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What Is The 772nd Most Common Password? The Viral 'Don't Google' Meme Explained
A new version of the running Peter meme is going viral on social media and this time it's asking viewers to not Google the 772nd most common password. The reason why might surprise you, especially if you're a Dark Souls fan. Here's an explanation.
What Is The '772nd Most Common Password' Meme?
Earlier this month, Redditor /u/UltimateCringey posted a "running Peter" meme to a Dark Souls meme subreddit. The meme, which gained over 1,800 upvotes in a week, shows Peter Griffin in a helmet running away from the Wikipedia page for the "10,000 most common passwords" and is captioned, "Don't look up the 772nd most common password, worst mistake of my life.
So what is the 772nd most common password? Well, by going to the Wikipedia page, you'll find that the 772nd most common password is "patches," which in this case is a reference to the Demon's Souls and Dark Souls character of the same name, a trickster that the player battles in several games in the series.
What Is The '773rd Most Common Password' And Why Shouldn't You Look It Up?
While this iteration of the meme is about Dark Souls, it's derived from a much more offensive meme. The original meme, which was posted to iFunny as early as November 2021 and recently posted again to X, asks users not to look up the 773rd most common password. So what is the 773rd most common password?
Well, it turns out that the 773rd most common password, according to Wikipedia, is a racial slur. This might shock a lot of people who succumb to reverse psychology and actually look up the 773rd most common password after seeing the meme. It will likely shock those who search for the 772nd most common password too, as they're likely to see number 773 as well, making the Dark Souls meme a little less innocent than it might seem.
For the full history of the Running Peter meme, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.
