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For me (I’m 46 so I think I’ve reached “get off my lawn” age), it’s short for “this [is the correct answer.]” So I’ve never had a problem with it and probably u

by js2 9y ago

For me (I’m 46 so I think I’ve reached “get off my lawn” age), it’s short for “this [is the correct answer.]” So I’ve never had a problem with it and probably used it once or twice myself. A couple summers ago at the pool I heard a teenage girl exclaim “poned!” after besting her friend at something they were playing. It took me a moment to realize she’d just said “pwned” since I’d never heard it said out loud before and in my mind I’ve always read it “owned.” Now that was a “get off my lawn moment!”

shasheene 9y ago
> A couple summers ago at the pool I heard a teenage girl exclaim “poned!” after besting her friend at something they were playing. It took me a moment to realize she’d just said “pwned” since I’d never heard it said out loud before and in my mind I’ve always read it “owned.” Now that was a “get off my lawn moment!” That pronunciation was popularized by the famous South Park episode on World of Warcraft [1] [2] which first aired in 2006. So it's not actually particularly new at all. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPx__G9GkRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPx__G9GkRY [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love,_Not_Warcraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love,_Not_Warcraft
- Balgair 9y ago
  I'd go with the all time great Canadian Gamer show: PurePwnage, from 2004, as the popularizer of the spoken term. Though it goes back to at least 1999 with the original CounterStrike and the term in text, then read aloud. I remember the shouts of 'pone' in the afterschool computer lounge from friends to at least 1999, if not earlier. http://www.purepwnage.com/ http://www.purepwnage.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Pwnage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Pwnage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn
  - shasheene 9y ago
    I don't dispute the pronunciation as 'poned' goes back further, but I'm saying that South Park popularized it. PurePwnage uses the pronunciation 'owned', right?
    - acct1771 9y ago
      "...you pronounce 'own' as 'pwn', what gives?"
  - chapium 9y ago
    It was definitely popular in fps games in 99’
osrec 9y ago
It's more like "this... is the correct answer, and it so obviously resonates extensively with everyone else that I feel no need to substantiate any further, other than with an abrupt and final full stop". To me it sometimes comes across as "you made your comment, I agree, and I'll take the liberty to suggest that it's so obvious and insightful that probably everyone must agree".
- numismatex 9y ago
  Have you ever considered that you and others reading all of this subtext where none exists is more a reflection of you being contrarian rather than some cult-like attitude or other projected reason?
- YouKnowBetter 9y ago
  This.

by js2 9y ago

shasheene 9y ago

> A couple summers ago at the pool I heard a teenage girl exclaim “poned!” after besting her friend at something they were playing. It took me a moment to realize she’d just said “pwned” since I’d never heard it said out loud before and in my mind I’ve always read it “owned.” Now that was a “get off my lawn moment!” That pronunciation was popularized by the famous South Park episode on World of Warcraft [1] [2] which first aired in 2006. So it's not actually particularly new at all. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPx__G9GkRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPx__G9GkRY [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love,_Not_Warcraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love,_Not_Warcraft

Balgair 9y ago
I'd go with the all time great Canadian Gamer show: PurePwnage, from 2004, as the popularizer of the spoken term. Though it goes back to at least 1999 with the original CounterStrike and the term in text, then read aloud. I remember the shouts of 'pone' in the afterschool computer lounge from friends to at least 1999, if not earlier. http://www.purepwnage.com/ http://www.purepwnage.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Pwnage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Pwnage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn
- shasheene 9y ago
  I don't dispute the pronunciation as 'poned' goes back further, but I'm saying that South Park popularized it. PurePwnage uses the pronunciation 'owned', right?
  - acct1771 9y ago
    "...you pronounce 'own' as 'pwn', what gives?"
- chapium 9y ago
  It was definitely popular in fps games in 99’

osrec 9y ago

It's more like "this... is the correct answer, and it so obviously resonates extensively with everyone else that I feel no need to substantiate any further, other than with an abrupt and final full stop". To me it sometimes comes across as "you made your comment, I agree, and I'll take the liberty to suggest that it's so obvious and insightful that probably everyone must agree".

numismatex 9y ago
Have you ever considered that you and others reading all of this subtext where none exists is more a reflection of you being contrarian rather than some cult-like attitude or other projected reason?
YouKnowBetter 9y ago
This.