"o i am laffin"

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About

"o i am laffin" refers to a popular meme on 4chan's music board, /mu/, in which the poster expresses sarcastic or incredulous laughter.

Origin

On December 9th, 2012, a post^[1] on 4chan's music board was made in which an anonymous poster posted a SoundCloud link of "Royals," a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde, well before the song became a hit. The poster asked for feedback on the song, claiming to be its author. When this was discovered, it fueled a rumor that Lorde herself had been posting on 4chan. The anonymous poster ended the post with the phrase "in b4 tits and the kitchen."

"o i am laffin" originates from a tweet from Lorde in response to the rumor that she had posted the song on 4chan herself. It was posted on Twitter on February 2nd, 2014.^[4] It reads:

Lorde @lorde Follow dead at people thinking i posted my music on 4chan last year... the caption i supposedly wrote "in b4 t--- and the kitchen" o i am laffin RETWEETSLIKES 1,3154,223 7:49 PM-2 Feb 2014 4,294 1.3K 4.2K

Spread

Shortly after, the phrase "o i am laffin" became a meme on the music board of 4chan.

File: 1391527070868.ipg-(63 KB, 1094x821, image.jpg) O Anonymous 02/04/14(Tue)10:17 UTC-5 No.44039409 [Reply] >metal good o i am laffin 5 posts omitted. Click here to view. Anonymous 02/04/14(Tue)10:35 UTC-5 No.44039666 Replies: 2244039690 laffin, o i am Anonymous 02/04/14(Tue)10:37 UTC-5 No.44039690 >>44039666 Anonymous 02/04/14(Tue)10:39 UTC-5 No.44039724 am i laffin o Anonymous 02/04/14(Tue)10:40 UTC-5 No.44039752 i o am laffin Anonymous 02/04/14(Tue)10:41 UTC-5 No.44039771 O.I.A.L

The spread of the phrase prompted a thread on /r/lewronggeneration^[2] investigating the story and a thread on /r/outoftheloop^[3] asking about the origin. It has since remained a popular quote throughout social media outlets like Twitter and Reddit.

Various Examples

time cube is back! @yung_domon Follow "PR will never lie to me to get me to buy their game" o i am laffin King of Zeroes a day ago "That PR guy will be honest, I'm sure." You're right. He WILL be. Because I know what the PR guy wants from me. There's no real deception there. He's trying to convince me to buy his product. Journos on the other hand, have a completely different agenda. They don't want me to buy a game. They want me to submit to their ideology, and they'll use any tactic they can think of to force me. I'll take the PR guy. 32 ^ 、 . Reply . Share)

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External References

^[1] 4chan – 4chan post

^[2] Reddit – /r/lewronggeneration

^[3] Reddit – /r/outoftheloop

^[4] Twitter – @lorde

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