Preface:

Finally; I have achieved what many have called impossible. I have created an in-
depth guide on [s4s], against all odds. Feels good man, feels good indeed..
ow, do I e!pect this to become the board"s stic#y$ In a best-case scenario, I
suppose it"s a possibility. %ut I leave that up to the mods, and all I really want is for the
&'( this guide is posted under to be remembered. I want people to lin# others to this, I
want it to be a )daily reminder) that *suua has made this to help you newfigs out. +r, if
you"re not a total newfig, it"s still good to brush up on posting and thread-ma#ing s#ills.
+r gla,e over what ma#es popular namefigs-memes.
.hatever the case, I welcome you to learn and ponder the mind of [s4s] in a new
light, and to become the very best you can be during your stay. /nd remember, don"t
always hate on the new guy, since we were all there at one time.
%ecause I, for one, welcome our new figs.
'egard-s-,
0amien *suua
Quick Note: *his guide is written and targeted towards people who have little to no
e!perience on 4chan or boards in general. /nd if I have seemingly missed anything, I
suppose tough luc#. *his is an end-all-be-all guide, and I intend nothing to change.
'emember that [s4s] changes all the time, so details and memes are different every day.
I*' I highlight the unchanging portions.
Table of Contents:
FOR THOSE TL;DR PEOPLE: READ HA!T"ALS OF #S$S%& POSS!L'
(OCA"LAR' TOO) AND THE !NTE*RAL +E+ES TO "NDERSTAND !T ALL&
!f ,ou-re in t.e /oo0 to rea0 so/e /ore but not all of it) 1o to t.e asteriske0
sections&
-1reface
-*able of 2ontents
!& 2elco/in1 ,ou
3& Introduction
a& *o start
b& 3imple 4uestions
4& 5ocabulary6
a& .ords
b& 3pelling
5& 7abituals of [s4s]6
a& *he little things
b& .or#ing hours
$& 4plebs.org6
a& .hat it is
b& 7ow to use it
!!& Contribution
3& *he wonderful art of Figging
a& Intro
b& 3tarting a figure
c& *ripcodes 8doesn"t apply to 9ust [s4s], y"#now:
0& 2ontributing ;uality posts6
e& 2reating ;uality threads6
4& <!amples of sucessful ewfigs
f& <!ample => /#ari /#a,a
1& <!ample ?> @ohn Aatri!
.& <!ample B> *suua
5& Aemes
a& 2opied
b& +2
i& Aa#ing successful +26
ii& B main ;ualities of +26
iii& Failures and shortcomings6
i6& 1urpose666
0& /dvocation and success6
!!!& Closures
3& Intra-board influences
a& -pol-
b& -b-
c& -mlp-
0& [rC#]
e& -e- and -u-
f& [a-9p]
4& +rigins of [s4s] culture
a& 0ubs
b& 4uoting
c& 1rivilege
5& 1ersonal synopsis
!(& !nte1ral /e/es7
!& 2ELCO+!N* 'O"
8!nt8ro0uction:
3o, you wish to master the arcane arts$ If you have been lin#ed to this post
directly from [s4s], chances are you"ve as#ed one of the most fuggen annoying
;uestions I have e!perienced in my entire career on the board. ).hat"s this board
about$)
*here is no easy answer unless you go into e!treme detail, which I"m going to do
in a sec, but first let"s s#im over a few predilections and ;uestions people have when
they first come to [s4s].
)Is this board li#e -b-$)
In all honesty, I really don"t #now. I"ve loo#ed over -b- a few times, and have contributed
a bit, but the only similarities I"ve pic#ed up is the posting structure. [s4s] is significantly
different than any other board in the way it is written, how people contribute, and how it
progresses along.
*he closest analogy I can thin# of is that of an ant colony. one of the ants are actually
important, and most indiscernible from one another. *here is no true way to be
recogni,ed other than namefigging 8this will all be e!plained if you read the whole thing:
since the styles of most anons are so incredibly similar. Dou contribute to the colony
unconditionally, and all you get in return is really nothing, unless your +2 is
repeated-stolen 8in which case suc#s for not using a watermar#-username to trac# it
down on 4plebs:. .hat I"m getting at is that [s4s] should be viewed as an almost organic
being, very fluent in its own culture. *he only #ey to understanding the board is to delve
into the culture and pic# it apart, which is what this guide is meant to do.
)*his board suc#s worse than -b-, why is this cancerous abomination allowed$)
6ahem6 9i/:l,in1 8b8 sucks
*hese are the #inds of people that are Erude and should fug off. *hey have only been on
[s4s] for half a wee#, tops. 1robably not even. *hey have become frustrated since they
thought getting into the board would be an easy transition, but in all honesty it ta#es
wor#. <specially if you have no guide and most of the parlance is undocumented even
on urban dictionary. I had to undergo this trial myself, and eventually I must have
integrated since now I"m writing this detailed guide in order to help future anons. .ith
this guide, you"ll be a pro in no time.
).hat"s with you guys worshipping numbered posts$ Dou"re acting li#e complete
-b-tards.)
*his is the #ind of poster who is yet to learn how to accept and find beauty in [s4s]"s
seemingly diminutive culture. .e worship number posts because that"s 9ust how it goes,
I don"t #now where it even came from other than probably -b-.
(ocabular,:7
%efore even thin#ing about tal#ing of posts and what ma#es memes good, we
have to touch base on the fundamental vocabulary and grammatical rules first. .e"ll
brush through the prior first, in order of relative importance and how I learnt them.
Fi1: *his noun, sometimes used to censor the word fag, is more commonly used in
lieu of the word )figure), more specifically posters with usernames. It has many prefi!es
such as the following>
;Ne<fi1:
*his is used to describe the #inds of posters who are generally ine!perienced, or ones
that have 9oined the board appro!imately F months or less ago. It is also, though more
uncommonly, e!pressed as )newfag) 8if intended for offense: or )newfroge).
;Ol0fi1:
*his term describes posters who have been on [s4s] for multiple years, from the time of
Gippo 0udee I suppose or maybe more than B years. I never really #new the specific
timeframes, but you"ll understand when an oldfig is oldfigging. It can be very apparent
due to the shit of newfigs drastically differing from the shit of oldfigs. +ccasionally you"ll
see threads saying )+nly oldfigs would remember this) and post very archaic memes.
/lso, I reali,e that there isn"t really a term for figs who have been here longer that
newfigs, but aren"t ;uite that old yet. I have witnessed the term /e0iu/fi1 in circulation,
but I thin# those #inds of posters are left untagged.
-Sa/efi1:
*his term summari,es a name that is used by multiple posters, usually to degrade the
targeted poster or to impersonate importantfigs. / notorious samefig is (uptron, I don"t
even #now if he was ever an actual poster or if it 9ust became a common name to
shitpost under.
*ETs:
5ery, ve-7<'D important. *his is almost central to the board [s4s], if there is anything
consistent and predictable about the board, it is the )chec#ing) or simple recognition of
when a post has repeating digits at the end. It is usually accompanied by a picture of
1atric# %ateman 8see the common memes section: and greente!ts the repeating digits.
*his can be split up into a few variations, slightly more significant than the previous one.
3adly, more and more scripts and bots are coming out to automatically post when a G<*
becomes available. / more reasonable, )fair) method of getting G<*3 is to continually
refresh the front page until you will be the poster of a G<*. Aany people ma#e conscious
efforts to create interesting posts that preconceive the G<*, such as in postE?=H4IJJ
8trac#ing down 4K4"d posts will be e!plained later in this guide: where not only does
anon get the dubs, his meme"s hat has the e!act post number. In the rules section
8which I honestly thin# I"m the only one reading it due to the amount of figs attempting to
do pseudo--mlp- threads:, 'ule EB includes the clause )posting number G<*s) which
9i/:lies that it is an acronym. 3adly, I have no clue as to what the G, <, and * mean.
-Dubs:
/h, the most common type of G<*. *hey occur every =-== posts, and an e!ample of
)chec#ing) them is found within postE?=H444J. *his is the most formal and very rare
form of chec#ing, and is usually more in the form of postE?=HFFB4, or postE?=HFFF4 if
one wishes to leave personal comments to the dubbing post.
-Tri:s>
*his is a step up from dubs obviously, and occurs every =-=== posts. *hus, they are not
only impressive, but very possible to achieve if you attempt to snag one when [s4s] is
going slow. /s a result, these generally get more attention than dubs and can be lin#ed
to intra-thread, albeit rarely due to insignificance relative to other, larger G<*s.
-Qua0s an0 so on: From here on up are the actual G<*s. *he aforementioned #inds
are typically so common that all they merit is a pat on the bac#, but with ;uadruples of
even pentuples, these large strings of repeating numbers generate a lot of attention and
are generally largely accepted. 7owever, this is not always the case as scriptfags usually
snag these G<*s for a ;uic# 9ab of humor rather than letting a random, unsuspecting
poster get it and receiving lots of positive attention. In e!treme cases such as in
postE?KKKKKK, mods had reason to suspect a script was used even though the poster
acted as if it was a random thread. .ith these fraud G<*s, threads are generally
deleted.
-Obscure an0 intra;boar0 *ETs:
G<*s are not always repeating numbers. 3ome are li#e postE=FBBHHB where the 95==5
is a palindrome, and dubs can even be found li#e postE?=HFBBH"s 955 seconds dubs. It
also should be #nown that the chec#ing of repeating digits is only plausible in -b- and
[s4s], and further only generally accepted on [s4s]. 3o, when ;uads or higher occurs in a
different board, [s4s] users lin# to the thread in [s4s] posts. If the G<* is high enough,
they may even feel tempted to go for it themselves. /n e!ample of a scripted, but very
funny, G<* was LLL-n-FJJJJJ where an [s4s]-goer posted a picture of the 5erdananan
stic#y with the thread stating )I have only MF,JJJ.JJ to spend on a bi#e, and want to buy
one with a bas#et for my two rats 8pic related:. /nybody #now where to G<* one$)
I really wish 4plebs archived -n-.
>Fortune:
*his is a very nice function of [s4s], where if you put Efortune in the username section,
your post will be generated with a random colored saying at the end, such as in
postE?=HFBCJ, postE?=HFJII, or postE?=HFIBI. It really means nothing, 9ust li#e
1rivilege, so don"t worry about it too hard if you get a shiggy one. *he mechanics of
Efortune wor# with usernames, even those .I*7 tripcodes 8sadly implying not all are
secured 0; 9tf< sa/efi11in1:.
Pri6ile1e:
1rivilege is a term that shows a slight similarity to -pol- 8intra-thread influence is shown
later in the guide:, as it shows how )privileged) a user is based on race, ideology,
upbringing, and so forth. *his is more common on [s4s] however, and is typically used
for non-racist and non-discriminatory ways. If anybody posts a Erude comment, you can
do as postE?=HFHCC and call them out on this, and even downgrade dubs if necessary.
1rivilege is a fairly hard concept and term to grasp for new users, as it is has virtually no
bac#bone and can be put in so many locations. It really doesn"t mean anything, though
there are some online privilege ;ui,,es and tests that grant you a number that goes
either positive or negative. /n e!ample of one is http>--www.bu,,feed.com-rega9ha-how-
privileged-are-you, but there are many privilege chec#ers and all use differentiating
templates of how privilege is gagued. *here is no legitimate way to test a privilege, so
when an anon tells you to do so, ta#e it as a simple e!clamatory.
Esfores:
*his is 9ust a simple way to say [s4s]. It"s really stupid once you actually reali,e it, I #now
it too# me the longest time to figure it out, but if you sound out )ess four ess) it sounds
li#e this term. *his is also used in other boards, such as -fa- calls neatly dressed people
)effay), or the monstrous boards [a-9p] are called ay9aypee 8or ay9aypeepee ;N0:.
To:kek:
Frosty story time. /nd we ain"t even on fuggen -!-.
*his whole *ur#ish snac# meme 8which is sadly fading out into obscurity, glad I was able
to meme it when I had the chance: originated long, long ago. It started when somebody
too# the 0utch word )lol), translating to )fun), and made it an acronym for laugh out loud.
*his got very popular, and eventually people started saying )lel) to put a new twist on it.
3omebody even made a meme of *op Gun, creating *op (el. 3omewhere down the line,
original )lol) made its way to .orld of .arcraft. %ecause the ma9ority of players on .o.
were Oorean, a translation was in order. It changed to the acronym #e#, and due to its
similarity to lel, *op (el changed to *op Oe#. .hat habbened ne!t was simbly ebin>
somebody must have forgot to put a space between the two words and image searched
top#e#, and found the <*i company"s ca#e snac#. *hus, top#e# was made. /s stated
before, it is indeed fading out and new forms of the meme are also clinging on by a few
threads 8heh [s4s] humor:. *he most popular and recent of the variations is 1ot Oe#.
+a,/a,:
I don"t #now if this is common #nowledge, but it"s 9ust an e!pression of the word meme.
2ommonly used to announce +2 8original content:, and people will say it came from le
maymay oven 8this is more rubbish as there isn"t an actual meme of the oven itself, but
as as#ed in postE?KK???B and answered in postE?KK??BK, it"s safe to say it"s in Italy
with Italiano Aan, notorious G<*ter of the ?KKKKKK G<*. 3till, I included in in the
)Integral Aemes) section for history:.
oi :uss,:
*his is an [a-9p] term that we have to see a lot. /t a first glance I thought it was li#e
dic#girls, but this time on guys, yet it"s actually 9ust describing a guy"s ass, a#a their
technical pussy. 3ince it 9ust means ass, girls have boi pussies as well.
9Quotin1:
I haven"t really witnessed this on other boards as much as I have on [s4s], or at least for
a time during the start of my career. *his isn"t the simple double right caret you use in
response to somebody li#e postE?=HF?K?, but the greente!t as in postE?=HHHKB and so
on. .hen somebody greente!ts, people on [s4s] tend to as# who-what they are ;uoting
from. *his does not happen as much anymore, but it is still as#ed if you go on with
stories li#e -!-"s greente!t stories. It is meant to highlight a certain point of a post that you
are responding to, an e!cellent e!ample of multiple ;uotes is in postE?=4CC=H.
Rusin1:
*his is a word used daily, so all this entry describes is its signifigance to the board. *he
art of rusing is a clever art, and a s#etchy e!ample is in postE?=HBHJH. *hat guy
probably didn"t really need it for homewor#, as pointed out in the thread. 7owever, most
posts ta#e on a funnier and more open guise as to what they are rusing upon. / meme
based upon rusing is the .alruse maymay, but actually doesn"t truly get anywhere. /
post that highlights a possible ruse and an accepted use of greente!t when not ;uoting
is postE?=BCIJI.
NEET:
Dou all #now what it means, )not in education, employment, or training). It"s a term
probably carried over from [rC#] and is 9ust derogatory. (i#e #i#e, though that one usually
stays in its -pol- roots.
ow, all those important terms aside, we can move on to the spelling of words on
[s4s]. *his is a much shorter e!planation and has a few e!amples of common misspelt
words. / good place to start this e!planation is with the word )ebin). 3ort of how lol
slowly transitioned into lel, the word )epic) became epin and ebic before con9oining the
two into ebin. .hen something is very well done, or you see a nice G<*, you can call it
)simply ebinP) +n a side note, this is the name of a meme that bluntly copies the
po#emon 0ewott. It is sometimes confused with the meme 3purdo 3pQrde, due to
3purdo"s parlance and use of the word )ebin).
Ebin:
I #now this was e!plained in the paragraph, but I put it here in case people are s#imming
through this guide. It"s important and I want newfigs to understand this word.
Fu1:
0ue to [s4s] claiming to be a wor#safe version of -b- 8though both are tagged 3F.:,
lewd posters and rude posters are called out upon. For the Erude posters, an epitome of
what to do is in postE?KFH=CB 8aside from the showing [s4s] to your children part:.
Instead of fuc#, use fugP Instead of shit, use shigP 7owever, damn and hell are accepted.
enis:
/ misspelling of the word penis. /gain, posted this as separate from the Fug entry in
case people are s#imming. )%enis) is a bretty common term on esfores.
3ometimes, board names are used in words. *his is common on other boards
too, and the only one that I see on [s4s] common enough to bring up is -b-tard.
ow, let"s get to the main point of how misspellings are used in common
parlance. *ypically, the letter : is replaced with the letter b. *he letter c is occasionally
replaced with the letter 1, and can go into more e!tremes. For e!ample, gan"t can mean
can"t, or gaul mean call. .ith words that end with ;er, it can be switched around to ;re.
/s long as it sounds phonetically similar, people will understand. / bretty gud e!ample if
postE?=HF?==.
.hat is not accepted is blatant misspellings, such as the notorious lol u t# him ?
da barR$ 0on"t substitute )that) with )tht) or )don"t) with )dnt). *he only truly acceptable
abbreviations are the standalone ones such as )bby), which are so common they almost
count as a different word as slang.
Habituals of #s$s%
In order to post on [s4s], you need to understand what ma#es it uni;ue. *hus, we
need to delve into the culture of the board, starting with some of the little things people
do. For starters, it is very common to use te!t faces with a caret as a nose, i.e. >N0 or ;N:.
/lso, as said in the closure of the 5ocabulary section, the purposeful misspelling
of words can become ;uite common, and is a handy tool in diffusing tense situations by
inserting comic relief. *o do so, I recommend loo#ing at some of the nice memes of
3purdo 3pQrde to get what I"m tal#ing about. Faces such as >000000000 and
misspelt words such as )benis) are fairly common means of communication by lin#ing to
a common meme.
/nother small thing to understand is the meaning of #e#. 'arely used as its
intended .o. purpose to mean )lol), #e# should mostly be viewed as the abbreviation
of top#e#. *hough, in some cases, it is used as an e!clamatory such as )&' O<OOIG
OI00IG A<).
e!t comes the Ere##ing. *ypically, somebody will post something along the lines
of postE?=KJBJH. In this e!ample, somebody says the board is slow. *he
aforementioned post then says how his )mum) is slow. *ypically, somebody will respond
to this saying something along the lines of EG<* '<O*, then lin# them to -b-.
In the e!ample, we also see another factor of the ur mum 9o#e. %ecause people
misspell )your-you"re) so much, people have adapted by saying )your"re) or even )ur"re
mum"re). *his is 9ust simple comic relief on a small, simple scale.
3ave raving is something that you may see a bit on [s4s], though not too
common. 3omebody will 9ust respond to a post 9ust about to get pruned, and say )[page
number] save rave >N0). *he 9o#e does not go deeper than this.
4uoting, as said in the 5ocabulary section, is special to [s4s] and revolves
around
91reente?tin1. 4uoting in this fashion is meant to address certain portions of a post at
once, and never should you greente!t li#e in -!- without actually directly ;uoting a
source. 7owever, greente!ting can be used when implying something.
Implying is another fairly large, but small enough inside 9o#e of [s4s] that includes
a poster doing something li#e postE?=H4FCK. *ypically a poster implies something, but
they are wrong. *husly, you use the imply 9o#e to point out them being wrong.
*here is a pin# tiger girl 8or something never #new the fug what it was: that will
say )this is a nice board) or )going to page [specify]). It"s 9ust a cutesy little thing we tend
to do.
/nother cutesy thing other people do is li#e postE?=HII?= with a girl waving
antlers. /gain, doesn"t ma#e much sense, whatever. Oind of li#e awoo 8postE?=HHCHF:,
but awoo does matter.
Aany people say )birds aren"t that important. (ast time they as#ed me if it was
my choice, would I say the same$ 7aving had considerable time to ponder their ;uery,
my answer has not changed.
+ccasionally, but not lately, there are threads about autism. %ut, that implies we
aren"t all autistic. .hich is probably why they all 9ust sorta stopped..
/nother nice thing about [s4s] is that it has a 'adio Aan who does a show every
wee#. *here are also cool things that we go on, li#e www.#ageshi.com-rooms-s4s,
www.plug.d9-#e#, and more recently www.onion.io when the printer demo is open.
Fedoras, though traditionally coming from something li#e [rC#], have a small
meme impact on [s4s]. It is synonymous with the word Eeuphoric here, and if somebody
is being a large faget we 6tip6 our -b-edoras to him. /nother ve-hery small thing you
might find that migrated from [rC#] is the term )normals).
*hen, obviously we chec# dubs. @ust reply to the post with the G<*, greente!t
the repeating digits and-or palindrome, maybe have a funny-positive comment. +r
maybe we"ll call it Erude dubs if the post was being especially Erude. *hen we lin# to
LLL-b-.
+ur stic#ies obviously aren"t the best, and I really don"t understand the reasoning
behind most of them. It doesn"t beg the ;uestion, but rather the statement mods are
frauds. %ut they"re also bretty non-e!istant here, I"ve never detected any intervention
other than postE?KKKKKK. that"s 9ust me though.
Froge is a nice little meme that people 9ust copy and post often. (i#e in
postE?KF=4?I.
*here are some common replies li#e )what anime is this) 8regardless of what the
pic is:, but it has been spelt so poorly there is now another phrase )what animal is this)
or even )what an animal is it$). *here is also )why is this allow), typically pointing to
things somebody doesn"t li#e about the board, li#e [a-9p].
ow, as for the <orkin1 .ours of #s$s%, we definitely have our heights and slow
times. For the most part though, it wor#s around the cloc#. It"s only slow if you happen to
wa#e up early, as it tapers off anywhere between ==pm-=am, and seems to pic# bac# up
at anywhere between =Kam-=?pm. *hat"s 9ust what I"ve witnessed anyhow, and your
e!periences with the baord could be different depending how much the posting habits of
people changes.
$:lebs&or1
*he site is nearly imperative to [s4s] and its functions. It archives threads, even
after they"ve 4K4"d, and you can use it to see ghost posts li#e the ?KKKKKK G<*, find
specific users 8which is why it"s very handy to namefig - you can trac# yourself on the
site li#e this:, and even loo# in a specific timeframe if you #now a post was posted
between the ?4th and ?Jth.
*o use 4plebs.org to loo# up [s4s], you can go to http>--archive.4plebs.org-s4s- or
go to the homepage to clic# on [s4s]. *hen, locate the search bo! and type in your specs
on what you want to find. *o loo# up posts, you simply put the post number in the
general bo!. If you want to customi,e your search, fill in what is necessary in the
pulldown tab. If nothing is found, an error will occur, so rechec# your pulldown tab to
ma#e sure you don"t have too many customi,ations. *he website #eeps temporary
coo#ies so you don"t have to put in every spec every single time, so ma#e sure to
remove some if you don"t need them all.
/t this point in the guide, I"m gonna be a bit more loose and type more li#e an
[s4s]-goer now that terms and spelling errors are aside.
!!& CONTR!"T!ON
T.e <on0erful art of Fi11in1
/nyhow, before memes, we get to the chapter of figging. / common
misconception many people have is that Figs believe they are higher than everybody
else. *hough this is true for a few, it"s not inherently true for everybody. 3ome people
temporarily use a name li#e )+1) so people #now which anon started a specific thread,
or have a once-off funny one li#e )le Aastre 2hef). (uc#ily this false predilection doesn"t
occur very often and namefigs are safe from scrutiny.
In the case of myself and most others, it"s to document our wor#s on 4plebs. /lso
in the case of myself but a few others, it"s to become #nown on an anonymous website.
)+hhh but that"s fuggen stupid and ur"re 9ust a faget-) well tough fuggen tits, it"s my goal.
If nobody every figged, we wouldn"t have Gippo 0udee or 2aptain Oe#. %retty fuggen
important to be #nown if you #now how to do it right. 3pea#ing of which, here"s an
insider"s guide on how to namefig and create successful threads in general. I"m going to
save meme-type threads for later as it actually re;uires a whole different chapter in this
guide.
.hen starting a new figure, it"s important to thin# of the name and what you
represent. In my case, it"s a last name. In cases li#e /#ari /#a,a"s, it represents an
anime character and she avatarfigs 8by ma#ing a certain character or person ubi;uitous
with your posts:. %ut in all cases, it is a co.erent na/e t.at @ust fu11en /akes sense.
If you do someting li#e )!!dogeOillar!!) it 9ust sound stupid. 0o something nicer and
more clean-cut, li#e maybe a )0oge 0avid) or a )%loody .an#er). *hin# of it something
li#e a name, not a username. Dou"re a figure here, not a player.
/fter you have decided your username, please :lease do something most
newfagets fail at.. Get a secure tripcode. +r a regular one. *hese are 9ust li#e
passwords, and save themselves as a coo#ie so you don"t have to re-type them for
every post. /fter you have your username ready, put a E or EE, then your )tripcode). *he
tripcode itself is 9ust a simple word, and the number of hashtags states whether it is
displayed or not. For e!ample, 0oge 0avidEAot3uc#s would show as Do1e Da6i0
[random 9ibberish li#e P?sdattGG]. If you did two hashtags, it would 9ust be Do1e Da6i0.
%ecause the tripcodes are encrypted from one word into another, you don"t have to
worry about people impersonating you unless they"re really out to get you and put in
supreme effort. I prefer the hidden EE tripcodes since it loo#s cleaner, but to show
people if it"s actually you, then go with the shown #ind. %ecause it bolds the name and
unbolds the tripcode statement, you can"t fa#e a tripcode.
T.is is ,our fu11in1 :ass<or0 ,ou fu11in1 fi1s& "SE one&
6/hem6. ow that the setup is complete, we delve further into what ma#es good
posts. /t a glance, [s4s] seems to be a maelstrom of chaos and loo#s li#e people roll
dice to decide which threads are better than others. *o an outsider this is virtually true,
but once you integrate into the [s4s] mind, it all begins to ma#e sense. .e"ll start small
and thin# of how to ma#e ;uality 1+3*3 and responses.
.hen I was 9ust starting my [s4s] career, I thought it was all in ma#ing threads
that included intricate memes. *his is not essentially true, as most of what anybody does
is comment and reply to already e!isting threads. 3o rule number fuggen =, don"t try to
be a flamboyant faget stealing all the attention. If somebody posts some +2 template,
and you thin# yours is the best in the thread, don"t have some boastful post about it. %e
nice and say something modest, li#e 9contribootin. If you go all out to e!plain your
humor and praise yourself, the whole purpose of posting is lost; it"s not about you, it"s
about +1 and what he"s saying-doing. Dou are simply a pawn of the thread. 3ince [s4s]
has such a variety of posters, one man"s mil#sha#e is another man"s cherrysha#e. *he
spectrum of humor is so vast, that chances are only a few people gla,ing through the
thread will thin# your post was best. *hey could chuc#le, but that"s about it because the
main focus is on the thread, not 9ust you.
/nd a second thing about posting> you never actually #now how successful you
are. Dou must adapt the mindset of )I"m going to download +1"s pic, do something funny,
and re-upload. I might even dwell on the thread to see if I got a comment.) Aost people
don"t truly reali,e how small they are compared to the wide scope of [s4s], but that 9ust
adds to the beauty of it all. [s4s] is such a diverse board that newfigs don"t reali,e that
until their humor is slowly integrated with [s4s] humor, and essentially they bind with the
organic flow of it.
/ third thing about posts> not all of them have to be absolutely fe##ing
spectacular. /lthough I"m not saying to have half of your posts li#e this, simple positive
interaction li#e )nice dubs) or posting doges in doge threads can do wonders. *he little
shiggy posts are nothing when alone, but when you have everybody in [s4s]
contribootin", it"s something to behold. *his is one way [s4s] is a bit different than other
boards, it"s because we ta#e it upon ourselves to do mundane tas#s in order for it to
compound into a beautiful thread. 3imple posts are ama,ing when in large ;uantities.
*here isn"t much else I can say about how to post, e!cept when you are replying
to a thread and you"re tal#ing to the +1, ;uote him. *he first thing most people chec# are
the replies to +1, and this can get you more recognition than if they randomly scrolled
through the thread to find your post. /side from ;uoting +1, don"t call an uber amount of
attention to your single post, li#e said before.
/ll in all, because posts are insignificant little things, treat them as such. 0on"t go
fuggen cra,y trying to call attention to what you 9ust did. *he only person that needs to
be proud of you is yourself, nobody else.
3o now, we get into what ma#es ;uality *7'</03. +oh, bretty fuggen
e!citing ;N:. Dou 9ust have to have a few simple things in mind when creating a thread in
order for it to be successful. I gave the guide to ma#ing ;uality posts before ;uality
threads not 9ust to lead up to it, but for you to understand something before moving to
the big guns.
(i#e in biology, you learn the functions of a cell before a living tissue. .hat many
fagboats that go to [s4s] fail to reali,e is that they only care about the tissue itself, and
pay no mind to singular cells. *hey are in it for themselves, which is what some other
boards revolve around, which is thin#ing too big. Instead of thin#ing too big all at once,
thin# of the tiny little cells. .ithout a ;uality +1, no posters-cells. o cells, no tissue. /nd
thus your thread fails.
3o, when ma#ing a thread, ma#e sure it"s something that people actually would
en9oy ta#ing part in. Instead of self-centered posts li#e postE?=HH4=K 8which only gets a
pity response: which revolve around your own +2 or your own cool thing you found or
this cool benis you 9ust suc#ed.. %ecause guess what$ 2ells don"t merit a shit about it.
.e don"t feed shitposters who don"t contribute to the ;uality of the board, since the
;uality only increases if people li#e what you"re doing.
/nd for people to li#e what you"re doing, you have to have a few of the following
things in your threads> ambiguity, open opinions, templates, originality, a fagnet magnet,
humor, adaptivity, strong feels, and dear god effort. Dou need to put a bit of heart and
soul into your threads.
*he first essence of a post can stand alone, and it"s a fagnet magnet. I coined the
term to describe things that I li#e and everybody li#es, but it"s a sort of cheap way to get
posts. *wo very good e!amples are doge and awoo. <verybody can loo# up doge on
google and contriboot, and you #now they"re gonna, and with awoo.. I really don"t #now.
It"s se!y$
*he other ma9ority of posts that aren"t fagnet magnets must combine about t<o
or t.ree of t.e ot.er essences of :osts. / bretty gud compo is humorSopen opinions.
+pen opinions does not necessarily mean you posted a discussion thread, but if you had
something li#e postE?=HJ=BB had going you wouldn"t even need a fugging meme
attached. *hese stories-;uestions are strange thusly funny, and because it"s as#ing a
;uestion, it ma#es multiple responses. *hese threads wor# very well, because not only
does a first round of posters answer the initial ;uestion, they begin to comment and
support each other"s opinions. Dou"ve 9ust created a micro-community >N0.
*emplates can also be standalone but I"ll get to those in the meme"ing section.
For now, let"s tal# about another nice combo> originalitySadaptivity. *a#e a loo# at
postE?=HH=K?. It too# an e!isting anime picture, yes, but it added to it.. and suggested
that other anons do the same. *hreads li#e this are very fun to contribute in, because
what you contribute is important to all subse;uent variations after your contribution.
*he last nice dynamic duo, you guessed it, is the remaining strong
feelsSambiguity. *he first e!ample coming to mind is lewd threadE?=H4C?=. *he strong
feel is 9tf< no 1f.. but people too# it ;uite a different way. It became a booty thread as
+1 had a nice booty pic, but then was a dildo thread, went bac# to booties, and abruptly
stopped at cuties. *he thread evolved so suddenly and diversely all because nobo0,
coul0 fu11en un0erstan0 <.at eac. ot.er <as sa,in1& !t-s like fu11en cit, of
abel4&A&@:1&@son&e?e&
+f course, the more essences of a thread you pour into yours, the more
successful they are li#ely to be. /lso, find which combos wor#, and which ones wor# for
you. 7owever, no thread can beat +2 memes.. 3&22<33F&( +2 memes.. .hich is
bescribed after you loo# at successful namefigs >0000000PP
E?a/:les of successful Na/efi1s:
%y analy,ing the style of recent growing namefigs, we can learn from them and
perhaps adapt to their sort of style. *he three that I"ve chosen, myself included, have
very different in their styles and I love them all. +f course, there are definitely even more
diverse styles of namefigging and I would encourage you to loo# for your own beat, but
for those loo#ing for a place to start, here it is.
*he first namefig I chose was Akari AkaBa. 7er avatar is honestly the only good
thing to come out of [a-9p], because whenever you see the pic you #now it"s gonna get
Eeuphoric. 3he"s such a #ind person, always crac#s down on Erude people, and en9oys
chec#ing dubs and chec#ing in on all #inds of figs. If you thought tl;dr for the stuff above,
I made an analogy on how posts are li#e cells in a tissue. *he posts themselves are
really insignificant, but if you get enough strong ones together, you ma#e something
beautiful.
This is exactly what Akari does.
7er positive outloo# for [s4s] contributes massive amounts of positive feedbac#
towards other posts and +2-memes. *he pure sort of humor she uploads every day is
ama,ing, and she is possibly my favorite namefig. I probably li#e her more than myself
as a fig.
*he ne!t namefig has positive energy as well, but in a playful almost child-li#e
manner. 1ostE?=HFCC? shows how he li#es to use misspellings, and postE?=BFB== nuff
said. Co.n +atri? is a bretty fun-loving namefig who was the ne!t fig I came to en9oy
seeing. 7e can either do an /#ari thing by contributing to threads in his own uni;ue way,
but other times amuses himself on the board. 3ome people might thin# it"s shitposting,
but I actually laugh when I see his Grace @ones dump threads. It shows how his style is
carefree and how he en9oys the simplest of posts.
%efore I get into myself 8Etoplewd:, let"s see what the other two had in common.
+ne thing that should stic# out is that they are both su:er frien0l,. *his is O<D to
namefigging; if you"re ever Erude, people remember. *hese people contribute often and
e!press themselves in many ways most figs ought to. 3o without further ado, let us
delve into the mind of Tsuua.
I fire off puns [?K?IB==] and references [?=HBJKJ] for comic relief, conform to
3purdo parlance as personal humor [?=HBFC=], but my main call-to-arms is my
capabilities in modifying images [?=4KCFH]. .henever I get angry, I don"t use derogatory
comments, 9ust funny ones that convey similar points [?=4CC=H]. %ut as of recent, in the
end of the day, I rely on one thing.
THE FUGGING MEMES!
Took Tsuua fu11en lon1 enou1.
+e/es
+h my lawd. For all of you that went tl;dr.. I actually don"t thin# anything prior to
this will matter, other than the vocabulary section. I 9ust brushed up on posting methods
and thread creation, so I suppose chec# that since memes aren"t an end-all-be-all
solution to being successful on [s4s], but memes by themselves are different than typical
threads and posts. *hey mean a bit more, especially when it is +2; especially li#eable
+2, which I will try to e!plain later.
ow. *here are really two #inds, nay, three sorts of memes I suppose. *he first is
9ust copying a common meme and pasting it, li#e postE?=HII?= 8which is also a display
of fagnet magnet: where you 9ust follow a set guideline of what the meme is and what it
represents. 1ost a witty caption and tada, instant magnet if it"s a strong enough post.
*he ne!t is very small and 9ust suffices as a reply or a saying. <!amples are, but
not limited to, postE?=HHBIF, postE?=BBFII, and postE?=HF4JC.
*hese sorts of copied memes are fair game on [s4s] and are generally accepted
seeing as they are our culture and history, but don"t have this as everything you
contribute. Dou need to have some originality, such as creating your own uni;ue
perspectives on memes.
1utting new twists on old memes are nice, li#e postE?=4KK4=, can be funny and
refreshing. 7owever, original posts such as this are often copied and posted again and
again, without giving credit to the creator 8hence why namefigging can have its per#s
with 4plebs.org:. %ut, don"t get mad if anybody uses your +2, don"t respond li#e
postE=4B???C. Instead, get over it and reali,e that people actually li#ed what you
contributed.
7owever, one way that ma#es it easy for people to #now you"re the author of a
meme is if it is something people haven"t seen-used before. *his is what you"ve been
waiting for, the guide on +2P
Generally, I thin# paint is where most of the best +2 is born. .hy$ %ecause
although +2 can be a funny picture li#e postE?=HH=HJ, the fun will stop there because
nobody can really post anything in reply. Dou could get a )nice dubs) or )#e#"d and
saved), but nobody will be able to contribute to that #ind of thread. 3o thusly, +2 memes
will go a lot further as people can modify and warp them to their li#ing. 3eeing as paint is
a funnily crappily loo#ing drawing tool, it can be perfect for the 9ob.
.hen ma#ing +2 with the intent of it becoming a meme, you must have B things
in mind> postability, adaptivity, and versatility. 1ostability is how easy it is to ta#e the
original meme, modify it into another setting, and repost it. If postability is not only easy
enough but very fun and humorous, then you have nothing to worry about with your
meme being popular. e!t is adaptivity, meaning if the meme can be ta#en out of
conte!t and if custom memes can be created off of it. If it is made in paint and the layout
is simple enough, people can definitely try to ta#e a stab at ma#ing memes outside of
the original setup-template. *he final thing is versatility> will people ./* to ma#e more
threads about this$ Is this funny enough that you won"t have to carry this thing on your
shoulders alone$
/n e!ample of a recent +2 meme that has gained popularity is postE?=4K?=C.
*his alone was very insignificant as people didn"t understand the pupose of the meme. It
was not until postE?=4K4=? when a template was used, granting the +2 the purpose of
wal#ing in on aw#ward situations. (ater, a dump thread of multiple templates was
created at postE?=4KHFJ. *he postability of this meme is high, because it follows a strict
enough template for anybody to follow. It is adaptive enough and has been made into
posts such as postE?=H?ICI for the avid GIA1 user. It is versatile as it uses a funny
catchphrase, using )fug)> a common term on [s4s].
Aany people can fail in posts such as postE?=4HCKJ. I personally li#ed 0octor
0ic#, but it didn"t catch on due to postability and adaptivity. Aost people didn"t feel the
effort needed to draw up crafty 0r. 0ic# faces, since most of them I"m guessing came
from a *5 show or online source. *his also essentially limits the amount of +2 that could
come from 0r. 0ic#, since there is a limited amount of content on him. I feel this would
be better suited as an avatarfig, personally.
/nother meme 7enryetta also fell into obscurity, because as you can see in
postE?=44?4B, it is a difficult picture to redraw. 1erhaps if this came with a template and
more clear purpose, adaptivity would be mended and it could have ta#en off more.
1ostE?K?4FHH is an e!ample of a meme that definitely had enough postability
and adaptivity, but apparently no versatility. *he thread included a lot of diverse ta#es on
the meme, one of my favorites being postE?K?H=JJ as it serves as a purpose for &ncle
%, but it ultimately fails as people lost interest. .hat ma#es a meme interesting or not is
beyond me, so #eeping the B ;ualities of +2 memes high is bretty much all you can do.
3o, in general, memes must have the B ;ualities decribed 8postability, adaptivity,
and versatility: along with a :ur:ose. I feel this is where many memes fail, li#e
postE?=HCKHF. Aaybe if it were something more li#e http>--i.imgur.com-F9J=%#3.9pg with
a caption )+h "tis a fine day to 2luc#le a 2huc#le at par#fags), it would give this meme
8calling it 2luc#le a 2huc#le: a purpose of stal#ing people to laugh at them. If anybody
en9oys this meme, credit postE?=HCKHF, not me. *heir +2.
Finally, there is the ;uery as to what"s best when it comes to starting a meme.
.hat I did with the )Fug, wal#ed in on it) meme e!ample was to spam it in a bunch of
images in a bunch of threads. *hat way, it was constantly on page= the whole day, so it
was virtually impossible for people to not see it. *hen, when people got a good loo# at it,
they could 9udge whether it was actually funny or not. 0ue to it getting the B ;ualities
right and having a funny enough purpose, it became a meme and went to be a small
meme that people recogni,e as funny if they were to see it again. 7ell, chec#
postE?=H?C?F.
9Cue :ost>43=53DD&
!!!& CLOS"RES
!ntra;boar0 influences
.ith a name li#e 3hit 4chan 3ays, you can bet on there being at least some
influence from other boards on 4chan. +ne of the large influences is a board that is
considered the anceint ancestor of [s4s]> -pol-. I agree with these claims, due to there
being crude humor and similar threads on both. It"s 9ust that the focus of the humor is
obviously different and they are meant for different things, but -pol- does describe the
ma9ority of [s4s]-goers. +ne of the most obvious connections to an ancestry of -pol- is
the use of 1rivilege. .here else than such a politically incorrect board could such a
degrading term spawn$
/nother board that is lin#ed to [s4s] is obviously -b-, though I wager to say the
two can differ immensely. Des, their posting structure is different, and we do have our
lewd moments, but for the most part it isn"t all that similar. 1ersonally, I thin# of [s4s] as
being a more mature and wor#safe -b- 8although both are 3F.;I do believe there have
been attempts to ma#e [s4s] more wor#safe, however:.
*he board -mlp- influences [s4s] 9ust slightly due to threads about -mlp- not being
allowed, but still you can find ponies here and there. I find them light-hearted and funny
and would li#e to see more, but I #now if we lifted the rule on no -mlp- they"d flood us and
we wouldn"t stand a chance.
[rC#] influences [s4s] the least. It is almost a non-e!istant trace. *he meme of the
feel guy sort of represents 9tf< no 1f, but isn"t always used li#e that. /lso, the term
)normal) is used in both boards, as well as )alpha) and )beta).
-e- and -u- really only find their way to the board via [a-9p], but sometimes they
influence the board. 3ome awoo threads become an ecchi dump with posts li#e
postE?=4?C?F, and there"s a lot of )why is this allow) in regards to yuri li#e
postE=B=C=C="s )forbidden love). *he boards themselves rarely show on [s4s], but
similar content appears.
ow we get to the scourge of the matter. [a-9p]. /lthough it"s within the rules to
post on [s4s], not everybody is happy with that. 1ersonally, I along with others are fine
with occasional animu posts since this I3 [s9$s]. %ut, it becomes too much when the
front page gets flooded with it. *here have been multiple attempts to eradicate the board
on [s4s], I myself once had been loo#ing into some friends studying to be lawyers to see
if there were any loopholes in the rules to stop [a-9p] posting 8this was a time the board
was infested with it:. *here is an [s4s] 0eclaration of Independence at postE?KFKF=H
and it is continually updated and signed, li#e the 2onstitution, with a copy found in
postE?=4=FI?. *here was also a battle of ;uads, though many people scriptfagged
about it. I did li#e postE?=4HHHH, however, which started the )if ;uads [a-9p] leaves) and
)if ;uads anti-[a-9p] leaves) thing.
Ori1ins of #s$s% culture
*his section is 9ust to prove as a history lesson on [s4s] that only oldfigs would
remember.
Dubs:
0ubs come to us from -b-, the random board whom I guess also associated
%ateman with them. 7ow and-or when$ I don"t #now. -b- has never been archived, at
least not to my #nowledge, so this is a tough call.
From what I can purely assume is that somebody wanted to lin# to their own
post, anticipating a G<*, and posted 1atric# %ateman"s pointing arm. .hy %ateman$ I
have no clue. It"s ironic how we can worship doubles so much but #now so little about
their origin.
9Quotin1:
4uoting can be seen as far bac# as postE=???B=K, possibly further, and after
some research found that it originated on -9p-. *fw they"ve been controlling us all along.
*he entire ;uote thing can be found very far bac#, possibly beginning with LLL-9p-I=H.
Aoot said he was going to )a!e the board) if it was )a hassle to moderate). *hus, not
only does this prove that moot shoulda fuggen pulled the plug when he had the chance,
it shows how ironic [s4s] really can be >000
Pri6ile1e:
1rivilege comes from -pol-, but seeing as I haven"t located a full archive of that
thread yet, I don"t have much to go on with this as well. 3o, let"s loo# up the definition of
privilege> )a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular
person or group of people). *his is perfect for a board li#e -pol- due to their impressive
oppressive obesity, nigger, muslim, #i#e, and feminist threads among many others.
3ince -pol- seems to hate those groups of people, it only ma#es sense that modern
1rivilege *esters see if you fall into these categories or not. 7owever, [s4s]"s ta#e on
chec#ing privilege differs greatly from -pol-"s in the way that [s4s] isn"t liberal literal or
Erude about it.
Personal s,no:sis
If there was any portion of this guide on [s4s] that was meant to primarily revolve
around me as a figure as opposed to things I have done and how they affected the
board, this would be it. I"m ma#ing this not because I"m saying how ama,ing I am and
how far I"ve become, but how the e!perience has changed me and what to e!pect when
e!pecting to ma#e a name for yourself on anonymous websites. /nd again, note that not
all namefigs intend to ma#e names for themselves on [s4s], and rarely any of us are
narcissists.
3o I"m a bretty rare ste#.
I first learnt about [s4s] from a pro9ect my brother did about how the internet was
a twisted and evil place, and what anonymous boards were. *his is how I first heard the
name 4chan.org, and I never #new anything else about it aside from its 4-leaf pattern.
3o, fast forward some =K years and I decide that I"m going to give it a try. Aind you I"ve
never been on /D sort of forum before, so the entire e!perience was new to me. *he
first time I went on the board was a few days before my first post, and my intent was to
go through every board alphabetically in order to see which ones were better than
others.
+f course, that meant I got the brute of anime and hentai immediately after
visiting. 7owever, I wasn"t scared of it, but welcomed it as what came with the 4chan
pac#age. I made my way to -f- and -#- 8where I learnt about @ohn (a0ue:, then around a
few others before calling it a night. *he ne!t day I went on -f- and -#- a lot, and figured
out -wsg-. It wasn"t until the third day of 4channing that I decided to delve further, and
after not understanding a damn thing in [rC#], I got to [s4s].
.ow.
I loo#ed around the boards a lot and didn"t ;uite understand what the difference
was between threads or posts, or even what replying was, so I 9ust sat in awe for a
whole day piecing together what it all meant. *he ne!t day, I made my first post.
o.=CF=CHI. I lur#ed around ma#ing more posts, before finding a top#e# cat thread
where somebody wanted a specific photo modified with #e#. I too# the wor# of
o.=CF?44= and made o.=CF?F=J where I also mi! up 3purdo 3pQrde with not )<bin),
but )<din). I had a long way to go.
3ometime later I found top#e#, and went on a whole phase of 9ust creating #e#
memes, my first being o.=CFHF=C. I made do,ens of these for awhile 8one of my
favorites is o.=CFCJB?: before reali,ing my threads were going nowhere. .hen I as#ed
people to contribute top#e# memes, nobody did. I was confused as I didn"t understand
what made good threads, tried other memes li#e the Feel Guy 8see o.?KJB4FJ: and
made a real nice +2 photo 8o.?KJ4KB4:, and eventally gave up on [s4s] for awhile. I
still #ept coming bac#, and upon e!treme analysis, I started to understand its inner
wor#ings and what made posts good. It was the same epiphany as the anthill analogy
that I made all the way in the intro, and then something clic#ed and gears began to turn.
I believe it was around this time that /#ari /#a,a said she was leaving 8than# god she"s
bac#: and this happened> http>--i.imgur.com-.fHotvt.png. *hough we aren"t super close
as friendfigs now, I"d li#e to become more associated with her and @ohn Aatri! since
they really are the epitome of le 3upreme amefig.
Finally, I posted o.?=4K?=C, a simple meme in paint. .hen it was about to get
pruned, I had the ne!t epiphany about memes needing purpose, and put Fug in a door
frame> o.?=4K4=?. I completely flooded the front page with different templates of
memes, I legitimately made between BH-4K different pics, and that"s what made people
recogni,e it. *hey en9oy the )Fug, wal#ed in on It) meme, and I en9oy finally
understanding what ma#es [s4s] tic#. /nd now, as I near the end of my guide, I will ma#e
it clear it is not the end of my 9ourney. /nd though you are nearing the end of your
reading, this is only the start of your own [s4s] career.
Aa#e it a good one.
!(& !NTE*RAL +E+ES
[s4s] houses a variety of memes, and at any two given times there are probably
completely different memes being displayed and posted. For e!ample, sometimes there
are a lot of awoo threads of boiler ones. .hile writing this final chapter, there are lots of
)ayy lmao) threads circulating the board. *hus, cataloging memes based on )popularity)
is futile, since one day a meme may s#yroc#et only to plummet the following. 3o here I
describe what I see as )integral memes)> they aren"t always popular, but you can always
count on seeing them every now and then. %ecause there is no order of importance, I
will organi,e them alphabetically.
A<oo:
http>--i.imgur.com-'lJ7mve.9pg
/woo is really the only thing 8other than /#ari /#a,a: that I tolerate which comes
from [a-9p]. .hen posters post her, they say )awoo) or )daily reminder, awoo) or
something of the li#e. *his is 9ust a light-hearted fagnet-magnet that people tend to post
when there aren"t any live threads in the catalog. I believe it started in postE?KKBBH?
where somebody as#ed to see a howling version of +1"s anime picture. From there,
many people posted the same picture saying )less bloated) or )no this one is best), and
later became a meme.
*his meme was spammed across the board repeatedly by (ewdtron 8a samefig
spinoff of )(uptron): and is possibly how the meme became populari,ed. *his is li#e
what I personally did with 'yan 2hamberlain 8more commonly #nown as Fug, wal#ed in
on it: where it was constantly shown on the first page. 7owever, (ewdtron obviously did
this for a more dastardly purpose.
ir0s are not t.at i/:ortant:
http>--i.imgur.com-e=vf?@B.9pg
*his started bac# around postE=?I=KCI, and for no apparent reason. /fter this
initial post, the user 2hild 1orn 3tar definitely too# it upon themself to carry on this
saying. I was able to find FF posts by that user describing the uninportance of birds, 4J
of which posted on 0ec. Ith of ?K=B. *his is li#e with awoo and 2hamberlain; it was
spammed constantly and it definitely caught on. 7owever, more recently, postE?=JJJJJ
is attempting to change [s4s]"s outloo# on the bird populace. *hese ;uints ma#e for a
very tough case, though I personally wager to say that it definitely depends on the bird. I
find 2luc#le a 2huc#le one of the few arguably important species around.
Do1e:
http>--i.imgur.com-BK4ufb.9pg
*he origins of this meme are outside of 4chan and [s4s], so there truly isn"t much
to say about this particular meme. (i#e awoo girl, there is typically one doge thread
going around most of the time. 1eople post pictures of doge, tal# in doge parlance, and
that"s about it really.
Donut +an:
http>--i.imgur.com-&Js#,i..9pg
I could not find the e!act origins of this meme, but I"m fairly sure this originated in
[s4s]. From the posts and threads I can find of it, it says it was )the stic#y that started it
all), hence why this meme also has the nic#name )le stic#y man) or )le stic#y donut
man). 7is face is sometimes photoshopped into other memes, and sometimes the
computer screen of the original image is modified. 7owever, this meme is typically used
for historical reference.
Feels:
http>--i.imgur.com-rfnGsp.png
*he feels meme 8or sometimes 9ust called )feels guy): came from 'eddit and is
seen sparsely on [s4s]. *hough the meme is usually used for its intended purpose to
convey loneliness, it sometimes is used in threads about [rC#].
Flo<re:
http>--i.imgur.com-g.usth*.9pg
Flowre originated in postE=B4JKHF, and by far has the most profound bac#story
of all the memes. 3he was #ic#ed out of her home board 8left unspecified: and too#
refuge in [s4s]. *here have been threads li#e postE=IF?BBH where flowre has misfortune
happen to her 8in this e!ample her #e# is stolen:, and she generally has a depressing
bac#story 8li#e how her uncle touched her inappropriately as a seedling:.
Fro1e:
http>--i.imgur.com-5l*04/4.png
3adly 4plebs prunes old threads, but it is reported that the Froge meme began
single-handedly by Oe##ats between I-J-=B and I-C-=B. 3ince then, froge has caught on
and many users have attempted to become froges themselves 8albeit with limited
success:.
*entoo:
http>--i.imgur.com-o9G##%F.9pg
.as installing Gentoo part of your plan$ If not, consider it. Installing Gentoo is
1uarantee0 to ma#e your computer run T=KK faster, how could this -g--originating 9o#e
lie to us$ If installing the (inu! program Gentoo is of no help, then try deleting 3ystemB?.
1lease give this advice to everybody you meet, no matter the ;uestion 8regardless of if a
;uestion was as#ed:.
*eor1e CostanBa:
http>--i.imgur.com-/CaFl(H.9pg
2ostan,a"s reaction face was first posted on -sp-, and has migrated to [s4s] as a
means of critici,ing something cra,y-ridiculous that people are doing. It is reported to
have first been posted with the greente!t )Lputting #etchup in the fridge). It is also
almost ubi;uitous with the acronym I37DG00* 8I seriously hope you guys don"t do this:.
I got this image a lot when I was saying I was ma#ing an [s4s] guide, but now it"s
up, so what do$ othing.
Le ket:
http>--i.imgur.com-Une&VD3.9pg
*his picture of *om loo#ing around the corner was spammed on -b- in ?KKH. It got
so bad that people started saying )IF I 3<< *7/* F&GGIG O<* +< A+'< *IA<-),
and it migrated to [s4s] with posts telling everybody that they brought it upon
themselves. 3ometimes there are oldfig threads saying everybody brought le #et upon
themselves, but more often threads will say )le #et is at it againP)
Le /a,/a, o6en:
http>--i.imgur.com-usuo44F.9pg
*hough not officially documented as a meme, I thin# that it deserves some credit
as this is where most memes are said to have come from. It was not until postE?=JC=4K
that the maymay oven was shown for the first time, and since then it has been shrouded
in mystery. *he Illuminati and 2I/ are reported to be in affiliation with 2icada BBK= doing
who #nows what sorts of tests on the oven"s capabilities.
le +e/e 0rea/:
http>--i.imgur.com-pHf'pdh.9pg
*his particular meme too# ;uite a bit of research. It is a boss from the Olonoa
series, and is named 'ongo (ango. 'ongo is summoned by @o#a, a clown which is
sometimes edited into le meme dream"s picture. le Aeme 0ream was mainly populari,ed
by #e#ero, or so it would seem as 4plebs only goes bac# so far. 2roce seems to have
contributed to its popularity as well.
Patrick ate/an:
http>--i.imgur.com-ym@4wtm.9pg
1atric# %ateman is commonly used to chec# dubs, and sometimes goes along
with a copypasta of him alerting the poster that a G<* has been achieved. *his
originates from -b-, but I don"t #now when-how %ateman became associated with number
G<*s. <ither way, he is the most integral of all the memes listed here as he is used the
most often and signifies one of the most important habits of [s4s].
#s$s%;tan:
http>--s4s.wi#ia.com-wi#i--s4s--tan
I lin# to a wi#i page instead because it goes more in-depth that I would have
done in this summary. For ;uic# reference, [s4s]-tan is what [s4s] would loo# li#e
anthropomorphi,ed. 3he is == 8dubs: years old, and her attire shows how enthusiastic
she is about the board. 3he commonly goes into stores and marvels at how the prices
usually end in dubs.
Sa0 Fro1:
http>--i.imgur.com-dDrK<e;.png
ot to be confused with Froge, 3ad Frog is based off of a really bad drawing of
1epe the frog. 3ince then, it has evolved to be ubi;uitous with the phrase )Dou will never
[!]) and commonly has feels, li#e the Feels Guy. 7e has also been made into le 3higgy
0onatello, which is a photo of him in the 2ostan,a pose with a baseball bat held li#e
0onatello"s typical %W staff.
S:ur0o S:Er0e:
http>--i.imgur.com-JB,dyO1.png
3purdo was meant to be a drawing of 1edo %ear, but due to it being so terribly
different, it turned into a completely different meme. It should be noted that he does not
originate from [s4s], but he can still be found on the boards fairly often. 7is parlance of
misspelling words and strange grammar envelopes the minds of some posters, and the
te!t face )>00000000000) is also a common phrase by him. 1erhaps the most
influential word that is most used on [s4s] is the word )ebin), a terrible misspelling of
)epic). ote that the <bin meme is not 3purdo, but rather a complete copy of the
po#emon 0ewott.
T.is is nice boar0:
http>--i.imgur.com-#4CHo(v.9pg
&sually referred to as )nice girl), this pin# anime girl is the third and final thing
that I will accept from [a-9p]. 3he describes how [s4s] is always such a nice board, and
sometimes says )don"t mind me, going to page[specify]). /s of late, she is revelling in
her success of ma#ing [s4s] a noticeably nicer board.
To:kek:
http>--i.imgur.com-,GioA4C.9pg
*op#e#, though no longer as common or influential to the board as it used to be,
is still a nice meme to remember. It is an iteration of the word )lol), and is now being
transformed into other forms such as )1ot Oe#). <arly variations of top#e# included
#e#top, top top#e#, and poop#e#. *op#e# is also a main character in the *5 show )Oe# X
(el).
2alruse:
http>--imgur.com-<&&4*io.png
.alruse is simply a specific walrus picture that is used to denote when ruses are
possibly being implemented. 7owever, the meme usually ta#es on a non-serious guise
and rarely is actually used for its intended purpose of digging up ruses. If you thought
that was ironic, wait "til you find out it"s actually a sealP