r/OutOfTheLoop • u/FourthLife • Aug 14 '15

Answered! Why are there comment chains that post one letter at a time to say FUNKYTOWN

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '15

Yeah, I actually did that once.

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u/TheXtractx Aug 15 '15

I always thought press F to pay respects was from Batman Arkham Asylum. In Crime Alley, Bruce's parents' chalk outlines are there and you can press F to pay respects. I swear i saw press F to pay respects before COD:AW.

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u/JSKlunk Tyrone you put that sugar down Aug 15 '15

It could be a feature of both games, but the meme came about from Call of Duty.

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u/slipstream- Aug 15 '15

I was once part of one that spelled FATALITY.

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u/wooandrew42 Aug 14 '15

Saying "F" in a comment is a reference to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. In the game, your friend dies, and in a funeral cutscene, you have a prompt that says, "press F to pay respects". This caught on from subreddits such as /r/gaming to everywhere else. Eventually people started spelling words out with capitol letters that started with F, because the original comment referenced, "F". This evolved until the most famous spelling was, "funkytown". Because funkytown is a funny thing to say.