John is Kill
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"John is Kill" refers to a copypasta story that is meant to survey what people were doing at the time of the Beatles John Lennon's death on December 8th, 1980. The story, which is marked by improper English grammar and spelling errors, has inspired a number of variations featuring other deceased celebrities and musicians in substitute of the English rock star.
Origin
On January 10th, 2012, an Anonymous 4chan user posted a thread on /tv/ – Television & Film board, apologizing for his "poor English" and asking other users "when were you when heat legend dies", a misspelling of deceased actor Heath Ledger.[14]
On the same day, Body Building Forums member HITSTICK53 posted a thread titled "when were you when heat legend dies?".[12] On August 22nd, 2012, a version of the copypasta featuring the deceased Beatles musician John Lennon was posted to 4chan.[15]
apology for poor english
when were you when john lenin dies?
i was sat at home eating smegma butter when pjotr ring
‘john is kill’
‘no’
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On the same day, Redditor Petryz submitted a screenshot of the original 4chan thread to the /r/4chan subreddit, where it gained over 3,000 up votes and 50 comments prior to being archived.[7] On August 28th, 2012, the screenshot was reposted on FunnyJunk, accumulating upwards of 127,000 views and 1,500 comments in the following two years.[1] On September 17th, a thread was created on 4chan urging users to post comments on Skrillex YouTube videos suggesting that the electronic music producer had died. Two days later, a compilation of hoax YouTube comments titled "When was you when Skrillex die?" was highlighted on FunnyJunk.[9]
On October 23rd, Newgrounds Forums user Slint posted the "John is kill" copypasta in a thread titled "when were you when".[6] On November 22nd, the copypasta was reposted to the /sp/ (sports) board on 4chan.[4] On April 2nd, 2013, YouTuber TheStolken uploaded a dramatic reading of the original copypasta (shown below).
On November 30th, a variation of the copypasta with deceased actor Paul Walker substituted for John Lennon was posted on 4chan. On December 1st, Redditor KINGcjb55 submitted a screenshot of the Paul Walker thread to the /r/4chan subreddit, where it gathered more than 2,100 up votes and 45 comments in four months.[8] On January 8th, 2014, Urban Dictionary user OLPZach submitted an entry for "john is kill," citing 4chan as the origin of the copypasta.[5]
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External References
[1] FunnyJunk – John Is Kill
[2] Battlefield Forums – Related topic
[3] Yahoo Answers – When were you when john lenin dies?
[4] Archive Foolz – /sp/ , /tv/
[5] Urban Dictionary – john is kill
[6] Newgrounds – when were you when
[7] Reddit – john is kil
[8] Reddit – paul is kill
[9] FunnyJunk – When was you when Skrillex die?
[10] Reddit – Heat Legend
[11] Imgur – Heat Legend
[12] Bodybuilding – when were you when heat legend dies?
[13] Funnyjunk – Heat Legend
[14] 4chan – heat is die
[15] 4chan – john is kill
[15] 4chan – paul is die
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![File: satoru_iwata.ipg (25 KB, 200x200) □ Anonymous 07/13/15(Mon)17:35:43 No-302432398 302432476 22302432653 apology for poor english when were you when saruman iwatch dies i was sat at home drinking brain fludd when mario ring saruman is die no and you????????????? □ Anonymous 07/13/15(Mon)17:36:32 No. 302432476 :2302432619 3024 You know i see alot of shitposting on but this is taking it too fucking far. Seriously get the fuck out of here before we tear you apart you fucking edgy shit □ Anonymous 07/13/15(Mon)17:37:54 No.302432619 302432476 edgy post □ Anonymous 07/13/15(Mon)17:38:10 No.302432653 P2 2302432398 (OP) >saruman □ Anonymous 07/13/16(Mon)17:39:04 No.302432759 I was chicken cooking mom say hola hatondore uchikamokei is kill, no tomorrow daivin lessin [Return] [Catalog] [Top] [Update] [□ Auto] Post a Reply]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/991/463/3cd.jpg "saruman iwatch")
![File: 1336181675 ipg-(39 KB, 468x494) Anonymous (ID: MOyzTU2w) 05/04/12(Fri)21:34:35 No. 397672408 Reply] Apology for poor english when where when heat legend dies I was sat at home driking brain fluid when fred ring heat is die no" Comment too long. Click here to view the full text. 5 posts and 1 image reply omitted. Click Reply to view □ Anonymous (ID: uodSD2f) 05/04/12(Fri)21 :38:32 No. 397673139 File: 1336181912 ipg-(191 KB, 499x750) summer |□ Anonymous (ID: Toomsd) 05/04/12(Fri)21:39:03 No.397673228 my stomach hurts from laughing so much. what have you done OP >>旧Anonymous (ID: iGpHanE) 05/04/12(Fri)21:39:11 No.397673251 Even now smy sides dafuq did i just read](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/947/495/6dd.jpg "When were you when heat legend dies?")
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Penny
>not born yet.
(All hail John Lenin, all hail the commusic!)
LNH Moderator
>be me working at job
>job to apply cold onions to fish at factory
>lazy son come up
>"jon is kill"
>"no"
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