The "~!"

[Guest papacita]

Just wondering, cuz I've become addicted to the "~!" lately. Who started that?

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

I dunno, but I've been a ~! addict for a long time now.

 

FO SHEEZ~!,

Kotzenjunge

[Guest treble charged]

As far as I know, the 'tilde bang', as it is commonly referred to, was started on the original Rantsylvania site.

 

Of course, I could 100% wrong, but that's just the first place I remember seeing it.

[Guest areacode212]

I seem to remember reading somewhere (possibly one of Bryan Alvarez's mailbag columns from the Observer site) that the tilde bang came from DVDVR.

[Guest Goodear]

Dean Rassuwhateverman (Of the workrate report) is widely credited for using the tilda for emphasis. The story was that he was reaching for the exclamation point and his finger slipped a key to the left. He thought it looked cool.

 

So there you have it.

[Guest dreamer420]

so if I write:

 

Fuck~!

 

it is really going to get the point across.

[Guest treble charged]

Kind of along the same line as 'who started what?', was it WrestleLine or Rantsylvania who first used 'La Parka' as an option in their polls?

 

Or am I wrong again and did someone else start it?

[Guest Will Scarlet]

I think it was Rantsylvania who started that. I figured it was just some joke of Shannon's. I could be way wrong though.

[Guest Incandenza]

I introduced the ~! in a film discussion board once. The Nic Cage flick, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, was new at the time, and I managed to convince a couple of people to only refer to it as CAPTAIN MARIO'S MANDOLIN~!

[Guest areacode212]

I've seen it crop up in some other non-wrestling related contexts as well. I'm not sure if they evolved it independently of Dean, or if DVDVR's influence has spilled out into the non-wrestling world.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

I know I've managed to get everyone I know to use it. I've discovered it's only effective if done with all capital letters, and with lower case letter it just looks silly.

 

FO SHEEZ~!,

Kotzenjunge

[Guest Some Guy]

I got my father to use it and "w00t~!" in various E-Mails to his friends, they all thought he was crazy.

[Guest evenflowDDT]

I must admit I use and abuse EMPHASIS~!

 

I've been trying to cut down in my Velocity recaps and posts by trying out SOMETHING ELSE!!!!!!!11 but it just doesn't work as well.

 

Edit: 3900... WHOA~! MORE EMOTICONS~! Hey Puppet Pal Clem? BONK~!

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

I cant say that I've ever used ~! before.

 

I used to do !?! but that got no sold a while back and I just stopped it..

[Guest crandamaniac]

I've used the ~! from time to time. The first time I used it was in a thread about the dangers of the MAVEKICK~! (he will return, and rampant fear will run wild), or as TheLivingLeeeegend~! during the Aviril Invasion, but I mainly took it from Scott Keith. Depending on it's context, it can be used for emphasis or for annoyance.

[Guest Anglesault]

I remember the ORIGINAL HHHaters (Bonus points if you can name them and the order they joined, be careful) made INTENSITY~! poplar for a while.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

INTENSE~! ruled and still does rule as THE best running joke.

 

I'm guessing Anglesault and bps21 were the first two official HHHaters, and I believe Brian was their archenemy.

 

Fo sheez,

Kotzenjunge

[Guest evenflowDDT]

I remember INTENSITY~! !!!!!!11

[Guest TheyCallMeMark]

~! is very common on the internet, I doubt Dean started it but hey maybe??

[Guest Anglesault]

INTENSE~! ruled and still does rule as THE best running joke.

 

I'm guessing Anglesault and bps21 were the first two official HHHaters, and I believe Brian was their archenemy.

 

Fo sheez,

Kotzenjunge

Would it help if I told you there were four HHHaters before we went all nWo? And that for a while, Bps and I were UNOFFICIAL 1 and 2, but not official.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

No, wouldn't help. Thanks anyway! By the way, you're alive again, Mr. Commander of Commerce. Just thought you might want to know. Check The General Chat folder for details.

 

Fo sheez,

Kotzenjunge

[Guest Anglesault]

Okay, the shocking answer: Neither bps or Anglesault formed the HHHaters. Masked Yodeler formed it, then had bps and me join, and finally teke. Then everyone on earth joined, including the nonsensical turn of our archrival, SUPERMOD BRIAN~!

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

It wasn't THAT nonsensical. He just had a higher threshold for HHHijinx than the rest of you.

 

For the record, I never joined.

 

Fo sheez,

Kotzenjunge

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

legend has it, the ~! started on RSPW, and was given to the J-crown or Super j Cup winner. Hence, EDDY~!

[Guest LJSexay]

I derno.... because my best friends use it, and they dont ever come online for wrestling or anything related. I think it dates back to some online games, like the whole l337 sp33k deal, which originated from online games. The "~!" might just be a part of that lingo.

[Guest The Metal Maniac]

I'm willing to bet that if it appears on other places (I've never seen it) it probably evolved all independently of each other.

 

I mean, any idiot can hit the wrong key by accident.

 

For the record though, I've always been told it dated back, wrestling-wise, to the rec.sport.pro-wrestling days.

[Guest MrRant]

Perhaps we shall find Ancient Egyptian writings about RA~!.

[Guest Marshall]

I've never seen it outside of a wrestling site.

[Guest TheRockIsTheEuropeanChampion]

Neither have I, but dayum, it sure is fun~!

 

I use it too often. I've even used it in school papers. Nobody seems to mind...

 

I first saw in on Rantsylvania, and that's where I picked up. I marked for Keith...

 

These new smilies are freaky... Dance, bitch, dance !!!

[Guest Hogan Made Wrestling]

Dean Rassmussen started it on RSPW by accident, and then started using it as a signature (NANIWA~!) at the end of his posts, I believe.