We've all seen it, someone will post some status update and there they are.
It's become one of many forum memes, so much so a question was raised.
So I did,
The forum has this handy search feature. Type in a user/ phrase/ word, and it will search the forum for it.
The first use of "pics" was by user @Lolligirl on June 21, 2016 in the gmc scrapbook topic
However The earliest use of "pics" in a status post was on July 12, 2016
from user @orange451 on a profile post by user @Misty
BUT more notable for its other responses, is a response on a status post of user @Roa by user @Kepons on Aug 13, 2016
whats notable about this is user @Cantavanda 's response "pics or it didnt happen"
why is this notable? because their is a period of time where "pics" wasnt used and instead "pics or it didnt happen" was the more common phrase
But the first origins of the member @BattleRifle BR55 using the term "pics" as meme is on Jan 21, 2017
on user @Ehsan status post.
Note that this use is with out quotation marks, not a reference but maybe the result of an influence.
ever since the occasional "pics" has been a meme on the status updates.
Either way, this topic is probably going to get locked by @TsukaYuriko
people will make the joke that I'm not Cantavanda
This post wasn't meant to be a sh!t post but it sure seems that way.
Oh well, a little forum history.
Addendum:
The actual first use of the word pics was by user @Aleksandar Gavrilovic on June 20, 2016
But this is used as the literal sense of the word "pictures" and probably does not relate "pics" to the meme.
also the search only goes for what's on the current forum, the original original "pics" could be lost to time as the forum has shifted hands, and location.
It's become one of many forum memes, so much so a question was raised.
So I did,
The forum has this handy search feature. Type in a user/ phrase/ word, and it will search the forum for it.
The first use of "pics" was by user @Lolligirl on June 21, 2016 in the gmc scrapbook topic
However The earliest use of "pics" in a status post was on July 12, 2016
from user @orange451 on a profile post by user @Misty
BUT more notable for its other responses, is a response on a status post of user @Roa by user @Kepons on Aug 13, 2016
whats notable about this is user @Cantavanda 's response "pics or it didnt happen"
why is this notable? because their is a period of time where "pics" wasnt used and instead "pics or it didnt happen" was the more common phrase
But the first origins of the member @BattleRifle BR55 using the term "pics" as meme is on Jan 21, 2017
on user @Ehsan status post.
Note that this use is with out quotation marks, not a reference but maybe the result of an influence.
ever since the occasional "pics" has been a meme on the status updates.
Either way, this topic is probably going to get locked by @TsukaYuriko
people will make the joke that I'm not Cantavanda
This post wasn't meant to be a sh!t post but it sure seems that way.
Oh well, a little forum history.
Addendum:
The actual first use of the word pics was by user @Aleksandar Gavrilovic on June 20, 2016
But this is used as the literal sense of the word "pictures" and probably does not relate "pics" to the meme.
also the search only goes for what's on the current forum, the original original "pics" could be lost to time as the forum has shifted hands, and location.