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[[Image:Bstarfail.png|thumb|[[You|Some fag]] experiecing fail in /b/star]]
''Fail directs here. For other uses, see [[You|here]]''
[[Image:Thoufailethit.jpg|thumb|''Thy skill lacketh.'']]
[[Image:fail_and_you_revised_again.jpg|right|thumb|[[1337|U ƒ41Ł]]]]


==An Introduction to 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."


{{quote|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."|-Some [[Grammar Nazi|douchebag]] providing an example of fail}}
==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 [[animu]]-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><youtube>Wm9H6tKl084</youtube></center>
<center><big>'''Some [[woman|wimmin]] failing on teh TV, altough she did win [[money|moniez]]'''</big></center><br>


<center>'''This overused meme's origin'''</center>
[[Image:Bstarfail.png|center]]


==Epic Fail==
==Epic Fail==
[[Image:Epicfail.jpg|thumb|Read this [[Omegle]] conversation for an example of an epic fail at trolling.]]
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:
 
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.
Fail: Driving your car into a tree.


Epic fail: Crashing the Hindenberg into the Titanic because you got distracted by a Detroit Lions game on laserdisc.
Epic Fail: Crashing the Hindenburg into the Titanic because you got distracted by a Detroit Lions game on laser-disc.
 
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==Cures of ''Fail''==
==Cures of Fail==
At this time, there's only one known cure. To [[win]].
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 [[An Hero|over the most trivial things and in the most over-the-top way imaginable]].


==Using ''You fail it'' in conversation==
==Using ''You fail it'' in conversation==
[[Image:You-Fail.jpg|thumb|Conversation: YOU FAIL! (IT).]]
*[http://archive.is/QmWLv klb's journal]
[[Image:Oldchickfail.jpg|thumb|FAIL!!]]
[[Image:I_detect_fail.jpg|thumb|FAIL]]
[[Image:Fail Logo.png|thumb|[[Failcyclopedia|The encyclopedia of fail]]]]
[[Image:epicwail.jpg|thumb|Animal fail.]]
[[Image:Faillol.jpg|thumb|The master of FAIL]]
 
*[http://evan.livejournal.com/796317.html 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


== How to Fail ==
==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.
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==Failing on teh [[Internets]]==
These are some useful spellings of fail you may come across in your travels. '''If you use any one of these, you have failed.'''


*ƒ41Ł
*ƒ41Ł
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*ph41Ł
*ph41Ł
*phaiqul
*phaiqul
*[[Senator Barack Hussein Obama|Obama]]
*[[Leet|oh yeah, well...UR M07H3RRR!!!!1111 0|-| $|\|4p!!]]
*[[Leet|oh yeah, well...UR M07H3RRR!!!!1111 0|-| $|\|4p!!]]
*Val
*Val
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== The fail/win paradox ==
== The fail/win paradox ==
Is a [[paradox]] created by [[hippies|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.
Is a [[paradox]] created by [[hippies|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.
== Fail...==
Is in fact not quite that hard to accomplish. To fail, you must simply be unworthy to [[win]].
<center>{{Frame|{{fv|failzvids|background-color: #CCCCCC;|font-weight: bold;
|<youtube>wr7If2uGjMY</youtube><center>'''[[Chuck Norris]] Cosplay Fail'''</center>
|<youtube>dTpQUvlK-kY</youtube><center>'''Survivalist Fail'''</center>
|<youtube>2B6mk97mIVY</youtube><center>'''White Trash Rapper Fail'''</center>
|<youtube>-OaqAPP7iVg</youtube><center>'''White Trash Rapper Fail Part Deux'''</center>
|<youtube>e4p3LJQsqyA</youtube><center>'''Massive Fail Compilation'''</center>
|<youtube>8f_AvXNmmos</youtube><center>'''Motorcycle loading fail'''</center>
|<youtube>Q6dsgeqilqs</youtube><center>'''Redneck Rap fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>uS1iOTv90sA</youtube><center>'''Windshield Wiper fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>NWbZANBE0go</youtube><center>'''Parkour attempt fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>Ml_6d_kElcM</youtube><center>'''Worst guitar solo ever!'''</center>
|<youtube>3bHq86hehk8</youtube><center>'''Ustream Fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>YDUFgNB6584</youtube><center>'''RE: Troll Fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>E0DABvHzRkY</youtube><center>'''Star Wars Nerd. Vocabulary fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>cAtD69LRDjo</youtube><center>'''Conflict Amphibians REVIEW fail.'''</center>
|}}|border=#000000|background=#CCCCCC}}</center>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{cg|The Gallery of Fail|failgallery|center|<gallery>
{{cg||failgallery|center|<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Credit_fail.jpg|sometimes even [[nerd|Technical experts]] make mistakes
Image:babyfail.jpg|Your parents failed with you
Image:Failboat1.jpg|Komm in mein boot.
Image:Failboat1.jpg|Komm in mein boot.
Image:Fail_Article.jpg
Image:Fail_Article.jpg
Image:FAIL-Collins.jpg|Failing Phil Collins
Image:FAIL-Collins.jpg|Failing Phil Collins
</gallery>|<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Fianna FAIL.gif|Irish FAIL
Image:Fianna FAIL.gif|Irish FAIL
</gallery>|<gallery>
Image:Dr-fail.jpg|Dr. Phil.
Image:Dr-fail.jpg|<s>Dr Phil's failing counterpart</s> the real Dr. Phil.
Image:GodKnowsYourFailure.png|You can't hide your failure from [[God|God]].
Image:GodKnowsYourFailure.png|You can't hide your failure from [[God|God]].
Image:Tankpwned.jpg|YOU FAIL IT (it is killing dirty [[Islam|Ay-rabs]].
Image:Tankpwned.jpg|YOU FAIL IT (it is killing dirty [[Islam|Ay-rabs]].
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Image:Epicfailslide.jpg|an example of epic fail
Image:Epicfailslide.jpg|an example of epic fail
Image:Star Trek Helmet.jpg|Jew
Image:Star Trek Helmet.jpg|Jew
Image:Failbull.jpg|FAIL
Image:familyfail.jpg|Bummer
Image:familyfail.jpg|Bummer
Image:smirk.jpg|In Soviet Russia mad men watches you!
Image:smirk.jpg|In Soviet Russia mad men watches you!
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Image:Uberfail_GPU_EFG.jpg|FAILURE (edit with EFG)
Image:Uberfail_GPU_EFG.jpg|FAILURE (edit with EFG)
Image:Failmeter.jpg
Image:Failmeter.jpg
Image:babyfail.jpg|Your parents failed with you
Image:Epic Fail.PNG
Image:Epic Fail.PNG
Image:4chancookie.jpg|Bad luck meme
Image:4chancookie.jpg|Bad luck meme
Image:everythingitouch.png|i r be faylin
Image:everythingitouch.png|i r be faylin
Image:Epicphailsheezy.PNG|[[Sheezyart]] fagerans even know fail.
Image:Epicphailsheezy.PNG|[[Sheezyart]] fagerans even know fail.
Image:Failcat.jpg|Failcat doing what he does best.
Image:IFail.jpg|The [[iPhone]] doing what it does best.
Image:IFail.jpg|The [[iPhone]] doing what it does best.
Image:Failedroulette.jpg|'''FAIL'''
Image:Failedroulette.jpg|'''FAIL'''
Image:Swordvsgun.gif|bringing a sword to a gun fight = fail
Image:Halofail.PNG
Image:Halofail.PNG
Image:1183402411056.gif|Children Fail
Image:DogFAIL.jpg
Image:FailMouse.jpg
Image:Funny-pictures-bird-cat-cage.jpg
Image:ABOUTTOFAIL.jpg
Image:Multipul fail.jpg|Multiple Fail  
Image:Multipul fail.jpg|Multiple Fail  
Image:GoldMedalFail.jpg|Fail.
Image:GoldMedalFail.jpg|Fail.
Image:FAIL WTC.jpg|This is how to <s>fall</s> fail
Image:FAIL WTC.jpg|This is how to fail
Image:baseball_fail.jpg|He must have forgot his [[steroids]]
Image:baseball_fail.jpg|He must have forgot his [[steroids]]
Image:Teh_Fail.jpg
Image:Teh_Fail.jpg
Image:FoxFail.jpg|When [[furry|furries]] fail
Image:FailTurtle.jpg
Image:Allaboardthefailtrain.jpg
Image:Allaboardthefailtrain.jpg
Image:Ronpaul.jpg|The Fail 2008 Presidential Erection
Image:Ronpaul.jpg|The Fail 2008 Presidential Erection
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Image:Asdfsadfasdfasdfdl8.jpg|Some [[Encyclopedia Dramatica|ED]] [[User:Lamont_Cranston|editors]] fail too.
Image:Asdfsadfasdfasdfdl8.jpg|Some [[Encyclopedia Dramatica|ED]] [[User:Lamont_Cranston|editors]] fail too.
Image:BobDylanFail.jpg|Bob Dylan says you fail.
Image:BobDylanFail.jpg|Bob Dylan says you fail.
Image:Epic Quail.jpg|Your fail does not amuse...
Image:Backflip fail.gif
Image:bird_fail.jpg
Image:fail_party.jpg|He looks like he has fail up his pooper!
Image:fail_party.jpg|He looks like he has fail up his pooper!
Image:Hamsterfail.PNG
Image:Hamsterfail.PNG
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Image:FAIL.jpg|The biggest, and most repeated commercial fail in history
Image:FAIL.jpg|The biggest, and most repeated commercial fail in history
Image:Failboard.jpg|[[abortion|Pro-Lifers]] fail bad at advertising.
Image:Failboard.jpg|[[abortion|Pro-Lifers]] fail bad at advertising.
File:Fail-1.jpg  
Image:Fail-1.jpg  
Image:MissionFailed.jpg|Mission failed.
Image:MissionFailed.jpg|Mission failed.
Image:Check mate.jpg4615 5937.jpg|ASTROOMICAL FAILURE!!!
Image:Check mate.jpg4615 5937.jpg|ASTROOMICAL FAILURE!!!
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Image:Failfailfailfail2.PNG| Comment fail.
Image:Failfailfailfail2.PNG| Comment fail.
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:Failidiot.gif|FAIL
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:SUV20fail.jpg|Smaller is better sometimes
Image:SUV20fail.jpg|Smaller is better sometimes
Image:Myspace forum fail.gif|forum fail
Image:Myspace forum fail.gif|forum fail
Image:Open Season On ShockOfGod by The YouTube Community
Image:BestCaptainsEvar.jpg|[[British]] FAIL, and [[a challenger appears|a challenger]] from [[Italy]]
Image:Thoufailethit.jpg|''Thy skill lacketh.''
Image:fail_and_you_revised_again.jpg|[[1337|U ƒ41Ł]]
Image:Epicfail.jpg|Read this [[Omegle]] conversation for an example of an epic fail at trolling.
Image:You-Fail.jpg|Conversation: YOU FAIL! (IT).
Image:Oldchickfail.jpg
Image:I_detect_fail.jpg
Image:Fail Logo.png|[[Failcyclopedia|The encyclopedia of fail]]
Image:Faillol.jpg|The master of FAIL
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.
</gallery>}}
</gallery>}}
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==Animated Fails==
{{cg||amnimated|center|<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Backflip fail.gif
Image:Failidiot.gif
Image:Firefail.gif
File:Wheelbarrow.gif
Image:GunControl0504.gif
</gallery>|<gallery perrow="5">
Image:How not to bounce on a ball.gif
Image:Basketball fail.gif
Image:Fishing.gif
Image:Gun fail.gif
Image:Juggling bowling balls.gif
Image:Punching an inflatable.gif
Image:Wallflip.gif
Image:Indoor ramp.gif
Image:Tablecloth pull.gif
Image:Bike ramp.gif
Image:Horse jump.gif
Image:Windmill.gif|A good day, to die hard!
Image:Skateboards.gif
Image:Pool jump.gif
Image:Glass door.gif|Pull
Image:Asian punching bag.gif
Image:Tripping into a glass table.gif
Image:Sliding 3.gif
Image:Log jump.gif
Image:Fall catch.gif
Image:Chain jump.gif
Image:Roof surf.gif
Image:Failed store robbery.gif
File:Convenience Store Grating Fail.gif
Image:Playground Backflip.gif
Image:Pogo stick backflip.gif
Image:Swordvsgun.gif|bringing a sword to a gun fight = fail
File:Treadmill.gif
File:Cart jump.gif
File:Box cart.gif
File:Yo-yo.gif
File:Trampoline fatty.gif
File:Trampoline slide.gif
</gallery>}}
<br>
==Animal Kingdom Fails==
{{cg||amnimals|center|<gallery perrow="5">
Image:FailBall.jpg
Image:Failed-lol.jpg
Image:Camoflagefail.jpg
Image:Hideandseekcatfail.jpg
Image:FAILtoilet.jpg
</gallery>|<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Cat-DrivingtodrinkFAIL.jpg
Image:Newyearzresulushinsfail.jpg
Image:Dog catch Fail.jpg
Image:epicwail.jpg|Animal fail
Image:Failbull.jpg|FAIL
Image:Failcat.jpg|Failcat doing what he does best.
Image:DogFAIL.jpg
Image:FailMouse.jpg
Image:Funny-pictures-bird-cat-cage.jpg
Image:ABOUTTOFAIL.jpg
Image:FoxFail.jpg|When [[furry|furries]] fail
Image:FailTurtle.jpg
Image:Epic Quail.jpg|Your fail does not amuse...
Image:bird_fail.jpg
File:Social experiment seal.png
</gallery>}}
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==See Also==
==Videos==
[[Image:FAIL FILE.jpg|200px|right]]
<center>{{Frame|{{fv|failzvids|background-color: #CCCCCC;|font-weight: bold;
|<youtube>wr7If2uGjMY</youtube><center>'''[[Chuck Norris]] Cosplay Fail'''</center>
|<youtube>dTpQUvlK-kY</youtube><center>'''Survivalist Fail'''</center>
|<youtube>-OaqAPP7iVg</youtube><center>'''White Trash Rapper Fail'''</center>
|<youtube>8f_AvXNmmos</youtube><center>'''Motorcycle loading fail'''</center>
|<youtube>Q6dsgeqilqs</youtube><center>'''Redneck Rap fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>uS1iOTv90sA</youtube><center>'''Windshield Wiper fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>NWbZANBE0go</youtube><center>'''Parkour attempt fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>Ml_6d_kElcM</youtube><center>'''Worst guitar solo ever!'''</center>
|<youtube>GmXwSJlpVwc</youtube><center>'''RE: Troll Fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>HPPj6viIBmU</youtube><center>'''Star Wars Nerd. Vocabulary fail.'''</center>
|<youtube>cAtD69LRDjo</youtube><center>'''Conflict Amphibians REVIEW fail.'''</center>
|}}|border=#000000|background=#CCCCCC}}</center>


*[[David Cameron]]
==See also==
*[[Nick Clegg]]
*[[Chi-Chan24]]
*[[United Kingdom]]
*[[Doopie Doodles]]
*[[YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG]]
*[[Doopie DoOver]]
*[[Chad Warden]]
*[[Doopie DoOver/Drugs]]
*[[Epic Fail Guy]]
*[[Facepalm]]: The regular response to fail
*[[Fail Blog]]
*[[Fail Blog]]
*[[Failcyclopedia]]
*[[Failcyclopedia]]
*[[Trying too hard]]
*[[Epic Fail Guy]]
*[[Sarah Palin]]
*[[Failfags]]
*[[Failfags]]
*[[Facepalm]]
*[[Fail to Win]]
*[[New Zealand Fail Guy]]
*[[New Zealand Fail Guy]]
*[[W]]
*[[Gerald Ford|Gerald Fail]]
*[[18-1]]
*[[Roseanne Barr]]
*[[You]]
*[[Trying too hard]]
*[[Your mom]]
*[[YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG]]
*[[Dr. Phail]]
*[[Barack Obama]]
*[[Beaners]]
*[[An Herpo]]
*[[BP]]
*[[The Church of Google]]
*[[Himeros]]
*[[Goronchev]]


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.youfail.org '''YouFail.org''' make it your new insult] <--Which also seems to co-exist
*[http://www.slate.com/id/2202262/ Why is everyone saying fail all of a sudden?]
*Magazine article - [http://www.slate.com/id/2202262/ Why is everyone saying fail all of a sudden?]
*[http://failblog.org Image blog of user-submitted fail pictures]
*[http://www.failfunnies.com Fail Funnies]
*[http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?forumId=10023&sid=1&topicId=12454665647&pageNo=1&failing Failing at ''World of Warcraft'' makes you a whole new level of basement dweller]
*[http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=437757 Failing so hard begging ''EverQuest II'' mods to include something that'll never happen, that you invoke memes]
*[http://www.teensagainstporn.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=2537 Epic fail on the teens against porn forum.]
*[http://failblog.org Image gallery blog of user submitted fail pictures]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/wale43703 Great for trolling.]
*[http://www.failfriend.com Failures of Friends.]
*[http://failfun.com An Epic Fail that was almost shut down by a FAIL]
*[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ah_diw1THwPBIM..uSzUI34u53NG;_ylv=3?qid=20091003091027AAoDEaT I was fixing my computer, and my penis got stuck. HELP?]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MmGbCiXxlw Leadarc (majora1993) has a....did have a girlfriend.]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/bassman3226 European Fail Troll 1]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/lolgetmadbro European Fail Troll 2]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/warchiefxx  European Fail Troll 3]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/GCTVisions A internet webseries fail]
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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.

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Videos

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Motorcycle loading fail

Redneck Rap fail.

Windshield Wiper fail.

Parkour attempt fail.

Worst guitar solo ever!

RE: Troll Fail.

Star Wars Nerd. Vocabulary fail.

See also

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