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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Either 3 backticks before and after code block, or 4 spaces at the start of each line

 ROFL:ROFL:ROFL:ROFL
         _^___
 L    __/   [] \
LOL===__        \
 L      \________]
         I   I
        --------/

roflcopter

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You know, I never questioned where the term roflcopter came from, but I just looked it up and it comes from the WarCraft III forums in 2003. It actually refers to the gyrocopter in the game rather than a helicopter. This has been another...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, then when they were in wow, roflcopter just continued to spread.