There are two potential and mutual origins to the proliferation of "KEK."
In World of Warcraft there are two factions, Alliance and Horde.
They often kill each other in the open world.
If Horde could talk to Alliance and visa-versa, it would promote spying on potential city sieges. There are other reasons, but that's the most gameplay focused.
So, they scrambled the text to make sure the factions couldn't talk to one another.
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
When someone from the Horde types LOL, the Alliance can still see the other person typing but it is scrambled to KEK.
Orcs are on the Horde side, so the most common thing an Alliance player would see when they get ganked (killed while questing) are the letters KEK. It became synonymous with trolling.
Jump to, and Pepe comes along. He is green. Orcs are green. People who post pepes are shitposters and trolls. So, it was just natural they also adopted the KEK term.
Additionally, some trace it to the Egyptian god Kek, which is also a frog.
Whether KEK was used before Pepe while trolling or Pepe reinforced the use of KEK due to the Egyptian god association is unclear by nature of continually developing meme logics.
Edit:
Also, this statue has an epitaph that looks like a shitposter on a computer making meme magic.
That's interesting. Dubs for the chans, 17 could be a sigil for Q team, and patriots in general. 33 a sigil for freemasonry.
Its not their magic. Keep in mind though, God's sigil, is the scriptures. People call it the living word for exactly thie same phenomenon of coincidences communicating improbably coherent and relavent messages. Its something that is mocked and dismissed in atheistic society. I'd be wary of the sources or entities latching on to other sigils though. This falls within the realm of 'engraven images'.
Kek is the Egyptian God of Chaos, right? And we're here to bring chaos and destruction to the old guard, correct? This is the TRUE meaning and purpose of Kek.
Um, it's also from how koreans write laughter in games, they go "kekekekeke", and it started mostly in Starcraft. From there it evolved to World of Warcraft as "KEK" replacing "LOL".
Starcraft was released in 1998, so that predates the Stargate definition.
I read the explanation tying it to World of Warcraft. I don't play it, but I understand it (I'm an old fashioned role playing gamer, have been DMing for Middle-earth Role playing for 40 years). Anyway... when I first came upon GAW, I thought kek was the the equivalent of lol, but kek was more reserved and wiser... as if the person was saying, "yeah, I have to acknowledge, that's pretty funny but I'm not the type to laugh out loud and out of control.". And that pleased me greatly! I liked the persona of the Anons, offering keks to one another when warranted, rather than frivolously lol-ing all the time. And the word kek fit the sound. Like Popeye as someone pointed out, but not an obnoxious string like Popeye. Just one well-deserved kek, when warranted... a badge of honor to be earned. That's how I see it, anyway.
My mom asks me these questions all the time it brings me joy to explain KEK, or the history of Anonymous and why they hate the church of Scientology, or explaining the context of literally any meme. Its just so funny to explain. So she asked me what goatsee was and I was like uhhhhhhhh
There are two potential and mutual origins to the proliferation of "KEK."
In World of Warcraft there are two factions, Alliance and Horde.
They often kill each other in the open world.
If Horde could talk to Alliance and visa-versa, it would promote spying on potential city sieges. There are other reasons, but that's the most gameplay focused.
So, they scrambled the text to make sure the factions couldn't talk to one another.
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
When someone from the Horde types LOL, the Alliance can still see the other person typing but it is scrambled to KEK.
Orcs are on the Horde side, so the most common thing an Alliance player would see when they get ganked (killed while questing) are the letters KEK. It became synonymous with trolling.
Jump to, and Pepe comes along. He is green. Orcs are green. People who post pepes are shitposters and trolls. So, it was just natural they also adopted the KEK term.
Additionally, some trace it to the Egyptian god Kek, which is also a frog.
Whether KEK was used before Pepe while trolling or Pepe reinforced the use of KEK due to the Egyptian god association is unclear by nature of continually developing meme logics.
Edit:
Also, this statue has an epitaph that looks like a shitposter on a computer making meme magic.
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And since we're in Rabbit Hole Country: Here you go OP
That's interesting. Dubs for the chans, 17 could be a sigil for Q team, and patriots in general. 33 a sigil for freemasonry.
Its not their magic. Keep in mind though, God's sigil, is the scriptures. People call it the living word for exactly thie same phenomenon of coincidences communicating improbably coherent and relavent messages. Its something that is mocked and dismissed in atheistic society. I'd be wary of the sources or entities latching on to other sigils though. This falls within the realm of 'engraven images'.
Bal'a dash malanore!
We were using kek in EQ, many moons ago, along w/ what the froak b/c of the guk frogs
Kek is the Egyptian God of Chaos, right? And we're here to bring chaos and destruction to the old guard, correct? This is the TRUE meaning and purpose of Kek.
World of Warcraft Horde word for LOL
KEK
LOL. No. But ur right about Popeye. Never thought about that before.
Kek is a Jaffa term meaning weakness or death.
Cree: Shal’kek Nem’Ron!
Listen: I will die free.
Stargate Pre-dates World of Warcraft.
Kek was defined by Stargate one year ahead of WOW’s release.
Um, it's also from how koreans write laughter in games, they go "kekekekeke", and it started mostly in Starcraft. From there it evolved to World of Warcraft as "KEK" replacing "LOL".
Starcraft was released in 1998, so that predates the Stargate definition.
I read the explanation tying it to World of Warcraft. I don't play it, but I understand it (I'm an old fashioned role playing gamer, have been DMing for Middle-earth Role playing for 40 years). Anyway... when I first came upon GAW, I thought kek was the the equivalent of lol, but kek was more reserved and wiser... as if the person was saying, "yeah, I have to acknowledge, that's pretty funny but I'm not the type to laugh out loud and out of control.". And that pleased me greatly! I liked the persona of the Anons, offering keks to one another when warranted, rather than frivolously lol-ing all the time. And the word kek fit the sound. Like Popeye as someone pointed out, but not an obnoxious string like Popeye. Just one well-deserved kek, when warranted... a badge of honor to be earned. That's how I see it, anyway.
I always assumed it was a frog (pepe) laugh. Hah!
My mom asks me these questions all the time it brings me joy to explain KEK, or the history of Anonymous and why they hate the church of Scientology, or explaining the context of literally any meme. Its just so funny to explain. So she asked me what goatsee was and I was like uhhhhhhhh
Im still like uhhh dont google it mom