on the floor… LOL
He’s like must not laugh, must not laugh. Priceless.
Hybris? It originally involves a god-related conflict, dear Alicia, so the correct statement would be “gloat”.
Unless Mr. Zeus is angry at you for messing around with his morning pancakes.
Oh what the hell am I typing.
The fail meme hit the big time with the May launch of Failblog, an assiduous chronicler of humiliation and a guide to the taxonomy of fail. The most basic fails—a truck getting sideswiped by an oncoming train, say, or a National Anthem singer falling down on the ice—are usually the most boring, as obvious as a clip from America’s Funniest Home Videos. Another easy laugh is the translation fail, such as the unfortunately named “Universidad de Moron.” These fails often expose deep ignorance: One woman thinks her sprinkler makes a rainbow because of toxins in the water and air.
Powered by Loz!
Yay Loz!
*throws confetti*
Loz’s power was too strong for Failblog.
The red pen IS mightier than the sword!
Reply FAIL? OMFGDSS
I think this is taking “don’t feed the trolls” too far.
Rhob, your first comment is not funny. That was insulting to my nation. Please stop.
Yea, they will plague the place with nonsensional comments as an alternative way to annoy failbloggers.
Or am I giving them ideas?
It wouldn’t be the first word to owe its ascendance to the Internet. The exclamation w00t—an interjection expressing joy—gained mainstream recognition when Merriam-Webster crowned it Word of the Year in 2007. The phrase pwned, a perversion of owned used by online gamers, made it into an episode of South Park—not quite the OED but still authoritative—and enjoys broad ironic usage. And of course, Google is no longer just a noun.
I can just imagine Alicia babbling to herself outside Marks and Spencers, in a megaphone to pedestrians.
Ahhhhhh, Thank god that pesky reply link is gone. Now noone can insult me!!!!!!! MUHAHAHAHAHA
bin laden take the reply buton !NOOOOOOOOOoooo
It’s okay! He vomited it back up!!!
Yick! I wish I’d known that before I touched it!
*scrubs hands vigorously with anti-bacterial soap*
Judy! That’s destined to power a fail someday!
(Are we getting your full name now, or did I miss something?)
Yeah, that’s me. I was hoping to go through this anonymously. My stupid form-filler program ratted me out.
pleez forget you ever saw that! Gawd, I hate that name!
And I STILL friggin forgot to change it!
AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!
*snorkity*
Wha? I never saw nuthin!
BTW….your clicky – - are those your creations???
No, I found that site while I was looking for something else and I left it there for the next time I “see” Leila.
Alicia: is this your Philosophy 101 project?
Bondfan: Huh? What insult?
velvet: Yay Loz!!!
abstract: failblog is hosed.
brewski: Your hat looks silly.
AAAAHHHHH!!! I can’t keep this mess straight!!
I think when Alicia the Troll posted her comment, she screwed up FB! Can we burn her at the stake or something?
*piles up the firewood at the base of the stake*
*lights match*
*tosses*
Whoa!
Fire!
Pwetty!
This is reply to comment #12.5…No, I will not be your sugar daddy…..STOP ASKING!
ok, Alicia. Thanks for the intilectual comments, but we just come here for a good time.
I can’t *squeeze* people like this! I feel like I am trying to reach people from across the room!
Bonjour! I am Jean-Paul Sartre. I want say hello to a few people here at Failblog, namely: Arthur (cheers to Germany for Heidegger, my pal!), Moomin, Leila, Jam, Velvet, Brewski and Gaynor.
Howdy!
Nesting showoff!
I’m still *wiggledancing*. Woooo!
It’s like finally seeing the light.
*wonders why he didn’t mention my name*
Hey, who is this guy, anyway?
Pay no attention to that person behind the curtain.
*WTF happened? How did FB find my true identity?????*
Blue2thFairy, I’m afraid it will take more than a reply link gone to prevent a troll from insulting you….
Breski: He said tentacles. I made the connection between Japan and Tentacles, and I sorta overreacted. Excuse me while I cool myself down.
firebenter: *hands tinfoil hat to firebenter*
B2F:
Brewski: *squeeze*
B2th: *squeeze*
anyone else I haven’t squoze lately: *squeeze*
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Actually, the lady sitting at the desk can barely keep from laughing.
*reading ALice coment*
*Processing*
*FATAL brain error*
Blue2th, will you be my sugar daddy instead? *squeeze across the comments*
I could use a sugar daddy too!
BondFan4518, do you have anything with tentacules in your past, to think “it’s not funny”? ;D
*squeezes Cuddles*
I’ll mentally breach the nesting gap for you! Have fun on your trip!
yay!!! Brewski commented to me!! *shines w/ pride*
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BOGGY NOT EATED REPLY BUTTOM!!NOT ME! I NOTS DO NUFFIN BAD!
NO I DIDN't EBEM LICK IT or BITES IT ENNYS!!
REALLY!!.
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It tasted good!Until you say sumthin BOGGY Neber eben saw its distappear!
lame.
Seconded. I haven’t witnessed the general reply to this recent incarnation but I find BOGGY very, very unfunny.
Hi Sartre! Welcome!
*squeezes Jam* Thank you Jam! I promise I’ll bring back tons of pictures and stories!
Too late but *squeeze* anyways.
Have a good time Cuddles!
*squeeze* that’s for you mr. cuddles
yay!!!! I got non-reply reply….*does happy dance*
Isn’t this how those lolcats do nesting?
LOL!
*squeezes BFF* Just ignore the trolls. It’s their fault the reply button has gone missing.
Cuddles, sure…why not. I’ll try anything once….and maybe twice!
I think this will be my last post here until the commenting system is fixed.
*squeezes abstract*
Jam – I lol’d
*squeezes cuddles*
Oh, alright.
Isn’t this one of the signs of the apocolypse?
*claps to cuddles*
finaly a good coment about the reply button
Oh, c’mon cloral. Don’t you want to know how many new threads one Fail can handle with this new format before it chokes?
Apocolypse now?
maybe later. let’s make a date.
Have your horsemen call my horsemen.
*giggle*
*squeezes fluffy* (gently, because she’s a little coi)
The lack of the reply button^, not the dude’s hair falling off.
Cuddles: Apocalypse? Can BFF not just press the button once more?
That is the best handled hairpiece fail I’ve ever seen. He stayed 100% cool. Respect.
I think if you’re that cool, you do not need a hairpiece. ^^
BondFan4518,
Just tell me, then: what any other country have this mentally disturbed sexual idea with tencacles?
Just Japan, and I’m sorry to tell u, that it is NOT only hentay. There are real *sick* movies with girls and tentacles…
…
*squeezeS*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning
I’m going to have to ask everyone to raise their hand before typing a new comment.
*raises hand*
Has he asked yet?
A good point about this method is I can easily find the new posts. Sometimes a new one gets lost in the nesting.
It’s a “December 1969″ error, probably.
you still with the “Go to Top” button,so be happy
*squeezes jam*
*squeezes button*
Oooop-
*universe implodes and cartwheels while singing*
B2th: Good idea, unless it’s a general question then it’s a free for all.
*raises hand*
*breaks old beer bottle and philly shanks Rhob*
*steps over bloody body*
BOGGY go find Mr. FailBlog Man and makes hims putted back the RePLY BUTTOM!
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Heres Mr. FailBlog Man, come FIXES you RePLY Buttom! NOWS!No buttom maked BOGGY all Cormfused an Not unnerstands!!
Mr. FailBlog Man FIX NOW!!
There, there Boggy. It’s safe to come out again! See? All fixed!
“Show must go on” professionalism in the face of embarrassment WIN!
BFF: Your button didn’t work.
*squeeze*
MMC (7 hrs), I am NOT cleaning that mess up! Make Alicia do it.
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I feel so censored right now.
*squeezes velvet* It’s ok, I’ll clean it up when I get back.
*squeezes everyone between here and my last post*
Hurrah…a proper squeeze!
BFF, why are you talking to a bloody corpse? I hope you’re not expecting it to talk back…Unless he’s a zombie and this really is the apocolypse.
*jumps up to the top post and does a slide-down squeeze*
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Who grabbed my butt?!?
Wasn’t me. I grabbed something else.
…I see fire…AND brimstone…..but mostly just fire.
*hides hands behind back* Wasn’t me!
Point of order!
DOT OR(G) der.
Brewski: I should have warned you! Here, have some eye bleach. And this bucket of brain bleach.
Not only that, we’ll also be having cheesy jokes now. In the likes of “Chuck Norris’z so awesome he can quote” >___>
Wow, a bracketed squeeze!! Nice one jam!!!
*tries a circular skip-jump squeeze with a half-twist*
Curiosity is killing me. Can someone give me a PG-rated description of that tentacle thing?
AAAAUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!
They haven’t fixed the nesting yet!!!!
*cries*
There.. there… I’m sure they’ll fix it soon….
Oh wait just a gosh darn minute!
FIXDED IT!!!
Brewski, it is awesome!!
Don’t hurt yourself Brewski. I’m not sure I can reallign your spine before I need to leave.
BFF, please, just sweep this all under the rug.
Is this a singular pun-run? Like a pun step?
I staired at it, but couldn’t find one.
Is it fair to start a pun-run now? None of the early risers can participate.
Well, when they do finally climb out of bed, I’m sure they will step up to the task.
I’m always up for a punny run. I’m sure they will understand and not come down too hard on us.
If not, they will rail about it in the morning.
This pun-run could spiral out of control.
Just so long as it has a soft landing…
We can banister back and forth all night if we want to.
I newel you were going to say that!
Darn! Finally got back to normal, got a nice pun run going, and I can’t even step up and thing of anything! GAAAAAAAA!
*stairs won’t nest below this level*
Don’t get tripped up now, Judy. Thing harder!
Are you trying to get a rise out of her?
As long as they don’t all baluster their way through it all.
p.s. do not google if you are at work
..and you work at Yahoo or Microsoft.
*squeezes Dragonwriter*
@sweetie
It was fixed, but broke again at the beginning of this fail.
Admiral: *gets out the broom and sweeps Rhob under the Troll rug*. There, spick and span.
p.p.s. sorry, let me be more specific, google away, just not that particular subject which i do find awesome!
Let me get this straight. Are you saying women making out with squid turns you on??!
*keeps distance*
“I’m not getting a word in edgewise “…..WTF does that mean anyway…stupid sayings.
*sniffle*
So….so there’s hope??
Maybe it’s a vid fail thing…
Eww. Thanks, mmc. Curiosity is done on this one.
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Some people have sick imaginations, no?
Forgive me….LAST!
OH, mr cuddles…it’s hilarious that my post showed up right after yours!
*squeeeeeeeeeze!*
You go to Ireland today!!
Mr. Cuddles: Have a great trip!
Everyone else: *squeeze* This is a disaster! Be back later.
I can’t cope anymore. My virtual world is at best fragmented.
Goodbye cruel world.
Hahah!
I’m so nervous and excited!
Damn you DW!!! *shakes fist for really no reason at all*
B2th, if you ever had dinner with my in-laws, you would understand that saying. Nobody ever finishes a sentence because they are always cut off by someone else. If you wait for someone to finish a sentence, you’ll never get to talk. Hence, never get a word in edgewise.
Bwuaahahahahahaaaaaa!
:p @ B2th
Thanks Malicite!
Vid fail thing? It’s spreaded all over Failblog.
*glares at technicolor*
Brewski: I know, there is some gossip about me dying in 1980, but as you can see … The true purpose of my presence here is to find some material for my upcoming drama Huis Clos 2: Failblog Edition, that will venture to further demonstrate my thesis ‘hell is other people’.
Failblog could use a good philosopher! Welcome back!
Jam, don’t leave us. You’ll break the Troll Killing Team.
and it is awesome, i voice yet again.
I have a comment thanking mmc for his PG information awaiting moderation?
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That’s a first.
Was I included in that squeeze ? I hope so and Meegwetch for it.
- Bondfan4518 why did only one man bow?
- hello Brewski.
- its hot out eh.
- free wet willy for anyone who wants one.
Maybe it has Swine Flu?
Satre, I don’t know if “hell is other people”, but hell is defintely not having a reply button!
Stare contest with Bond….GO!!!!
*gets out the watch*
*stares*
*stares at shoes* *kicks rock*
Hell is New Jersey.
BFF wins!
Y2K finally strikes?
That’s what we get for being mean to the inflatable trolls?
What is the reason for this???
(Hello Satre!)
Hey! I live in New Jersey!
OK, how about phrasing it this way:
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Hell is other people, unless you live in New Jersey.
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(He hee, he’ll never see this!)
*tapes “Kiss Me I’m Irish” sign to cuddles back*
hee hee!
Excellent comment, Brewski!
5 eagles: What the hell are you on about? All three bowed.
MMC! I have family in West Patterson.
mr cuddles, I hope you have a woderful trip. You’ll have to take lots of pics, then make a folder and link it up with a clikie so we can all see. *squeezes for good luck*
Um, someone should of told alice the true origin story behind woot. It was originally from hackers. These hackers were attempting to gain full access of specific databases and systems. Gaining full access only comes from controlling the main part of the system, the admin account. Often referred to as the root account. Well the exclamation of “yesss/wooo i got root access.” got shortened over the years to woot. I got picked up mainstream and now we all know it.
Pssst… Arthur, we did some cracking nesting on the mini-golf fail. hehe
<——-
In the event of fixing the internets, Arthur and I no longer nest below the levels.
It’s a small price to pay for sanity!
Aw…you didn’t stop wiggledancing, did you?
*wiggledances*
Not a chance!
Wheeeeeeeeee!!
It really takes so little to make us happy!
I’m simple like that.
Well my fabulous failers, I’m off t’bed as all is now right in the world.
*squeezes all round*
Nighty Night!
*squeeze*
Αι πύλαι παρακαλούνται ανοίξειν. This might work….
I never thought it was possible but this both sucks and blows.
And not in the happy, good fun way…
I see you are shortly to visit Ireland mr. Cuddles! Please say hello to my fellow philosopher and friend George Berkeley, I haven’t seen him in a while.
Well Blue2th, you’ve never been with me
Cuddles – !
Starfish, FTW = For The Win
Starfish: for the win
Starfish, it’s For The Win.
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I asked a couple of weeks ago. LOL!
JasonK: you miss an aspiration on iota and alpha. Don’t mess with classical greek!
Blue2th, you did say you were my sugar daddy now, didn’t you?
hahah!
Starfish: For the Win ( sorry, peer presure and all)
You right ,,sorry please don’t curse at me it is intimidating.
I bet that, once nesting has been restored, people will all start screaming that they liked it better this way.
*refrains from telling starfish yet again what FTW means*
This is making my head hurt. I’ll check back later, taters!
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*7-11 Big Gulp sized squeeze*
No, what I typed is correct. I’m Greek.
@ mr. cuddles.
opps.
So does my uncle.
But my opinion stands.
I say Starfish ftw!
5 eagles: “It is intimidating”? I find that ironic that this is coming from you.
what ya alls didnt notice was that the toupedude blew out a snot rocket right before he bowed… he needed something quick to cover his grime, sooooo… excellent aim on his part.
JasonK: so you don’t have aspirations anymore? What an outrage!
*gives velvet one last squeeze before she goes* That’s just in case I’m gone by the time you get back!
BFF, I think that was sarcasm laced with irony
I guess there doing more maintenance work on failblog…
*wistful look*
@ Blue2thFairy- Sucking and blowing? Don’t get my bothered with your kinky phrasing.
@Dragonwriter- I want to win too. I never win. I guess I’ll kill myself. *sobs*
@ TechnoColor, mind the rug.
*facepalm*
For the win!!! It all makes sense now. What do people write now if they want to abreviate F*** the world?
I googled it. Damn it. The sign said ‘WET PAINT!’ but I just haaaaaad to touch it to see for myself, didn’t I. *sigh*
Starfish: “For The Win”. Just sayin’.
I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you.
I’m seeing stars…
2 cups 1 girl… assuming that is not a reference to the yanni boobs. … and, no, I do not wanna know.
I don’t have aspirations? Objectives?
Dreams? Hopes? Wishes?????
Up above.
I see stars.
Starfish, I guess they would still use FTW. Confusing, I know. *squeeze*
2 cups 1 girl = most vile piece of video ever release on the face of the planet….and quite possibly the universe.
@ Blue2thFairy.
HEY!!!
I didn’t know you cared, B2th.
I disagree. It is art beyong uderstanding.
Actually 2 cups 1 girl wasn’t bad….but stay away from 2 girls 1 cup
I just got here, what has happened to the nests?
Ah “Beyond”.
True love means eating your love’s crap.
@ AA, I care not.
@B2th
*stars to sob*
I give up!
*goes back to corner, rocks back and forth*
*peeks out*
Is it safe to come out?
Yay! nesting again!!!
*squeeze!*
*squeezity squeeze*
*squeezically squeezicious!*
Your *squeeziocitude* is *squeeztastic*!
*feels squeezeerious*
Ain’t nesting grand???
Empty Nesters?
Thanks Cuddles *squeeze* Have a great trip.
Let’s have a de-nested drink-up. Does BYOB still stand for bring your own beer, or have the kids taken that one too?
ohhh… 2 girls I cup… removes the possibility that it’s… well, whatever. does sound like a really crappy video.
I always thought it was Bring Your Own Booze, but that’s just me. This way it incorporates all alcohol.
*throws back a shot with Starfish*
@AA, that’s ok. *pats shoulder* *cuts hand on shinny silver star*
Damn, should of looked before I did that
I need a drink right now, I don’t like this set up at all! hopefully its temporary.
This nesting situation is making us all flip our lids.
A three second intro to the videos fired up a lot of people and made them post rude complaints. This no-nesting-horror doesn’t. Priorities?
WHO MADE MY ADMIRAL CRY???
*turns eyes to B2th…..*
Arthur, why aren’t you talking about the FAIL!!
*points to abstract*
Hey Ms B. I might just wig’gle over to’pay some attention. Nevermind there, I am sure it will all be (hair)pieced together soon. They will come-up with a fix or at least comb-over the bug for now.
*Joins Ms B in the corner.*
I hope I can console you.
*Wonders what would happen if AA and DW hijacked this “thread”.*
“The fail meme hit the big time with the May launch of Failblog”
FAIL
Isn’t the first entry posted on 1 Jan 2008?
@ Arthur…the last time this happened, there were a passel of posters who requested the nesting stay this way in order to prevent us from having conversations with each other.
Yeah…I know. WTF???
Hee! My fierce dragon protector!
*smooch!*
*agrees with Arthur* I could put up with just about anything else, but how are we going to carry on 6 pun-runs, 4 how are your day conversations and 17 innuendo nests at the same time?
HAHAHA Admiral!
But – I was. Not about the video fail, though.
Bring your own booze is great too.
*throws back a shot*
*throws back a shot*
*throws back a shot*
Now what were we talking about? Oh yeah. Starfish ftw!!!!
FTW!
Nothing.
I look at it as a challenge…a F*cking pain in the a** piece of sh** challenge….but a challenge none the less.
In case you’re wondering….yes, challenge is my word of the day.
*Is fearful*
*Hopes this doesn’t land between the aforementioned duo*
I wonder if they continued with the broad cast or did they go to break so he could re-glue his hair on.
Dragon – WHAT THE FÜCK?!? They…wanted…
I challenge you to a challenge challenge. en guarde!
I have been challenged to a challenge challenge by the challenger “WhatIKnow”…B2F proudly accepts his challenge.
Arthur…yup. They begged and pleaded with the Powers that Be to keep the nesting broken. They said the fails were sooooooo much better without all of us talking to each other. It was an outcry from the “We hate the regular’s clique” crowd. It was stunning.
@DW, Guess it worked, as we clearly are no longer talking with each other.
Your challenge is to challenge the challenger of the challenge challenge, this would be a challenge for a challenged challenger.
(now the word sounds and looks funny)
Whee; this is just like IRC…
@ WhatIKnow….Pffft, *laughing*
Is that the guy from lost ? the one behind the desk ?? :O
Glad I wasn’t there, Dragon. Witnessing that ignorant and barbaric stupidity without being able to reply… *shudders*
I win. ;P
Yep, the “regular” haters came out of the woodwork during The Great Schism of 2008.
Why would they listen to the trolls and break the nesting? That doesn’t make any sense!
LISTEN UP FB POWERS THAT BE! I EXPECT THE NESTING TO BE BACK BY THE TIME I GET BACK FROM IRELAND!!
And of course the “regular” haters had never really posted before that either.
Do we know if this was a planned act (the dissapearance of the reply button)? I feel like I am on an episode of Lost!
*squeezes Avis*
or the Twilight Zone, perhaps the Outer Limits.
I don’t want to be at the bottom of the comment section when the “powers that be” bow to mr. cuddles’ demand.
The importance of being in-nest.
I expect it to be normal again MUCH sooner, cuddles! Like in an hour or so. And Admiral: Somehow that’s kinda funny, because that means several regular-haters watch us every day but lack the cojones to come out of their woodwork when we’re able to reply. We’re FIERCE!!!
I hat you!!!
*admires Arthur’s new hat*
And I must say…that hat looks quite rakish on him. You’re very kind!
I glove you!
*gets below AA so he’s not on the bottom*
Insert your own strange fantasy show I don’t care! Are we being punished for me and Arthur talking about politics or is this all a mistake!
egg-celent Starfish!
blue 2th you dirty narc! *fires grnade at blue 2th* you thought i’d miss that without the nesting did you? mwwhahahahah you can never escape my sight!!
Thanks mr. cuddles…so you’re hair today, gone tomorrow?
Well they are doing quite alot of repairs. They changed the color of the FailBlog headings. All this html could be fixed in one day, but that would be one day that failblog would have to go down for. So they are slowly eating away at their to do list. Inconveniences expected, so I think they are ready for the complaints that they are going to receive.
Hah, my arm is beginning to tire me.
Unfortunately it’s that time guys…time to leave work and get everything in order.
one big *SQUEEZE* for everyone!
I’ll be back in 10 days, I promise!
And remember what I said Powers That Be!
As long as this is temporary. Its not like I am going to boycott FB, not now that I’m addicted.
@ Admiral Apparent 11:06 am:
It sounds like they wanted the FB Powers to bow, and tip the nesting right off.
have a good trip mr. cuddles! we’ll miss you!
*squeezes mr. cuddles*
This lack of nesting thing is really going to wreak havoc on pun runs.
*squeeze* Have a great time mr cuddles.
upside: cccccombobreaker is out of a gimmick.
Enjoy mr. cuddles! Bring back stories! *SQUEEZE*
Downside: Dragon and The Admiral will constantly be interrupted now! And we will all have burn scars to show for it.
I blame the clown on ICHC.
LEts *SQUEEZE*,*SQUEEZE* ON FLOR!
*prepares aloe vera and salve.*
Just in time!
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Bye, cuddles! *SQUEEZE*
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Don’t take anything dangerous on the plane!!
I like to blame everything in ICHC!
@WIK:
And FSA can’t reply to every single comment.
True, Starfish.
(For the win.)
Oh, I just can’t stand this! I suppose I’ll go and do some work around here. I’ll check back in when I get home from work (roughly four hours from now.) If I don’t see you again, mr. cuddles, *sloppy wet smoochies!* Have an incredible time!
@ Starfish: that is definitely an upside!!
…too slow paced… losing interest….I’m going in search of mental stimulation, see you all tomorrow if the nests are back. *muah!*
That’s enough for me now. See you all tomorrow! Hopefully properly nested… Bye!
Apparently he did it for love. The female news reader on the right had trouble trusting men after having her heart broken. Knowing how much honor meant to the man in the middle, she asked him not to use the glue on his toupee that morning. Before she would commit again, she needed to know if his declarations of love for her were real … Aparently, they were.
Bye, Arthur. I hope the PTB twig this nesting problem soon.
Have a good trip Cuddles! We’ll miss you.
Nesting is back at the Yanni fail… *holds out hope*
It’s because he has Boobies!
*Sage nod*
By the way, learning how to
, has made my day.
You’re easily amused, aren’t you?
Aren’t we all?
Well, I guess that’s why we’re all here!
*squeeze*
I thoroughly enjoyed Alice’s comments, they were well written, well researched and deserved acclaim high above that of ‘troll’.
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Well played Alice, I take my hat off to you.
If you want your hat back, I think Arthur has it.
*roffle*
And wow…this guy is really impressed by copypasta, isn’t he?
I like mine with a homemade pesto!
Just remember to breathe regularly too.
Have a wonderful trip, mr cuddles!!
*SQUEEEEEEEEZE!!!*
We’ll miss you!
Oh, and *squeezes* for Arthur too. I hope next time I see you, this problem will be FIXED!
Wow, gone for a while, and everybody leaves?
*sits down*
*stares at walls*
*hums to self*
*looks at watch*
Hmmm. Oh, I know.
Starfish: It’s For The Win!
*snorkroffle*
I hope this inconvenience is because they are cooking up some new and wonderful function for us. Like private messages, or an ignore function (though that could get complicated with the nesting and all).
Or cake!
Mr. bondfan1453 you make up the rules but don’t follow them oh well
water under the bridge. This is nuts.
I liked it when Alicia kept rambling on and on and on and on…………………………………………………………………
Well, they just converted entire blogs to a new platform…there are bound to be glitches.
*twitch….twitch*
We just just…*twitch*…be patient with them and remember that…*twitch*…they love us and want us to be…*twitch*…happy.
This reminds me of that Simpsons episode where every kid goes out to play after Marge ruines Itchy and Scratchy.
@mrcuddles: have a great time
@starfish: FTW=For The Win
How is that cake, Ms Traps?
Nearly all the other sites by ICHC were converted to this format a few months ago. I wonder if this has anything to do with how much traffic THIS site sees. Or if someone is messing with the system as retribution for the webbys.
What, paranoid? Me? Well, maybe.
Still waiting for the cake FTW.
(Hey Starfish…FT…..d’oh!)
Thanks Brewski!!
*passes out shots to everyone*
Alcohol FTW!!
What does FTW stand for?
Monday, Tuesday, Happy Day, Thursday, Friday, Happy Day.
*munch, munch…*
Hey, Dragon, I think you’ve got something nibbling on your line.
5 eagles, I don’t make any rules. You must be confusing me with the big three: Dragon, Admiral and Avis.
water under the bridge bro let forget and move on. Like to the reply buttons itsssss bbbbaaaaacccckkk
*Perches on log next to Dragon*
“The Big Three”?…..wow, I really had no idea….
*curls into little ball, and rocks to and fro, mumbling and whispering “FB will fix this, FB will fix this”*
*Offers BondFan fresh baked Chocolate chip cookie*
It’ll get better…..right?
*steals cookie*
Nummies. Thanks, bff!
*sneaks away*
Judy, ith this the way it’s going to be from now on?
grrrrr….
Outside of rule #4, I don’t know what BFF is going on about.
I feel so discombobulated.
Reply
Geesh.
I KNEW I shouldn’t have left FB (for the most part) lo these 4 days…
*reattaches B2F’s combobulator*
There ya go
Gee….thanks WN
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Reply
Yes! All your fault WN!
B2th, are you sure you want a bob and not a weave?
Failblog has failed us! Repent sinners!
Starfish: ftw = for the win.
Everyone else: *gives out sedatives* Let’s chillax and ride out this tsunami.
I can’t remember…is rule #4
Profit, Safety, or Baconlube?
No, it’s breathing.
I think #4 is that you can profit from the safety of BaconLube™, as I recall.
OMG!! It’s breathing?!? RUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!
*titters again*
Where did the rules come from? From the god’s or were they always there?
*takes apostrophe and tosses it to the ground*
*stomps it deep into the earth*
*stabs it again with trusty Spork of The Gods*
I think it’s dead now.
*gives “it” a sedagive*
Do not run. You will only die tired. Nothingness will catch up with you.
*screeches away in jeep, skids on an oily patch, and crashes into tree*
*Explosion moments later*
*blinks*
I didn’t even know I was fishing! I do love a good fish story, though.
And BFF…your disclaimer made me laugh out loud. How many hugely long lists of rules have you put out on the blog over the months, hmmm?? You can’t put that one off on us. :p
OH NO!!! BFF!!!!
Don’t worry, Ms B. That was his stunt double.
*pulls Bf to safety just in time*
*buffs out scratches on jeep.* Oh wait that was a tmz joke. Some vallet dented a car he was parking for some celebrity, and then like ten of them tried to buff out a dent. …
*brushes BF’s shoulders off*