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It's a joke. They are pretending they can't remember the very obvious/absurd/silly/etc thing, so they have to check their notes before finishing the thought.
I think it might have its origin in courtroom dramas having prosecutors being catty with the defense but that's just a barely informed guess tbh
It's just a fad. Speech mannerisms also come and go with the times. Right now it's popular to use it, and people use it.
fr fr on God no cap
It do be like that. Many of them get repeated till they reach a critical point and everyone is sick of them. Some of them are harder to tolerate than others though. I can deal with people 'checking notes' here and there but those who use "literally" as every second word in their sentences awaken a primal rage inside of me that is yearning for rock to split skull. Luckily that trend isn't as prevalent as it used to be back in the day.
there but those who use "literally" as every second word in their sentences awaken a primal rage inside of me that is yearning for rock to split skull.
I hard agree. Misuse of literal is a problem many decades old and it hurts still
OK but the dictionary literally modified the definition to I clude "figuratively" because language is alive and unwell
That "modern" definition of literally is at least 250 years old. It wasn't created by the internet, or even any living person.
And with all fads, it's cyclical. But on the internet, things move quicker so instead of 20-30 years, it's more like 5-10.
For dramatization, when some event is so stupidly, unexpectedly bizarre that you have to check your figurative notes to make sure you're not just remembering a fever dream. Example:
America is rolling back renewable energy development to promote the use of beautiful, clean... (checks notes...) coal, of all fucking things.
Its similar to a dramtic... . . . . . . . .
..
.. .... pause!
Checks notes it's for dramatization, joke, etc.
checks notes
Not sure I didn’t write anything down I was just doodling
When something is really unbelievable (or sarcasticly unbelievable) people add “checks notes” to signify that they had to check their notes (figuratively) to make sure that they aren’t saying something false
Sarcasm
I believe it came from the popularity of Jon Stewart who often uses it as a joke catch phrase.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchphrase
People picked up on it and use it to imitate this style.
Personally, I initially saw a version of it in Sluggy Freelance.
And every courtroom drama, like checks notes My Cousin Vinny.
I looked at the script and it's not in My Cousin Vinny. Is it ad-libbed somewhere?
Check the notes.
Life, uh, finds a way
Life... Finds a way
Life [checks notes] finds a way
Life,,, finds a way
Life [deep breath] finds a way
Life [lean away from the microphone to breathe in] finds a way
Life [scratches head] finds a way?
Life [gestures vaguely to day care center] finds a way
They are performative modifiers to add visual context to text. Imagine you're reading a script for a play. The author adds notes like some of the examples above, in a similar format, in order to better convey what they want the actors to do, by text alone, to better convey the author's intent to the audience.
John Stewart on the Daily Show, look him up
it actually reached its peak in 2018 per this slate article: https://slate.com/technology/2018/08/checks-notes-was-the-perfect-trump-era-twitter-joke-lets-let-it-die.html
It was a big Twitter meme, like Yo Dawg I Heard You Like..., or Hawk Tuah, or Trogdor or whatever. People hear funny thing, repeat funny thing.
Hell, I remember a time people just said "um", "er" quietly and paused between words when they hadn't thought the thought through.
Instead now they use 'like' as a space between words whilst the processing is still taking place.
It gets real confusing when what they're explaining is the concept of similes.
We all got our verbal tics. Also an attempt to add some more complexity to our communication, since we’re missing things like facial expressions or body language or environmental cues.
checks notes
It's 80+ pages that only say "fuck"
I see it as "Looks back at history and sigh heavily" but with fewer words.
It's :checksnotes: sarcasm.
At least it's becoming less common for people to start comments with "Imagine..."
Imagine all the people
I wonder if you can
[looks to audience]
Imagine being this concerned about typed memes
They used to say that prior to the computer phones. Now it is an antiquated saying that people use for fun.
Check your autism, maybe you'll figure it out