Newfags can't Triforce
Published March 10, 2026
"An idiot is someone who only just learned what I have known all along" seems to have been the guiding principle behind this meme from the IRC era. Knowledge of how to weave your ASCII keyboard magic
Origin & Background
"An idiot is someone who only just learned what I have known all along" seems to have been the guiding principle behind this meme from the IRC era. Knowledge of how to weave your ASCII keyboard magic quickly became a necessity if you wanted to convince everybody on your fav message board that you weren't new to the internet.
How It Spread
"An idiot is someone who only just learned what I have known all along" seems to have been the guiding principle behind this meme from the IRC era. Knowledge of how to weave your ASCII keyboard magic quickly became a necessity if you wanted to convince everybody on your fav message board that you weren't new to the internet.