A phrase mocking shallow, low-effort displays of grief or condolences — from literally treating mourning as a video game button prompt to typing "F" in a chat as a token gesture of respect.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He dropped his phone in the toilet. F."
LORE & ORIGIN
Originated from a scene in the 2014 game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, where a funeral cutscene prompts the player to "Press F to Pay Respects" — an unintentionally absurd bit of game design that instantly became a meme mocking hollow, mechanical gestures of sympathy. "F" alone, typed in chat, is now widely understood shorthand for paying respects (sincerely or ironically) to anything from a real tragedy to a broken controller.
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