[saraid216]

Hopefully someone can give you a better answer, but you might have heard of 4chan? Something Awful is where they came from.

They're actually a major cultural force in EVE. ("Shoot blues" "Little bees") They're a bit like America in international relations, except there are fewer redeeming qualities.

[bmohlenhoff]

Something Awful (~1999) was around way before 4chan (2003)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Awful http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan

[Lewton]

That's what he's saying. 4Chan came from SomethingAwful

[JonnieCache]

>you might have heard of 4chan? Something Awful is where they came from.

It's actually more the other way around.

[alex_c]

I'm not very familiar with either site's history, but Something Awful was around for a few years before 4chan.

[JonnieCache]

You're right of course, and that's actually what I meant to say. This'll teach me to post late at night.

[DuskStar]

4chan might literally be "something awful", but the site Something Awful came FROM 4chan. As did half the "meme" sites on the internet, unfortunately...

Just reinforcing JonnieCache's point.

EDIT: Apparently SA was around before 4chan. grr. In any case, they are fairly independent cultures. One charges $10 to register, the other doesn't require a username/login...

[creamyhorror]

Actually, 4chan was founded by a SomethingAwful member, moot, who I think frequented the anime forum on SA (ADTRW). I'm not sure where this reversed order of formation came about.

Nowadays of course SA generally stays away from 4chan, which has become about a lot more than anime and games.