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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 32 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

/me slaps Maven around a bit with a large trout

Never understood why mIRC had a builtin for that.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 20 points 5 months ago

Most likely one of the programmers was a fan of Monty Python, or perhaps one of the other older references to being hit by a fish. It wasn't the only action command, just a weird one that lives on.

Here's an interesting dive into the idea of action commands and how they've evolved into things like emojis and netspeak common today.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It was a Monty Python reference and common IRC joke.

I would make bots that would just go around and slap random people with fish lol

I also wrote a contextual menu that was nothing but scripts for slapping the selected user with a wide variety of fish.

12 year old me was a fucking dork.

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

upvoted, but just can I point out: “FartsWithAnAccent” 100% describes an adult-year-old dork 😜🤪

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Man that takes me back. Trout slapping was a huge thing on IRC in the 90's. I never understood why.

Edit: Apparently from Monty Python. Of course.

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 7 points 5 months ago

Why wouldn’t it have

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You've been hit by

You've been struck by

A smooth salmonid

I think "halibut" would work there.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 11 points 5 months ago

This gives me flashbacks to IRC

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago
[–] SoupBrick@yiffit.net 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I am allergic to getting whacked. It hurts every time.

In Team Fortress 2, the Scout can replace his default melee weapon (a baseball bat) with a "Holy Mackerel", a fish wrapped in newspaper. While having similar stats, it announces in the kill feed every time the scout hits an enemy with it, and if he defeats that enemy it will show a "FISH KILL!" message.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 6 points 5 months ago

Somehow it was less perceptible than I had expected.

[–] cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago
[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago
[–] Depress_Mode@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

POV: You are Paul Bunyan

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

WHAT.

Nobody smacks OR whacks me with a wet trout. Nobody! Here's what I say to you:

Hmph.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago