Curious why people type “F” in threads? It’s when you pay respects, but in the most forced way possible

Press F to Pay Respects is an action prompt featured in a cutscene event from the 2014 first-person shooter Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Upon the release of the game in November 2014, many players of the video game mocked the funeral cutscene for its forced element of interactivity that seemed out-of-place at a memorial service.

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It “is” (was) to pay respects, that’s the true origin and purpose.

But many people here didn’t know that, thought it was to “follow”, and the amount of users doing that has surpassed the ones who know what it was really meant for

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Now everyone else knows to hit the kebab and all the other Fs will be legit. You’re welcome. 👍

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People thinking "F = follow" is the most boomer thing I've seen in a while.

To be fair, enough people using a word or term in a different way actually is equivalent to shift its definition (at least in a particular space).

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Reminds me of my mother in law who thought lol was “lots of love” - and proceeded to show respects to friends losing loved ones with “lol x”

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They say F cuz they mean Following. For the longest time I also thought it meant F to pay respects lmao

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Most do that here to follow, but as a result of a widespread misunderstanding of its original meaning, which was indeed to pay respects

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F = Following. Ideally this can be done with the kebab menu as well.

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It is a hamburger menu if it is 3 horizontal lines. 3 vertical dots is kabab menu.

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I cry a bit every time someone uses it to follow a thread here or on Facebook when there’s a menu option to subscribe/follow a thread.

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Oh man I’m sorry. F for respect

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Classic Deloitte.

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It’s always Deloitte.

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Clearly none of you have heard the phrase “F in the chat.” Idk anyone who uses F for following. OP is correct and it means to pay respects.

Ex) male friend has crush on a girl. Female friend looks at him after he’s done something nice for her and she says “aww you’re so cute. I love you like a brother.” People would then type “F” in the comments because our brother/comrade has fallen into the friendzone.

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Reply STOP to opt out of future messages.

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my deepest respect fellow fish

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Why don’t people click the right hand corner and subscribe to post? People who type a comment with F should be banned for 24 hours. Cue the 100 responses typing F here. Better than reading about bonuses I guess.

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Its always been to pay respects. Sometimes because the thread is dead. People who do it to indicate following just misunderstood the original meaning

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Can I get some Fs in the chat

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Here's an F (for) U

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It’s not to pay respects…

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It’s a Reddit thing to follow threads

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Somebody posts about this everyday…

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I thought F stands for a F word instead of an R word. Learned something new today 💪

I need to unF the threads where I Fed inappropriately

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More helpful reacts please. Press (Y) to help

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