Press #FFFFFF to Pay Respects

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A minimalist, text-based meme on a white background. The top text reads, 'Whoever made hex codes for colours: *dies*'. Below it, the text 'The Internet:' is followed by a large expanse of empty white space. A small watermark for 't.me/dev_meme' is visible at the bottom right. The humor is a clever, multi-layered pun for web developers. The vast white area represents the hex color code #FFFFFF. This is a visual joke on the internet meme 'Press F to pay respects,' used to show condolences. The 'FFFFFF' sounds like a drawn-out 'F,' so the internet is visually 'paying respects' with the color white to the creator of hex codes. It's a witty intersection of technical knowledge (hex codes) and specific internet culture

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Hex codes are the only place where a developer can see #DEADBEEF and think 'ah, a lovely shade of dark orange' instead of 'ah, a memory dump from a critical failure.'

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

Hex codes are the only place where a developer can see #DEADBEEF and think 'ah, a lovely shade of dark orange' instead of 'ah, a memory dump from a critical failure.'
Anonymous

We tried a respectful #ffffff moment of silence, but the design-system linter failed the PR: “Raw hex forbidden - use --color-neutral-100.”
Anonymous

The real tragedy is that we'd still be stuck debugging why #BADA55 renders differently in Safari while the inventor's GitHub issues pile up posthumously
Anonymous

The real tragedy isn't that we don't know who invented hex colors - it's that we've collectively spent more engineering hours debating whether to use #000000 or #000001 for 'true black' than humanity spent landing on the moon. Meanwhile, some unsung hero gave us a system so elegant that even after decades of CSS evolution, color: #FF6B6B still beats the hell out of color: rgb(255, 107, 107) in every code review
Anonymous

Obit trending as #RIP; frontend review: "Invalid hex literal - use #000 for mourning, or #DEAD if you need alpha; please don’t bikeshed the palette in prod."
Anonymous

Hex codes: compact for parsers, eternal torment for devs - because web standards optimize for machines, not mortals
Anonymous

Only in frontend does 'press F to pay respects' render as #FFFFFF - an invisible eulogy, a P0 a11y bug, and still LGTM because it works in dark mode
Deleted Account 5y

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@NiKryukov 5y

lmao bottom text
@boingo00 5y

I get it
@a_desant 5y

I didn't get it(
1. @cybercrusader 5y
  
  Белый цвет #FFFFFF
  
  @a_desant 5y
  
  I know. So what?
  
  @a_desant 5y
  
  Something like "f to respect"?
  
  @cybercrusader 5y
  
  Именно
  
  @DDmitras 5y
  
  Pres FFF to respect
@a_desant 5y

Oh I got it
@sylfn 5y

as I understand, hexagonal is шестиугольный
@a_desant 5y

Thanks
@NiKryukov 5y

hexadecimal, not hexagonal
@sylfn 5y

they are markup lang and style sheets, yes?
@sylfn 5y

Who is Roman Pavlov?
@sylfn 5y

Yes, I am Russian
@AlexSokolov88 5y

https://t.me/sendmegifs/374
@affirvega 5y

Yay, meme text is back!
@ushvt 5y

Translation for non British?
@wizaral 5y

16*15+15, ну да ладно
1. @RiedleroD 5y
  
  speak English, mate. This is the last time before I start warning people for it again
  
  @wizaral 5y
  
  I wrote this to rus guy, so keep calm and let people talk way that they want
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  this is an English chat, and I want everyone to understand each other. I advise you to follow the rules.
@callofvoid0 5y

many people have died but their works are still alive I didn't get it

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