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The "'''fails at life'''" fad was one of ytmnd's late fads in 2004.  The original "fail at life" site showed a person cosplaying as Cloud Strife, but the site was deleted in 2005 when accounts were deleted for upvoting/downvoting.  The soundfile used was the "fail" music from The Price is Right when a person loses a game.
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'''Fail''' or '''Fails at life''' is a fad that depicts various instances of failure accompanied by The Price is Right's losing horns.  Images used for fail sites are usually static, and they often consist of either pictures imported from other websites or printscreened images with MS Paint captions.  The "fails at life" concept did not originate with YTMND, but much like the [[Emo_(fad)|emo]] fad, it caught on quickly and adopted fad audio unique to YTMND.
  
After the original "fail at life" site, many followed at a high rate.  Most of the sites required little effort and recieved low ratings, but nonetheless, others joined inSites always had "fail/fails at life" in the title.
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The original site showed a person cosplaying as Cloud Strife, but the site was deleted in 2005 when accounts were deleted for upvoting/downvoting.  After the original fail site, many followed at a high rate.  Part of the appeal is likely due to the ease with which one can create a fail siteGradually, sites (using animated images) began using the fail horns at the end of other sound clips as a sort of punchline. One of the most famous and innovative uses of the fail sound is in [[HTTP 404 MAN NOT FOUND (DOG)]]
  
After the relaunch of ytmnd in 2005, "fail at life" sites continued to pop up.  Some of these sites did not have "fail at life" in the title, and others used the "failure" sound clip at the end of another sound clip. One of the most famous uses of the fail sound is in [[HTTP 404 MAN NOT FOUND (DOG)]]
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Most sites that use the fail music are considered to be of poor quality.  To reflect this, some ytmnd users have created sites that parody fails at life [http://rummyfail.ytmnd.com].
 
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Today, most sites that use the "failure" music are considered to be of poor quality.  To reflect this, some ytmnd users have created sites that parody fails at life [http://rummyfail.ytmnd.com].
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==

Revision as of 04:00, December 15, 2010

Fail
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Original YTMND:
furries fail at life
by kingawesome
May 1, 2004
Worthy Spinoffs:
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Fail or Fails at life is a fad that depicts various instances of failure accompanied by The Price is Right's losing horns. Images used for fail sites are usually static, and they often consist of either pictures imported from other websites or printscreened images with MS Paint captions. The "fails at life" concept did not originate with YTMND, but much like the emo fad, it caught on quickly and adopted fad audio unique to YTMND.

The original site showed a person cosplaying as Cloud Strife, but the site was deleted in 2005 when accounts were deleted for upvoting/downvoting. After the original fail site, many followed at a high rate. Part of the appeal is likely due to the ease with which one can create a fail site. Gradually, sites (using animated images) began using the fail horns at the end of other sound clips as a sort of punchline. One of the most famous and innovative uses of the fail sound is in HTTP 404 MAN NOT FOUND (DOG)

Most sites that use the fail music are considered to be of poor quality. To reflect this, some ytmnd users have created sites that parody fails at life [1].

External Links

FAIL Blog: A collection of various fails. You have to provide your own music, though.

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