Most likely one of the programmers was a fan of Monty Python, or perhaps one of the other older references to being hit by a fish. It wasn't the only action command, just a weird one that lives on.
I am allergic to getting whacked. It hurts every time.
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Captain Aggravated - 12mon
In Team Fortress 2, the Scout can replace his default melee weapon (a baseball bat) with a "Holy Mackerel", a fish wrapped in newspaper. While having similar stats, it announces in the kill feed every time the scout hits an enemy with it, and if he defeats that enemy it will show a "FISH KILL!" message.
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Atelopus-zeteki - 12mon
Somehow it was less perceptible than I had expected.
Maven in 196
Rule
/me slaps Maven around a bit with a large trout
Never understood why mIRC had a builtin for that.
Most likely one of the programmers was a fan of Monty Python, or perhaps one of the other older references to being hit by a fish. It wasn't the only action command, just a weird one that lives on.
Here's an interesting dive into the idea of action commands and how they've evolved into things like emojis and netspeak common today.
It was a Monty Python reference and common IRC joke.
I would make bots that would just go around and slap random people with fish lol
I also wrote a contextual menu that was nothing but scripts for slapping the selected user with a wide variety of fish.
12 year old me was a fucking dork.
Why wouldn’t it have
Man that takes me back. Trout slapping was a huge thing on IRC in the 90's. I never understood why.
Edit: Apparently from Monty Python. Of course.
You've been hit by
You've been struck by
A smooth salmonid
I think "halibut" would work there.
This gives me flashbacks to IRC
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a2aafb45-e2e0-43f9-a003-8e5986bfa98c.gif
I am allergic to getting whacked. It hurts every time.
In Team Fortress 2, the Scout can replace his default melee weapon (a baseball bat) with a "Holy Mackerel", a fish wrapped in newspaper. While having similar stats, it announces in the kill feed every time the scout hits an enemy with it, and if he defeats that enemy it will show a "FISH KILL!" message.
Somehow it was less perceptible than I had expected.
Fun fact, this is from Wikipedia
Moist
Knock knock
WHAT.
Nobody smacks OR whacks me with a wet trout. Nobody! Here's what I say to you:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c0261547-2f3f-4f4d-a3ad-2658fa1ae1ec.webp
Hmph.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBJidcuh5JL/
POV: You are Paul Bunyan