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Mary STOP.. if u cant do this than u fukin suck at meme's and should quit the internet Like . Comment , September 2 at 1:00am via mobile . 111 people like this Caroline September 2 at 1:04am Like Jennifer September 2 at 1:08am Like Heather lol mary have u been on 9gag again???? September 2 at 1:08am . Like . 1 Quinshe is doing the Cool Triangles um... wut? what r those trinangles? how did u do that September 2 at 1:26am via mobile Like Matthew September 2 at 1:55am via mobile Like PLEASE sum1 post intructions Nikki September 2 at 7:13am via mobile Like i googled it, their called triple meme triangles Aliciahehe im always missin out on thes meme's September 2 at 8:20am Like Jennifer ok instructions were hard 2 read but here goes September 2 at 10:12am via mobile . Like . 1 Patriciai asked my boyfriend about this u guys should look here https://boards.4chan.org/b/ (dont go on this at work or school) September 3 at 12:17am Like 2

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Category: Meme Status: confirmed Year: 2008 Origin: 4chan Region:

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About

4chan ASCII Triforce refers to a frequently posed challenge on 4chan for call and response threads. The threads typically feature the original poster challenging 4chan newcomers to create a correctly formatted ASCII Triforce, originating from The Legend Of Zelda video game, also referred to as as a Triforcii. The posters who simply copy and paste the Triforce will fail to post a correctly formatted ASCII Triforce:

Correctly formatted Triforce:

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Incorrectly formatted Triforce:

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It is commonly associated with the phrase "Newfags Can't Triforce," which is used to mock new 4chan users for being unable to format the triforce correctly.

Origin

The origin of the meme is unknown. On January 29th, 2009, an anonymous 4chan user posted the earliest mention of the phrase "newfags can't triforce" in the /a/ imageboard. They wrote, "/b/ moves too fast. Even with that time between posts (flood detection) is still moves too fast. Make a new thread, wait 60 seconds, reload, 404. Then only thing you'll see on /b/ are; hook up threads, boxxy threads, newfags can't triforce threads and report threads."^[1]

Anonymous Mon 26 Jan 2009 07:48:35 No.18336368 Report >>18336300 b/ moves too fast. Even with that time between posts (flood detection) is still moves too fast. Make a new thread, wait 60 seconds, reload, 404. Then only thing you'll see on /b/ are; hook up threads, boxxy threads, newfags can't triforce threads and report in threads. That's /b/ b/ should be removed from 4chan and given it's on website

Spread

A search for "newfags can't triforce" brings up over 1,200 results on fgts.jp^[2], 170 results on Desustorage^[3], and 140 results on 4plebs.^[4] On June 10th, 2014, YouTube user ThatOneStuff posted a video of an angry child getting angry over trying to post the Triforce. The video has since gained over 130 thousand views.

How to Triforce

The correct method of posting the ASCII Triforce requires use of non-breaking space characters for various operating systems:

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]