Did He Die? / Did He Died? (2005)
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About
“Did he die?” is a textual meme generally found in Youtube comments posted by trolls. Quite often, it is posted as a response to a fail video, particularly those on Failblog, but in some cases it is sometimes posted in comments on videos where there is no reason to even question if a person might have died.
Other variations on the phrase include, “did he died” or “did x died” where X is the subject of the video.
There is even a site based on these comments.
http://didhedie.com/
In December of 2008, one Urban Dictionary definition was created for “Did he died?” This definition has been voted up over 500 times.
A troll’s response to any video where a person is injured
Person 1: OMG he hit his nuts on the rail
Troll: Did He died?
Person 1: stfu you retard
In May and June of 2009, a few Urban Dictionary definitions were created for “did he die.” The highest voted has around 170 up-votes.
what people say on a failblog video on youtube
just look at one of the vids right now and read the comments you’ll know what i mean.
*guy trips and gets right upperson 1: did he die?
person 2: die he did?
person 3: did he dieded?
person 4: he clearly died
person 5: dead
person 6: FIRST!lol
person 7: WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON??!!?!?!?
person 8: did he death?
person 9 reply to 8: grammar fail
person 10: ok this is getting old
Trends
A Google Insights search for the phrase “did he die” is too general to return solid results because it picks up on the common phrase outside of the meme, along with phrases such as “how did he die” and “why did he die?”
But the phrase “did he died” shows that people have been searching for the grammatically incorrect version of the phrase since at least the beginning of 2005, even before the launch of Youtube.
Meta videos
Because of the proliferation of the “did he die” commenting meme, there have been videos made as commentary on the meme. Some come across as self-aware satires on the meme, while others serve as prime examples of exactly what’s so humorous about the meme: those who become aggravated and feed the trolls. These videos are not merely a part of the meme, but function as a metameme, examining the meme itself.
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