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I did it for the lulz
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
"I did it for the lulz" (IDIFTL) is a catchphrase which serves as a catch-all explanation for any trolling you do or any internet drama you cause. If you are experiencing troll's remorse, saying "I did it for the lulz" three times out loud should clear your conscience. Doing something for the lulz is also a completely justified reason for doing it; no-one sane should ever question or not accept this reason.
[edit] ED Guideline
It is Encyclopedia Dramatica policy that anything is acceptable if it was done for the lulz. An article and edits are only valid if they were made for the lulz. If you find an article that was not done for the lulz then it is shit and should be re-written or deleted.
If you find an edit that was not done for the lulz, plz hit up the editors page and vandalize the shit out of it. {{unwelcome}} tags should be applied liberally.
[edit] Noteworthy occurrences
Doing it for the lulz has a long history with noteworthy people. Of course, the most noteworthy on-line occurrences done for lulz are LJDrama and Frienditto. Other notable occurrences include the following:
[edit] Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash became the ultimate lulz pioneer with his song "Folsom Prison Blues," which became famous for the lyrics "I shot a man in Reno, just for the lulz." Soon Fox News began blasting Johnny Cash for being the baddest motherfucker on the planet, to which Johnny got even more lulz.
The man in black went on to write "Ring of Fire," relating the story of his filming of legendary Cat on Fire video + screencap, this being his favorite source of lulz next to child pornography which, coincidentally, is one of the few things that gets the lulz anymore.
In his final years, Johnny suffered from Troll's remorse, becoming an emofag. During this time period he covered the song "Hurt," originally written by another emofag called Trent Reznor from NIN), which talked about cutting himself and how he regretted doing everything for the lulz. He died shortly thereafter, which doctors attribute to a sudden and exponential decrease in lulz.
[edit] Iraq War
George W. Bush was quoted as saying "I did it for the lulz" when asked about the War in Iraq.
[edit] Jesus
The birth of Jesus was the most memorable repercussion of "doing it for the lulz," as God thought it would be funny to fuck with the Jews and their Religion.
[edit] 9/11
The widespread myth that 9/11 was a reaction to US imperialism and support of Israel is just that--a myth. On a tape release by Osama bin Laden, he admits to doing it for the lulz. Osama bin Laden did claim responsibilty for 9/11, but in actuality the JEWS DID WTC. Many theorize that they did this for the lulz, but others cite the fact that Jews have no sense of humor soul. Osama decided to release the tape anyway just for MOAR lulz.
[edit] flashman
In addition to the lulz-inspiring 9/11, a LiveJournal user created a fake journal of a man that supposedly died in the 9/11 attack. When exposed, while unavailable for public comment, she confided to her friends "I did it for the lulz." The LJ community, however, views it as too soon.
[edit] Hitler
Before Hitler shot himself, it has been recorded that he said "I don't understand. I just did it for the lulz." It took 5 years for people to notice that killing Jews is lulz worthy, making Hitler ahead of his time.
[edit] Al Gore
It is widely believed that Al Gore created the Internet and Global Warming for the lulz.
[edit] Electrode
It is a common fact that Electrode, the rare an hero pokemon, explodes for the lulz on a regular basis. Some fags have argued that this is not in fact the reason, but rather because of electricity building up in it's body which it violently discharges, killing everybody in range. This theory is invalid however, as it suggests that Electrode is a sandkip, while the colour scheme (white on top, red on bottom) proves that it is in fact a redneck.
[edit] Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera, a Mexican expressionist, painted a mural depicting Lenin on a Rockefeller Center wall during the Red Scare for the lulz.
[edit] Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson has done it for the lulz from at least the 80's, when he set himself on fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial. "I'm glad that everyone is laughing," Michael Jackon said from his hospital bed, "the lulz give me warm tingly feelings." Soon, however, the warm tingly feelings for the lulz was replaced by warm tingly feelings for raping boys. At his recent trial, he was acquitted of all charges. Speculation remains on whether or not this was the fact that he broke down and screamed, "[It] was all for the lulz!" and moved the jury to tears of laughter.
[edit] Brandon Vedas
As Smoke2k can attest, Brandon 'Ripper' Vedas was lulzing the chatroom up when he overdosed online for the world to see.
[edit] Budd Dwyer
When Pennsylvania State Treasurer Budd Dwyer was caught for bribery and recieving kickbacks, he pulled one of the greatest lulz manuvers in history: avoiding jailtime by blowing his brains out on live T.V. Hey man, nice shot.
[edit] Kevin Whitrick
The only proven way to avoid troll's remorse is to become an hero as part of the troll itself. This maneuver was deftly executed by Kevin Whitrick who pulled a Saddam for a live audience on an "insult chatroom" on Paltalk, combining the best of Ripper and Budd all in one go. "When Kevin stepped off the chair and was left dangling, the mood in the chatroom changed." O RLY?
[edit] Maury Povich
Maury Povich, host of The Maury Show, has been doing it for the lulz for at least 100 years. The Maury Show has only one possible plot: A black woman, Shaniqua, comes on and accuses Jamaal of being her baby daddy. However, Jamaal denies it, because Shaniqua is a lying ho. Then, we find out whether Jamaal really is/is not the father. Many lulz and drama ensue daily from this program.
[edit] Hiroshima
Albert Einstein and some other geeks built an atom bomb that was going to become unstable and possibly fizzle. Knowing that this bomb was a verifiable evil machine, Harry Truman dropped it on wonderful Asians. This story has a poor moral, as some say that Truman later had a case of IRL Troll's remorse.
[edit] Adult Swim
On January 31st 2007, in an unusually lulzworthy stunt, Adult_Swim launched the entire city of Boston, MA into terror when the masses mistook electronic light boards featuring a Mooninite for terrorist bombs. In a fit of Troll's remorse, the company apologized, stating: "We are still trying to understand where it all went wrong, we just did it for the lulz." We commend Adult Swim for the resulting lulz and drama. Consequently, Adult Swim was also done entirely for the lulz of seeing what would happen when adult material was placed on a children's channel.
[edit] Your Mom
Your mom did it for the lulz. see 16 year old girls.
[edit] Rosie O'Donnell
After her "shocking" announcement that she was gay during the final moments of her orgasm of liberalism called The Rosie O'Donnell Show, she became hated, especially by the Dragon of Faith (Slaughterer of the Mole Peoples). However, when she released her tell-all book, "Lulz for the Liberal", she admitted that she did it all for the lulz. However, nobody was laughing at the time, as this was considered to be one of the great lulz failures of all-time.
In a case of irony, however. Stanley Steemer, a carpet-cleaning company, offered Rosie a job as their spokesperson under the catchphrase, "We clean carpets better than Rosie does, and that says a lot!", mainly for the lulz.
Rosie has also been an honorable mention for People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive award as a recurring lulz moment for the past several years.
In a more recent event, many insiders are speculating that Rosie's feud with Donald Trump was started for the lulz. Insiders have lambasted the mainstream press for covering up the more important details of this feud. It is becoming apparent that Rosie took the first jab as she stated on The Dickgirl Feminists, oops, The View, that having sex with Donald in the mid 80's single-handedly turned her into a lesbian. Donald saw this bluff as a half-assed lulz attempt by Rosie. He swiftly responded by saying that she could've enjoyed it if she actually tried to move. Angered at her failure, Rosie promised Barbara Walters a year's supply of booze if she sided with her. She agreed. Many lulz have occured since this event at the sake of Rosie's reputation, making it look like another lulz failure in Rosie's standpoint.
[edit] Prohibition
The Prohibition Act of 1920 is, in itself, a tale of epic drama. With the bill passed by Congress, president (and lulzless democrat) Woodrow Wilson, feeling a case of Troll's Remorse, decided to veto the bill just because he felt that banning alcohol would detriment the status quo (some have debated that the veto was done for the lulz as well). By foreseeing the limitless potential of lulz and drama that would ensue if Prohibition were to be in effect, Congress pwned the president's ruling by a 2/3rd's majority. What would occur during the Prohibition period would be the Golden Age of Lulz. No person was ever hungry for lulz during this period, as everybody was in uproarious laughter throughout the 1920's thanks to the drama that occured. Thanks to this event, the preceding decade has been dubbed as "The Roaring 20's."
[edit] U.S. Invasion of Panama
When realizing that the United States was about to close in on his estate, Manuel Noriega, the brutal dictator who persecuted those who practiced the lulz in Panama, clenched in fear at the Americans and their arsenal of lulz at their disposal. Reflecting on the Iran-Contra scandal and the lulz that ensued, Noriega ran straight into the Vatican Embassy and declared sanctuary (after years of analyzing the situation, lulzosophers now agree that this act was done for the lulz). After the U.S. realized that Noriega holed himself into an Embassy, they played blaring music to barrage Noriega with wave after wave of lulzy music for the situation. Some of the music played included such "Danger Zone," "Trapped in the Closet," and "Panama." After a few days, Noriega finally surrendered to the United States. When he was declaring his surrender, Noriega was laughing so hard that he almost died of a lack of oxygen.
[edit] Jokela High School Massacre / Pekka-Eric Auvinen (aka NaturalSelector89 / Sturmgeist89)
Sturmgeist did it for teh lulz. For real - check the translation of his maniesto; http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2007/11/8/141636/531 While running through the halls of Jokela High School he was reported to have been yelling "its ok everyone im just doing it for the lulz!"
If you missed who this guy was, did the Finnish high-school massacre. See The Mirror, Wired, Times & NY Times
[edit] Vtech
The fucked up yellow nigga was all about the lulz. after setting his dorm on fire, and fucking his invisible, imaginary, supermodel bitch didnt satisfy his insatiable lulzlust, he shot a buncha other /b/tards who were not about the lulz.
[edit] Marcus Junius Brutus
Brutus was a hardcore motherfucker pansy-ass senator who single-handedly killed the president cut a bitch with the help of like, sixty other guys. When asked WHY he did such a devious thing, Brutus was quoted as saying, "hoc propter cachinnantes facivi". Today, old people around the world re-enact Brutus' cowardly act in a series of citrus-themed parties. Like a lua, but with more wrinkly buttsex.
[edit] Doing it for the lulz
Marking a milestone in the electronic lulz, a group has formed to enhance the online progress towards everything lulz. "Diditforthelulz.com" is comprised of about 20 people all invested in creating lulz in real life and on the internet. They use a Teamspeak server to communicate. Some of their recent deployment of lulz has been calling Borders and Barnes and Nobles and spoiling the Harry Potter book over the intercom of the store. They are currently recruiting anybody and anyone interested in taking lulz to a next step. Stop by the site, join the Teamspeak and irc.
YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
One visit to that godawful hellhole offers nothing but the bitchings of wannabee hacker 13 year old boys.
They never did it for the lulz, although doing something to members of that site is very lulzworthy. (See Irony)
This failure of a group has also claimed responsibility for the recent hacking and subsequent downtime of 4chan. This move could be argued as "ass-backwards" because 4channers encompass the group of people who are most likely to pat them on the back for their baby-like attempts at trolling. (For further information, see: Brb, compromised)
[edit] Songs about doing it for the lulz
everything must change...
lulz...
CHORUS:
some people would rob their mother for the lulz
Rat snitch on one another for the lulz
Sometimes kids get murdered for the lulz
So before we go any further I want my lulz
I knew this cat named Dale
Who didn't have a dollar
He was Harvard material
Ivy League scholar
Had a PHD
An MBA
But now he's waitin' tables 'cause there's rent to pay
Company's down sizin'
Inflation's risin'
Can't find a job
He's feelin' kind of stressed
Doesn't even feel the effects when he says
Forgot to count how many times he's been blessed
So he falls off track
Starts smokin' the crack
And once it hits his brain
It starts a chain react
Sells the shirt off his back
The shoes off his feet
He's losin' all his teeth
Now he's out on the street
And all of the sudden he's like Jesse James
Tryin' to stick up kids for their watches and chains
But he's from business school
And he's nervous with the tool
So he ends up on his back in a bloody pool
For the lulz
CHORUS
I knew this chick named Sally
She had a nice strut
And everywhere that I went she was up in the cut
Swingin' that butt like "place your ad here"
Only rapped the Benz
And rocked the fly gear
Brand name wearin'Champagne wavin'
Jewels around the neck
A lotta style she's cravin'
Ain't no savin'
She's doin' all the spendin'
If you do the lendin'
She'll do the bendin'
Straight machine vendin'
That's money for tail
Shoppin' sprees get her on her knees
And then you hit her with the keys of your krib you actin' funny
Come home one day find her countin' out your money
From the Wetlands all the way to the Apollo
If you broke she's spittin'
If you're rich she might swallow
For the lulz
I knew these two homeboys
That made a lot of noise
Makin' money on the block
The kids was on their jock
They was tougher than leather
Like Reverend Run
DMC they was tokin' guns
Hold and wait
Goin' out of state
Stackin' mad chips
And pushin' phat wears
Fly jewels and clothes
And got no job
And then one disappeared
And one got robbed
For the lulz
my mom got scared
And said
"You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air."
I whistled for a cab and when it came near
The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror
If anything I could say that this cab was rare
But I thought, "Nah, forget it. Yo home to Bel-Air!"
I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8
And I yelled to the cabby yo holmes smell ya later
Looked at my kingdom I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.
CHORUS (X2)
[edit] See also:
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I did it for the lulz is part of a series on acronyms. |
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I did it for the lulz is part of a series on Trolls. |
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