{"id":461604,"date":"2022-06-12T14:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-is-copypasta\/"},"modified":"2022-06-12T14:00:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T11:00:34","slug":"what-is-copypasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-copypasta\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Is Copypasta?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28706d45b56\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28706d45b56\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-copypasta\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_Is_Copypasta%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What Is Copypasta?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-copypasta\/#A_Text-Based_Meme\" >A Text-Based Meme<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-copypasta\/#Copypastas_and_Snowclones\" >Copypastas and Snowclones<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-copypasta\/#He_Boomed_Me_A_Case_Study\" >He Boomed Me: A Case Study<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-copypasta\/#Popular_Copypastas\" >Popular Copypastas<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_Is_Copypasta%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What Is Copypasta?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-809262\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/copy-command.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A computer pointer hovering over the Copy command in a drop-down menu.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/software-menu-item-copy-command-highlighted-589904048\">eranicle\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Have you ever seen a random block of text online that made absolutely no sense? It may have been a copypasta: a unique type of internet meme. Let\u2019s take a look at where this tasty-sounding term originates and an example of what one looks like.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Text-Based_Meme\"><\/span>A Text-Based Meme<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When most people think of memes, they think of images, GIFs, or short videos. Memes are instantly recognizable online, with pictures and voice clips that creep into mainstream pop culture. However, aside from images and videos, memes can also take the form of text blocks, which are known as \u201ccopypastas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copypastas are named after the act of copying and pasting text. People on the internet share these text-based memes by copying and pasting them all over the web, unlike images and videos, which must be uploaded separately. Similar to memes, copypastas are funny, contain a specific reference to something on the internet, and you can edit them to fit various scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Like image and video memes, copypastas can take on a variety of forms<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Single-line sentences, roughly the length of a tweet<\/li>\n<li>Extremely long chunks of disruptive, potentially spammy text<\/li>\n<li>Long fictional stories with surprise endings<\/li>\n<li>ASCII art, a graphical format that uses text characters to create images<\/li>\n<li>Funny tweets and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> posts taken out of their original context<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Individual copypastas can come from nearly anywhere. Some of the biggest copypastas are Greentexts: short, personal stories from the image forum 4Chan. While copypastas originate from a specific community, such as a Twitter fandom, 4Chan, or a subreddit, they tend to spread far beyond the reaches of that group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Is a GIF, and How Do You Use Them?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Copypastas_and_Snowclones\"><\/span>Copypastas and Snowclones<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the most significant subsets of copypastas are \u201csnowclones,\u201d also called phrasal templates. These are essentially the modern internet version of mad-libs, with names, places, and objects that are easy to replace based on the context.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest factor behind the \u201cmemeability\u201d of a copypasta is how easy it is to edit based on the context, similar to image meme templates. A copypasta is even easier to adapt than image macros in many ways. Instead of going into an image editor and adding captions or editing faces, all you have to do to edit a copypasta is change some words around.<\/p>\n<p>Reddit is especially popular for snowclones because most discussion is centered around text posts. These make the platform ripe for derivations of the same phrases.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"He_Boomed_Me_A_Case_Study\"><\/span>He Boomed Me: A Case Study<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The NBA subreddit <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/nba\/\">r\/nba<\/a> is one of the biggest producers of snowclones, such as the \u201cHe boomed me\u201d meme. This particular copypasta comes from a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brohrbach\/status\/1012349588588716033\">tweet by NBA reporter Ben Rohrbach<\/a> after a 2018 Conference Finals <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. He says he overheard Lebron James rant about Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, saying that Tatum \u201cboomed him\u201d \u2014 referring to a play where Tatum dunked over James.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Overheard in Cavs locker room after Game 7:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got me,\u201d LeBron said of Tatum&#8217;s dunk over him. &#8220;That f***ing Tatum boomed me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LeBron added, \u201cHe\u2019s so good,\u201d repeating it four times.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron then said he wanted to add Tatum to the list of players he works out with this summer. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uJhCSPCEok\">https:\/\/t.co\/uJhCSPCEok<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brohrbach\/status\/1012349588588716033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the tweet, user u\/FeversMirrors made a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/nba\/comments\/8ukahd\/rohrbach_overheard_in_cavs_locker_room_after_game\/\">thread on r\/nba<\/a> with over 11,000 upvotes. In the thread, user u\/Falconpwn6 posted, \u201cI can already tell this is gonna be a copypasta.\u201d It became one of the biggest memes on the NBA subreddit, partly because it was easy to modify.<\/p>\n<p>People have replaced various parts of the tweet in random threads on Reddit, both in and out of the NBA subreddit. For example, if you want to describe how you got beaten in an online player vs. player game, you might post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe got me,\u201d I said of SephirothX\u2019s play over me. \u201cThat f***ing SephirothX boomed me.\u201d<\/em><br \/><em>I added, \u201cHe\u2019s so good,\u201d repeating it four times.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Popular_Copypastas\"><\/span>Popular Copypastas<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You might be having trouble visualizing what exactly a copypasta looks like. So here are a few of the most famous copypastas on the internet that you\u2019ve likely come across at least once, either in their original format or as an edited snowclone.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest copypastas online is \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/this-is-so-sad-alexa-play-despacito\">This is so sad, Alexa play Despacito<\/a>.\u201d It refers to a humorous fictional conversation between a user and their digital assistant. This copypasta was started on Tumblr and later spread to the rest of the internet. Users often replace \u201cDespacito\u201d with a relevant song to the current conversation. For example, in a Pokemon-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>d forum, someone might post, \u201cThis is so sad, Alexa play Gotta catch \u2019em all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another variant is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/Creepypasta\">creepypastas<\/a>, short horror stories fueled by internet folklore. Perhaps the most famous creepypasta is Slenderman, a spooky tale of an unusually tall man in a suit. The Slenderman story inspired spin-offs, a hit video game <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, and a movie.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, there\u2019s no actual guideline for what constitutes a copypasta. These are essentially inside jokes on a massive scale \u2014 people in the know will find them funny, while those who are unaware may consider them incomprehensible and annoying. If you\u2019re looking to learn more about the world of memes, check out our explainers on what memes are and how they originated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Is a Meme (and How Did They Originate)?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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