Dylan Brunshidle

20 years ago, a man screamed his own name into a microphone and ruined everything. It became one of the most famous moments in internet history.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ A group of players in an online game called World of Warcraft had spent several minutes planning a complicated raid. Timing, positioning, survival odds. One player calculated their chances of success at 32.33 percent, repeating. The whole time, one of their teammates wasn’t listening. He’d stepped away from his computer to reheat some chicken. When he came back, he ignored everything, screamed his character’s name at the top of his lungs, and charged straight into the fight alone. Everyone followed him in. They all died in seconds. “Leeroy, you are just stupid as hell.” “At least I have chicken.” The clip spread across the internet before “going viral” was even a phrase. It was referenced in South Park, How I Met Your Mother, and an article in a military journal. The game’s developer added the character as an official figure inside the game. His name became shorthand for anyone who ruins a plan by doing something reckless. The whole thing was staged. The group admitted years later it was a scripted re-enactment of something that had actually happened. The cameraman said: “We didn’t think anyone would believe it was real. We thought it was so obviously satire.” The player behind Leeroy Jenkins is a guy named Ben Schulz. He repairs industrial lighting for a living.

“People don’t realise video games these days are bigger and more complex, that’s why they take so long to make!” Yeah, but do they have to be? 🤔🤷‍♂️

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on a possible U.S. ground invasion: "I do not think they would dare to do such a thing. Very heavy casualties would await them. You have seen the damage inflicted on them… and what happened to their AWACS? In ground warfare, we are even better than this. We are fully prepared to confront any ground threat to our country."

Was it ever explained how Ada survived the fall in the lab in Resident Evil 2?

Hegseth: “I witnessed lethality. I met a junior airman as the sun was going down and a chill was setting on the tarmac, who, when asked what they needed, simply looked up at me with a sly smile and said, ‘More bombs, sir, and bigger bombs.’ We will happily oblige her.”

A paladin doesn’t bend his oath to fit the moment.

The ram crisis is real. This stuff is rendering in PS2 quality

Sounds like today has been one of the toughest days of the war so far for America: Injuries, many serious, in both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.