ASCII Macros/Copypastas

[neoratz]

ok, i'm not really sure if there is a proper name for these... but i am thinking about stuff like this that people posted all over profiles / comments / etc:

☻/ This is bob. Copy and paste him so he can take over youtube.
/▌
/\
╔═╦══╦═╗ Put this on your
║╩╣║║║║║ site if you support
╚═╩╩╩╩═╝ Emos
╔═╦╗╔╦═╦═╦╗╔╗Put This On
║═╣║║║╔╣╔╣╚╝║Your Channel If
║╔╣╚╝║║║║╚╗╔╝You Are Or
╚╝╚══╩╝╚╝ ╚╝Support Furrys
█ 10% Playing NOT ON CP _{(present neo edit: this means CLUB PENGUIN)}
██ 20% CRAZYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! o_e
███ 30% Pictures
████ 40% Animations
█████ 50% Pokemon lover! ( crazy for zangoose, umbreon, and espeon! )
██████ 60% LAZYYYYYYY
███████ 70% Animal Lover
████████ 80% Friendly :3
█████████ 90% Noob Animator
██████████ 100% Manga, Anime, Chracter creating, WAFFLEZ FREAK! :3

│▌║█▌│█│║║│║██│║█│
®*ΘЯIGINAL CHANNEL*®
αℓℓ яїgнтs яεsεяvεd
cσρчяїgнт ©2010 ForestStar7


some were just messages for you to copy/paste everywhere, others (like the % and copyright messages) were intended to be personalized. i am wondering, is there a database of these? or even personal collections scattered across people's websites? do you have any to share? i've tried looking, but i mostly come up with more modern versions like twitch memes

[Onio]

Have you tried looking through the ASCII Art Archive? https://www.asciiart.eu/

You might also find something good on Curlie.

[Memory]

I know it's a pet peeve but that's actually not ASCII at all that you posted. It's ANSI, or Unicode, depending on the encoding you use.

[neoratz]

Have you tried looking through the ASCII Art Archive? https://www.asciiart.eu/

You might also find something good on Curlie.

i've browsed the ASCII Art Archive and i think it's really cool, but i'm looking more for really widespread macros which i don't think it has a lot of V_V Curlie is new to me though, i'll definitely look around with it! i have a feeling i should also try checking old deviantART profiles and blogs for MMORPGS... i have a feeling there will be lots of stuff floating around

I know it's a pet peeve but that's actually not ASCII at all that you posted. It's ANSI, or Unicode, depending on the encoding you use.

oh thanks for letting me know! maybe i can find more if i use ANSI and Unicode in my search terms

[Memory]

oh thanks for letting me know! maybe i can find more if i use ANSI and Unicode in my search terms

There used to be a really edgy subculture around creating ANSI art by hand that was really similar to the early hacker, cracker and demoscene. It was simply called ANSI scene and it'd mostly consists of groups of artists who got together and regularly released downloadable packages of ANSI art for people to admire. It is kinda like the game piracy subculture these days, so a lot of pseudonyms, beefs between rivaling groups, and constant contests for the best.

So, this is ANSI art.


ANSI is usually immediately recognizable because it almost looks like pixelart; since the ANSI specification has full-width blocks in many variations.
ASCII on the other hand uses "normal" Latin symbols only with a bit of punctuation thrown in.

This is ASCII art:


And Unicode has a fuckton of symbols, including emoji, plenty of the world's writing systems and many many useful symbols. It's the encoding we are all probably going to use while browsing right now. It's the up to date standard for encoding writing these days. There isn't a Unicode art subculture though as far as I know.

[JackFrost]

How do i make ASCII art? It seems very interesting and i would like to put it on my site. I’ve never made it before but it looks easy enough.

[ribose]

ooh i have a few examples! here are the ones my friends left on my steam profile in 2016:


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It's COOL to be gay!
Post this on the wall of a homosexual friend and tell them how COOL they are


YOU JUST GOT HIT BY

¶▅c●▄███████||▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅|█
▄██THE YURI TANK███▅▄▃▂
█████████████████████►
◥☼▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙☼◤


║\
║▒\
║▒▒\
║░▒║hi loren
║░▒║
║░▒║
║░▒║
║░▒║
║░▒║
║░▒║
║░▒║
▓▓▓▓
[█▓]
[█▓]
[█▓]

*i remember this one going around with a more standard "put this knife on your profile if you are ____" but this is the example i have :omg:k:


PSYRRY BUT I'M DELETING YOU FROM MY GANGNAM! (clicks delete!) LOADING... ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 99%................................ OPPA! It is impossible to delete our friendship.You mean so much to me. Post this to 1O sexy ladies walls who you never want to lose. If you get 3 back, you're an amazing style.

[Memory]

How do i make ASCII art? It seems very interesting and i would like to put it on my site. I’ve never made it before but it looks easy enough.

For simple one or two liners it's not really different from just typing a smiley.

Like this, a rose: --',-'-@

For larger ones, make sure you have a monospace editor (e.g. all symbols are the same width) and get comfortable with the Insert key.

[Onio]

There used to be a really edgy subculture around creating ANSI art by hand that was really similar to the early hacker, cracker and demoscene. It was simply called ANSI scene and it'd mostly consists of groups of artists who got together and regularly released downloadable packages of ANSI art for people to admire. It is kinda like the game piracy subculture these days, so a lot of pseudonyms, beefs between rivaling groups, and constant contests for the best.

So, this is ANSI art.


ANSI is usually immediately recognizable because it almost looks like pixelart; since the ANSI specification has full-width blocks in many variations.
ASCII on the other hand uses "normal" Latin symbols only with a bit of punctuation thrown in.

This is ASCII art:


And Unicode has a fuckton of symbols, including emoji, plenty of the world's writing systems and many many useful symbols. It's the encoding we are all probably going to use while browsing right now. It's the up to date standard for encoding writing these days. There isn't a Unicode art subculture though as far as I know.

This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing,

Just found this website: -link redacted-

[Memory]

This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing,

Just found this website:

Are you sure you want to promote that? It has an overtly neo-nazi ANSI pack as a featured creation on its main page, swastika and all.

[Onio]

Are you sure you want to promote that? It has an overtly neo-nazi ANSI pack as a featured creation on its main page, swastika and all.

I didn't see that, my apologies. More or less skimmed through one or two collections, and moved on. I forget that not everything is great on the Internet. I've removed the link from my post, maybe redact it in your quote as well.

[N]

ver y cool

[debleb]

bob takes me back lol!

on final fantasy xiv you still see these sometimes getting pasted into party chat (or accidentally into group chats when someone forgets to switch :P)
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^ this one is quite funny though it looks a bit odd outside the game

[fablefound]

oh my gosh not to revive a super old thread but i was JUST about to make a thread on this and this one popped up as a "Similar Topic"... truly miss all my old mile-long profiles packed with the most random shit. genuinely wish some of them had been preserved more--I had the knife on my profile but forget why, as well as some preachy 2000s copypastas against racism and homophobia, and an iPod Nano (yes, an iPod Nano!!) in ASCII to represent that I was totally "Addicted to Music" or whatever. Plus just lots of cutesy critters.