Pics or It Didn't Happen

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2009-11-03T06:12:53Z

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2004

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Pics or It Didn't Happen <h2>About</h2> <p>“Pics or it didn’t happen” is a popular phrase used in response to a person who has made an unbelievable or outlandish claim, common on many forums around the Internet, including Digg, Reddit, MetaFilter, Fark, 4chan, SomethingAwful, and more.</p> <p>A Google search for the phrase returns over 8,000,000 results, although it has been used in only a few image macros, usually pertaining to the Bible.</p> <h2>Orgin</h2> <p>It’s difficult to say exactly where “Pics or it didn’t happen” first originated, but one of the earliest instances is from MetaFilter.</p> <p>On April 23rd, 2004, <a href=http://www.metafilter.com/user/1848>ptrin</a> used <span class="caps">POIDH</span> in a thread on MetaFilter in a thread entitled <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/32666/Just-say-no-to-Crack">Just Say No to Crack</a><br /> <blockquote><br /> Was she cute? Pics or it didn’t happen.</p> </blockquote> <p>On September 10th, 2004, legacy-Code-Killer used <span class="caps">POIDH</span> in the <a href=http://forums.epicgames.com/archive/index.php/t-417072.html>EpicGames forums</a><br /> <blockquote><br /> UT2004 does.</p> <p>UT2004 = winnar<br /> pics or it didn’t happen ;)</p> </blockquote> <h2>Urban Dictionary</h2> <p>On March 28th, 2006, <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/author.php?author=The+Patriarch>The Patriarch</a> created the first Urban Dictionary entry for “Pics or it didn’t happen.”</p> <blockquote> <p>A phrase used on Internet forums to counter the vast range of unverifiable claims made by users. Often these claims involve personal brag-worthy accomplishments, extraordinary or rare sights/occurrences, and tales relating to alcohol or drug use.<br /> Guy 1: Dude, I drank four bottles of bourbon last night, then hooked up with 4 chicks at the same time, then Donald Trump came to my house and gave me a million dollars!<br /> Guy 2: Pics or it didn’t happen.</p> </blockquote> <ul> <li>See <a href=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pics%20or%20it%20didn%27t%20happen>the entry on Urbandictionary.com</a> for more defintions from other users.</li> </ul> <h2>Google Insights for Search<br /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=pics+or+it+didn%27t+happen%7Cor+it+didn%27t+happen%7C&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script></h2>

2009-11-17T22:15:20Z

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