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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Jabberwocky on May 29, 2008, 10:30:33 PM

Title: Origins of "the face"
Post by: Jabberwocky on May 29, 2008, 10:30:33 PM

fdtrytyikl

Title: Re: Origins of "the face"
Post by: TVC15 on May 29, 2008, 10:32:50 PM

Either SA or 4chan.  Who knows.

Title: Re: Origins of "the face"
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 29, 2008, 10:43:19 PM

it's mr. period from one of the penny arcade grammar comics

Title: Re: Origins of "the face"
Post by: Bildi on May 29, 2008, 11:10:31 PM

Quote from: Professor Prole on May 29, 2008, 10:43:19 PM

it's mr. period from one of the penny arcade grammar comics

Holy crap - so it is.

Title: Re: Origins of "the face"
Post by: Draft on May 29, 2008, 11:36:33 PM

I'm almost positive it comes from Something Awful.

I think it's soawesome.gif or something like that.

Title: Re: Origins of "the face"
Post by: Crushed on May 30, 2008, 12:20:37 AM

It's ":awesome:" from SA. (http://i25.tinypic.com/2i91kyg.jpg)


It got so overplayed that :awesome: got changed to (http://i29.tinypic.com/2e3y3ux.gif).


Now the (http://i25.tinypic.com/2i91kyg.jpg) code is :iamafag: and the filename is "emot-fuckyou.gif."  :lol

All of the smilies. (http://forums.somethingawful.com/misc.php?action=showsmilies)

Title: Re: Origins of "the face"
Post by: Vizzys on May 30, 2008, 12:26:57 AM

(http://xs127.xs.to/xs127/08225/1211528654844726.png)

Title: Re: Origins of "the face"
Post by: Vizzys on May 30, 2008, 12:36:15 AM

first thing I get when googling "penny arcade grammar comic" is an old andrew vestal site

andrew vestal maker of notorious emoticon confirmed

best meme ever :bow