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''Fail directs here. For other uses, see [[You|here]]''
[[File:Pants off.gif|thumb|A prime example of Fail]]
[[File:Pants off.gif|thumb|A prime example of Fail]]
Of all the mutilations of the English language that have surfaced on the Internet, the abuse of the word "fail" would surely count as one of the very worst.  The word "fail" was originally a verb, so grammatically correct use would be "I am worried that I am going to fail the test."  However, its usage has changed over the years, as internet users of various web forums began using it as a noun, referring to something as being "full of fail," as an adjective, such as saying, "This is fail," or even as a general exclamation of disgust by saying quite simply, "FAIL."
Of all the mutilations of the English language that have surfaced on the Internet, the abuse of the word "fail" would surely count as one of the very worst.  The word "fail" was originally a verb, so grammatically correct use would be "I am worried that I am going to fail the test."  However, its usage has changed over the years, as internet users of various web forums began using it as a noun, referring to something as being "full of fail," as an adjective, such as saying, "This is fail," or even as a general exclamation of disgust by saying, quite simply, "FAIL."


==Origin==
==Origin==
[[Image:Bstarfail.png|thumb|This overused meme's origin]]
The [[meme]] (YOU FAIL IT) [[shit nobody cares about|originates from the arcade game Blazing Star.]]  Of all the game's obvious draws — among them fast-paced action, disco music, and [[anime]]-style cut scenes — its staying power comes from its [[Engrish|wonderfully terrible Japanese-to-English translations]]. If you beat a level, the screen flashes with the words: "You beat it! Your skill is great!" If you lose, you are mocked: "You fail it! Your skill is not enough! See you next time! Bye bye!"
The [[meme]] (YOU FAIL IT) [[shit nobody cares about|originates from the arcade game Blazing Star.]]  Of all the game's obvious draws — among them fast-paced action, disco music, and [[anime]]-style cut scenes — its staying power comes from its [[Engrish|wonderfully terrible Japanese-to-English translations]]. If you beat a level, the screen flashes with the words: "You beat it! Your skill is great!" If you lose, you are mocked: "You fail it! Your skill is not enough! See you next time! Bye bye!"
<center>'''This overused meme's origin'''</center>
[[Image:Bstarfail.png|center]]


==Epic Fail==
==Epic Fail==
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==Using ''You fail it'' in conversation==
==Using ''You fail it'' in conversation==
*[http://evan.livejournal.com/796317.html klb's journal]
*[http://archive.is/QmWLv klb's journal]
**"It's slang from slashdot, k5 and other places. Started primarily by some of the more obnoxious members of these sites. The full original form is 'YOU FAIL IT (it is ''the thing you failed'')'. It has branched out from there in a variety of forms."
**"It's slang from slashdot, k5 and other places. Started primarily by some of the more obnoxious members of these sites. The full original form is 'YOU FAIL IT (it is ''the thing you failed'')'. It has branched out from there in a variety of forms."
*[http://forum.athletes.com/index.php Athletes.com Forums]
*[http://archive.is/fUQBR Athletes.com Forums]
**"Bulking is for professional bodybuilders. You are not aThe  professional bodybuilder. Therefore, you fail it (it is not being a loser)."
**"Bulking is for professional bodybuilders. You are not aThe  professional bodybuilder. Therefore, you fail it (it is not being a loser)."
*[http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/12/3/164126/366 Want A Billion Dollars?]
*[http://archive.is/YUwOA Want A Billion Dollars?]
**"Seeing as you can't even stabilize a URL. You Fail It. It is using the World Wide Web. (It's not much fun at the top. I envy the common people, their hearty meals and Bruce Springsteen and voting.)"
**"Seeing as you can't even stabilize a URL. You Fail It. It is using the World Wide Web. (It's not much fun at the top. I envy the common people, their hearty meals and Bruce Springsteen and voting.)"
*[http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/JFagiola/Habbofail.png]
*[http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/JFagiola/Habbofail.png]
**"CYBER FAILZ. LOL"
**"CYBER FAILZ. LOL"
*[http://forum.zgeek.com.au/showthread.php?p=504247 Paris Hilton's Notebook Gets Hacked]
*[https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/287906-paris-hiltons-sidekick-hacked-posted-online/ Paris Hilton's Notebook Gets Hacked]
**"Goddamn it, learn to [[troll]] would you? If you going to be taken as credible, you need to at least come from a somewhat reasonable position. All you're doing is trying to defend something that is quite clearly the best thing that's happened on the [[internet]] in, I dunno, MONTHS. You fail it (it is being worthy of [[trolltalk|20721]]). Go back to your trollaxor gaysex, chutney ferret."
**"Goddamn it, learn to [[troll]] would you? If you going to be taken as credible, you need to at least come from a somewhat reasonable position. All you're doing is trying to defend something that is quite clearly the best thing that's happened on the [[internet]] in, I dunno, MONTHS. You fail it (it is being worthy of [[trolltalk|20721]]). Go back to your trollaxor gaysex, chutney ferret."
*[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/09/29/national/w121557D35.DTL Rep. Mark Foley (R,FL) resigns after 16-year-old boy releases inappropriate e-mails and chat logs to ABC]
*[http://archive.is/wVsR8 Rep. Mark Foley (R,FL) resigns after 16-year-old boy releases inappropriate e-mails and chat logs to ABC]
**"LOL, did you see that congressman resigned? He totally failed it. You fail it (it is not [[baby     |raping children]]).
**"LOL, did you see that congressman resigned? He totally failed it. You fail it (it is not [[baby|raping children]]).
**"If the failing of a thousand fails were to fail in the fail zone, that would be like the failing of your failure." & "Now I become am Failzor, the failer of life." ~ J. Robert Oppenheimer
**"If the failing of a thousand fails were to fail in the fail zone, that would be like the failing of your failure."
*"Now I become am Failzor, the failer of life." —J. Robert Oppenheimer


==Variations==
==Variations==
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Image:Sonicfags.jpg|Sonic fags are the biggest failures at life to ever exist on earth.
Image:Sonicfags.jpg|Sonic fags are the biggest failures at life to ever exist on earth.
Image:flail.jpg|You [[doing it wrong|flail ]]it.
Image:flail.jpg|You [[doing it wrong|flail ]]it.
File:Twats brewery 1-26-2014.jpg
Image:Failamongstus.PNG
Image:Failamongstus.PNG
Image:Brian_fail.png
Image:Brian_fail.png
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Image:Faillol.jpg|The master of FAIL
Image:Faillol.jpg|The master of FAIL
Image:FAIL FILE.jpg
Image:FAIL FILE.jpg
Image:Shopping_Carts.jpg
Image:Shipwreck_Cunard.jpg
Image:Mustard_Man.jpg
Image: 2014-12-04 05.16.13.png| Juggalo trolling fail.
File File his
File:TotalFuckingDisaster!.jpg|Congratulations! You have made it to the bottom of this Gallery, have a pair of cartoons from the Modern Toss comic!
File:TotalFuckingDisaster2.jpg|As promised previously, a second cartoon from the Modern Toss comic, as reward for your reaching the bottom of this gallery. Many happy returns!
File:Zawl insults Elcobbola as a cunt on the 13th of Cuntober, 2016.png|Zawl foolishly thought he could get away with insulting [[Wikimedia Cunts]] administrator Elcobbola as a cunt. Needless to say, it did not go well.
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Image:Bike ramp.gif
Image:Bike ramp.gif
Image:Horse jump.gif
Image:Horse jump.gif
Image:Windmill.gif
Image:Windmill.gif|A good day, to die hard!
Image:Skateboards.gif
Image:Skateboards.gif
Image:Pool jump.gif
Image:Pool jump.gif
Image:Glass door.gif
Image:Glass door.gif|Pull
Image:Asian punching bag.gif
Image:Asian punching bag.gif
Image:Tripping into a glass table.gif
Image:Tripping into a glass table.gif
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Image:Roof surf.gif
Image:Roof surf.gif
Image:Failed store robbery.gif
Image:Failed store robbery.gif
File:Convenience Store Grating Fail.gif
Image:Playground Backflip.gif
Image:Playground Backflip.gif
Image:Pogo stick backflip.gif
Image:Pogo stick backflip.gif
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Image:Epic Quail.jpg|Your fail does not amuse...
Image:Epic Quail.jpg|Your fail does not amuse...
Image:bird_fail.jpg
Image:bird_fail.jpg
File:Social experiment seal.png
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|<youtube>NWbZANBE0go</youtube><center>'''Parkour attempt fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>NWbZANBE0go</youtube><center>'''Parkour attempt fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>Ml_6d_kElcM</youtube><center>'''Worst guitar solo ever!'''</center>
|<youtube>Ml_6d_kElcM</youtube><center>'''Worst guitar solo ever!'''</center>
|<youtube>3bHq86hehk8</youtube><center>'''Ustream Fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>GmXwSJlpVwc</youtube><center>'''RE: Troll Fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>YDUFgNB6584</youtube><center>'''RE: Troll Fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>HPPj6viIBmU</youtube><center>'''Star Wars Nerd. Vocabulary fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>E0DABvHzRkY</youtube><center>'''Star Wars Nerd. Vocabulary fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>cAtD69LRDjo</youtube><center>'''Conflict Amphibians REVIEW fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>cAtD69LRDjo</youtube><center>'''Conflict Amphibians REVIEW fail.'''</center>
|}}|border=#000000|background=#CCCCCC}}</center>
|}}|border=#000000|background=#CCCCCC}}</center>


==See Also==
==See also==
*[[Chi-Chan24]]
*[[Doopie Doodles]]
*[[Doopie DoOver]]
*[[Doopie DoOver/Drugs]]
*[[Epic Fail Guy]]
*[[Epic Fail Guy]]
*[[Facepalm]]: The appropriate response to fail
*[[Facepalm]]: The regular response to fail
*[[Fail Blog]]
*[[Fail Blog]]
*[[Failcyclopedia]]
*[[Failcyclopedia]]
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*[[Fail to Win]]
*[[Fail to Win]]
*[[New Zealand Fail Guy]]
*[[New Zealand Fail Guy]]
*[[Gerald Ford|Gerald Fail]]
*[[Roseanne Barr]]
*[[Trying too hard]]
*[[Trying too hard]]
*[[YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG]]
*[[YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG]]

Latest revision as of 14:39, 15 February 2024

Fail directs here. For other uses, see here

A prime example of Fail

Of all the mutilations of the English language that have surfaced on the Internet, the abuse of the word "fail" would surely count as one of the very worst. The word "fail" was originally a verb, so grammatically correct use would be "I am worried that I am going to fail the test." However, its usage has changed over the years, as internet users of various web forums began using it as a noun, referring to something as being "full of fail," as an adjective, such as saying, "This is fail," or even as a general exclamation of disgust by saying, quite simply, "FAIL."

Origin

The meme (YOU FAIL IT) originates from the arcade game Blazing Star. Of all the game's obvious draws — among them fast-paced action, disco music, and anime-style cut scenes — its staying power comes from its wonderfully terrible Japanese-to-English translations. If you beat a level, the screen flashes with the words: "You beat it! Your skill is great!" If you lose, you are mocked: "You fail it! Your skill is not enough! See you next time! Bye bye!"

This overused meme's origin

Epic Fail

Any Epic Fail is a fail so incredibly bad that it paradoxically becomes a win. You cannot try to get an epic fail, because that would just be trying to attain a win. And then you would be trying too hard. It is important to distinguish between garden-variety fail and epic fail. For example:

Fail: Driving your car into a tree.

Epic Fail: Crashing the Hindenburg into the Titanic because you got distracted by a Detroit Lions game on laser-disc.

Cures of Fail

At this time, there's only one known cure, to win. The alternative treatment when the cure doesn't work is to kill yourself, preferably over the most trivial things and in the most over-the-top way imaginable.

Using You fail it in conversation

  • klb's journal
    • "It's slang from slashdot, k5 and other places. Started primarily by some of the more obnoxious members of these sites. The full original form is 'YOU FAIL IT (it is the thing you failed)'. It has branched out from there in a variety of forms."
  • Athletes.com Forums
    • "Bulking is for professional bodybuilders. You are not aThe professional bodybuilder. Therefore, you fail it (it is not being a loser)."
  • Want A Billion Dollars?
    • "Seeing as you can't even stabilize a URL. You Fail It. It is using the World Wide Web. (It's not much fun at the top. I envy the common people, their hearty meals and Bruce Springsteen and voting.)"
  • [1]
    • "CYBER FAILZ. LOL"
  • Paris Hilton's Notebook Gets Hacked
    • "Goddamn it, learn to troll would you? If you going to be taken as credible, you need to at least come from a somewhat reasonable position. All you're doing is trying to defend something that is quite clearly the best thing that's happened on the internet in, I dunno, MONTHS. You fail it (it is being worthy of 20721). Go back to your trollaxor gaysex, chutney ferret."
  • Rep. Mark Foley (R,FL) resigns after 16-year-old boy releases inappropriate e-mails and chat logs to ABC
    • "LOL, did you see that congressman resigned? He totally failed it. You fail it (it is not raping children).
    • "If the failing of a thousand fails were to fail in the fail zone, that would be like the failing of your failure."
  • "Now I become am Failzor, the failer of life." —J. Robert Oppenheimer

Variations

These are some useful spellings of fail you may come across in your internet travels. Just remember that if you use any one of these, you have failed.

  • ƒ41Ł
  • fayel
  • fhail
  • fhayle
  • Fayhill
  • fhaile
  • fhaiyle
  • fahyll
  • failz
  • failzorz
  • fhailskies
  • fhaylezorz
  • phail
  • phail with a PhD
  • phayel
  • ph4y3l
  • ph4il
  • ph41l
  • ph4il3
  • phailzorz
  • fhphaiiylle
  • PH4=ACIDIC FAIL
  • Epin
  • ph41Ł
  • phaiqul
  • oh yeah, well...UR M07H3RRR!!!!1111 0|-| $|\|4p!!
  • Val
  • 831NG 1337 H4X0R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!11!!!11!1
 FFFF  AAAA  III  L
 F     A  A   I   L
 FFFF  AAAA   I   L
 F     A  A   I   L
 F     A  A  III  LLLL

The fail/win paradox

Is a paradox created by deep thinkers constructed to create a failed Mindfuck. It simply puts a goal to "fail", and then asks if said test subject succeeded in achieving that fail. If the goal were to fail, and you failed in failing, then you achieved your goal to fail, thereby winning. If you achieved the fail you set out to achieve, that would be considered a win - the only logical outcome is to win when the goal is to fail. But even if you win, you're still retarded for trying.

Gallery

  • sometimes even Technical experts make mistakes
    sometimes even Technical experts make mistakes
  • Your parents failed with you
    Your parents failed with you
  • Komm in mein boot.
    Komm in mein boot.
  • Failing Phil Collins
    Failing Phil Collins
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  • Irish FAIL
    Irish FAIL
  • Dr. Phil.
    Dr. Phil.
  • You can't hide your failure from God.
    You can't hide your failure from God.
  • YOU FAIL IT (it is killing dirty Ay-rabs.
    YOU FAIL IT (it is killing dirty Ay-rabs.
  • Patriotic fail.
    Patriotic fail.
  • You're OUT OF ORDER and you FAIL!
    You're OUT OF ORDER and you FAIL!
  • FAILBOAT!
    FAILBOAT!
  • Transcends the pathetic to become just plain awesome.
    Transcends the pathetic to become just plain awesome.
  • Fail as a 3D mathematical model
    Fail as a 3D mathematical model
  • an example of epic fail
    an example of epic fail
  • Jew
    Jew
  • Bummer
    Bummer
  • In Soviet Russia mad men watches you!
    In Soviet Russia mad men watches you!
  • FAILURE
    FAILURE
  • Trifag can't newforce.
    Trifag can't newforce.
  • FAILURE (edit with EFG)
    FAILURE (edit with EFG)
  • Bad luck meme
    Bad luck meme
  • i r be faylin
    i r be faylin
  • Sheezyart fagerans even know fail.
    Sheezyart fagerans even know fail.
  • The iPhone doing what it does best.
    The iPhone doing what it does best.
  • FAIL
    FAIL
  • Multiple Fail
    Multiple Fail
  • Fail.
    Fail.
  • This is how to fail
    This is how to fail
  • He must have forgot his steroids
    He must have forgot his steroids
  • The Fail 2008 Presidential Erection
    The Fail 2008 Presidential Erection
  • EPIC FAIL
    EPIC FAIL
  • Yes? Wait...No. I forgot i was ghey.
    Yes? Wait...No. I forgot i was ghey.
  • Some ED editors fail too.
    Some ED editors fail too.
  • Bob Dylan says you fail.
    Bob Dylan says you fail.
  • He looks like he has fail up his pooper!
    He looks like he has fail up his pooper!
  • VACCINATION FAIL!
    VACCINATION FAIL!
  • "Conduct is Excellent, Effort is poor."
    "Conduct is Excellent, Effort is poor."
  • The biggest, and most repeated commercial fail in history
    The biggest, and most repeated commercial fail in history
  • Pro-Lifers fail bad at advertising.
    Pro-Lifers fail bad at advertising.
  • Mission failed.
    Mission failed.
  • ASTROOMICAL FAILURE!!!
    ASTROOMICAL FAILURE!!!
  • I'll just leave this here.
    I'll just leave this here.
  • Fail. enough said.
    Fail. enough said.
  • Taking failure to the extreme.
    Taking failure to the extreme.
  • Seriously, how can you do that?
    Seriously, how can you do that?
  • Stupidity often leads to failure
    Stupidity often leads to failure
  • You know you've had it when even the BSOD fails.
    You know you've had it when even the BSOD fails.
  • And just when you thought there couldn't possibly be more fail...
    And just when you thought there couldn't possibly be more fail...
  • ...There's a lot more around the corner.
    ...There's a lot more around the corner.
  • Comment fail.
    Comment fail.
  • Sonic fags are the biggest failures at life to ever exist on earth.
    Sonic fags are the biggest failures at life to ever exist on earth.
  • You flail it.
    You flail it.
  • YOU FAIL AT LIFE
    YOU FAIL AT LIFE
  • Life has dealt you shit.
    Life has dealt you shit.
  • Google Fail
    Google Fail
  • Fail in Soviet Poland
    Fail in Soviet Poland
  • Tv caption fail.
    Tv caption fail.
  • FAIL
    FAIL
  • If you...
    If you...
  • ...happens to...
    ...happens to...
  • ...think that...
    ...think that...
  • ...this is...
    ...this is...
  • ...fail,...
    ...fail,...
  • ...please consider...
    ...please consider...
  • ...THIS!
    ...THIS!
  • Atheism Fail
    Atheism Fail
  • Even the mighty MacOS X can fail.
    Even the mighty MacOS X can fail.
  • This teacher thinks 1 mile is less than 1 km.
    This teacher thinks 1 mile is less than 1 km.
  • Not even Cloud is safe.
    Not even Cloud is safe.
  • the Jew of fail
    the Jew of fail
  • Gotta whole lotta fail
    Gotta whole lotta fail
  • Self explanatory.
    Self explanatory.
  • When trolls get trolled.
    When trolls get trolled.
  • failing at looking like a badass
    failing at looking like a badass
  • Doing it wrong
    Doing it wrong
  • Smaller is better sometimes
    Smaller is better sometimes
  • forum fail
    forum fail
  • British FAIL, and a challenger from Italy
    British FAIL, and a challenger from Italy
  • Thy skill lacketh.
    Thy skill lacketh.
  • U ƒ41Ł
    U ƒ41Ł
  • Read this Omegle conversation for an example of an epic fail at trolling.
    Read this Omegle conversation for an example of an epic fail at trolling.
  • Conversation: YOU FAIL! (IT).
    Conversation: YOU FAIL! (IT).
  • The encyclopedia of fail
    The encyclopedia of fail
  • The master of FAIL
    The master of FAIL
  • Juggalo trolling fail.
    Juggalo trolling fail.
  • File:File File his
  • Congratulations! You have made it to the bottom of this Gallery, have a pair of cartoons from the Modern Toss comic!
    Congratulations! You have made it to the bottom of this Gallery, have a pair of cartoons from the Modern Toss comic!
  • As promised previously, a second cartoon from the Modern Toss comic, as reward for your reaching the bottom of this gallery. Many happy returns!
    As promised previously, a second cartoon from the Modern Toss comic, as reward for your reaching the bottom of this gallery. Many happy returns!
  • Zawl foolishly thought he could get away with insulting Wikimedia Cunts administrator Elcobbola as a cunt. Needless to say, it did not go well.
    Zawl foolishly thought he could get away with insulting Wikimedia Cunts administrator Elcobbola as a cunt. Needless to say, it did not go well.


Animated Fails

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  • A good day, to die hard!
    A good day, to die hard!
  • Pull
    Pull
  • bringing a sword to a gun fight = fail
    bringing a sword to a gun fight = fail


Animal Kingdom Fails

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  • Animal fail
    Animal fail
  • FAIL
    FAIL
  • Failcat doing what he does best.
    Failcat doing what he does best.
  • When furries fail
    When furries fail
  • Your fail does not amuse...
    Your fail does not amuse...


Videos

Chuck Norris Cosplay Fail

Survivalist Fail

White Trash Rapper Fail

Motorcycle loading fail

Redneck Rap fail.

Windshield Wiper fail.

Parkour attempt fail.

Worst guitar solo ever!

RE: Troll Fail.

Star Wars Nerd. Vocabulary fail.

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