Newfags Can't Triforce

About

“Newfags can’t triforce” is a recently occurring 4chan roll call / response meme. On imageboard sites like 4chan, a triforce thread begins with the original poster challenging 4chan noobs (“newfags”) to produce correctly formatted triforcii, or triforce in ascii. Those who simply copy & paste the triforce will fail to achieve proper alignment, as shown:

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Origin

The “triforce” is a critical component of popular video game Legend of Zelda, and is 3 triangles (the triforce of courage, wisdom and power) assembled into a larger triangle.

How to Triforce

The correct method of triforcing requires use of non-breaking space characters:

• Windows: [alt-255] [alt-255] [alt-30] [enter] [alt 30] [alt 255] [alt 30]
• Mac: [option-space] + [option-space] + [option-J] + [enter] + [option-J] + [option-space] + [option-J]
• Linux : [Ctrl+Shift+U + a0] [Ctrl+Shift+U + a0] [Ctrl+Shift+U + 25b2] [Enter] [Ctrl+Shift+U + 25b2] [Ctrl+Shift+U + a0] [Ctrl+Shift+U + 25b2]

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