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25 October 2006

Ask MeCha: What is the origin of "I'm in ur [something], [something]ing ur [something]? I'm seeing that all over some of my LJ communities!

post by: sisterhavana at: 16:50 | 19 comments

im in ur blogs spreadin ur memes!

posted by loquacious 25 October | 17:00

Why don't you AskMeFi?

posted by Daniel Charms 25 October | 17:02

It's an old screenshot from a game of Starcraft where one player was taunting another player. First popularized on Something Awful:

dude, where are you?
i'm in ur base, killing ur d00ds

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 25 October | 17:03

I have a question. Actually, make that two. First, should we put this in the wiki, and second, what should it be filed under?

posted by Daniel Charms 25 October | 17:07

Well, can anyone produce the actual screenshot?

posted by 2or3whiskeysodas 25 October | 17:07

Leet speak. . intentional misspelling of words, like teh, etc. A teen thing on teh net.

That is my guess, at least.

posted by danf 25 October | 17:13

It's a re-meme, too, if I'm not mistaken. I saw it years ago (last time I played StarCraft was in the previous millennium), and it's been making a comeback.

posted by Eideteker 25 October | 17:14

That catchphrase is years old and hasn't gotten any funnier by being repeated ad nauseum. Please stop hurting the English language. Please.

posted by cmonkey 25 October | 17:15

An ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US for the next generation.
And just as funny!

posted by chococat 25 October | 17:18

im in ur internets pwning ur language.

posted by Daniel Charms 25 October | 17:18

im on ur website askin questionz

posted by knave 25 October | 17:29

im in ur mecha doublin ur postz

posted by mike9322 25 October | 17:34

I guess it's been a major meme for at least three months. I was introduced to it by dersins last summer in this thread.

posted by pieisexactlythree 25 October | 17:35

oh, and lest I forget...≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by pieisexactlythree 25 October | 17:40

It's already in Wikipedia. No need to put it on our wiki, IMHO.

posted by matildaben 25 October | 17:46

matildaben: It used to be in Wikipedia, but it no longer is. But, having given it a bit of thought (about thirty seconds, that is), I agree with you (because it's not an "inside" thing).

posted by Daniel Charms 25 October | 17:54

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Rhomboid 25 October | 18:17

Thank you rhomboid! Now to figure a way to photoshop jonmc into that image...

posted by pieisexactlythree 25 October | 18:27

Honestly, I hope people keep asking the question here. And I charge you all to come up with a bullshit answer next time. It's the only way we can win.

And that is in no way intended to be a snark at sisterhavana. I had to ask too.

posted by mudpuppie 25 October | 18:33

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