Zalgo

to invoke the hive-mind representing chaos.
invoking the feeling of chaos.
with out order.
the nezperdian hive-mind of chaos. zalgo.
he who waits behind the wall.
zalgo!
the entire room is filled with zalgo.
he waits behind the wall, in a palace of tortured gl-ss, served by legions forged from the tears of the sleepless dead and clad in armor carved from the suffering of mothers. in his right hand he holds a dead star, and in his right hand he holds the candle whose light is shadow. his left hands are stained with the blood of am dhaegar. he sings the song that ends the earth. the hivemind that confounds the living, and perpetuates the torture of the d-mned. he takes the eyes, the window of the soul, removes the ability to feel…anything but pain. once the eyes have been removed, the soul is removed. the living husk is testament to cruelty and everlasting doom. he cannot be stopped, as fear cannot be stopped. he is inseparable from reality, as he exists beyond the veil…waiting.
zalgo… he waits behind the thin wall you have built in your soul to free yourself from him… he waits… but he shall come… and will sing the song that will end you…
ṫ͌ó̍ ̍͂̓̍̍̀i̊ͯ͒nͧ̍̓̃͋vok̂̓ͤ̓̂ěͬ ͆tͬ̐́̐͆h̒̏͌̓e͂ ̎̊h̽͆ͯ̄ͮi͊̂ͧͫ̇̃vͥͦ́ẻͤ-͒m̈́̀i̓ͮ͗̑͌̆̅n̓̓ͨd̊̑͛̔̚ ͨͮ̊̾rͪeͭͭ͑ͧ́͋p̈́̅̚rͧe̒̈̌s̍̽ͩ̓̇e͗n̏͊ͬͭtͨ͆ͤ̚iͪ͗̍n͐͒g̾ͦ̎ ͥ͌̽̊ͩͥ͗c̀ͬͣha̍̏̉ͪ̈̚o̊̏s̊̋̀̏̽̚.͒ͫ͛͛̎ͥ
̎iͫ̅n͆̆͑vͦ̅ŏͩͧ̓̊̀ͩk̃ͦ̚ĭͥ̏̊͆̌̈́ńg̅ ̒̋t̽̔h͊ê͑ ͐͂̀̈feͮ̑͋̀ͦe̓l͒̚̚i͛̋̅̆ͮnͨ̿̌̄gͣ ̌̅́̈́ȍf̋̏ ̇ͩ̇ͧ̏cͭ̔ȟ̈́͆a͋os͗͑̈̐.̔
̆̒ͮw̓͋ͮ͐̚i͂t̊ͪhͫͯ̑͒ ͫ̃̚o̐útͩ̍̉ ͒͂̍̿o̐rͥ͌deͥrͥ̑̐̈.̒̅̈́ͦ̓
̔̅̈́̃t̋h̏̅͛eͭ ̍ͬ̓ṅ̂̂e͆ͥ̃ͧ̏̀z͒̋̏̇̑peͬ͗̊̾̌̽ͦrͭ̒͒ͪd̀̋̅̔̿̔̄iͨ̆͐a̓̂̎̚ṅ hiͬ̓́ͪ̓v̂ͪ̎͋ͤ͑ė͒̐ͪ͛͐ͥ-͌̓̈́̒mͨĭn̾̅d̔ͭ ̄̃ͪ̆ͫ͂o̾f̋ͩ̍ ͮcͬ̏͊h̒͊̌̍̈́̓a̐͋̀o͆ͤ́ͭ̑ͮ̄s̀̃ͮ̓ͬ. ̆ͪͧͣͩz̈́a̎̇l͌́gͪ̒ǒͦ̎. ̾͑̐̇
͑̌ͥ͛ͩ̚h̆ͧ̓e̍͊̒ͣ w̄́̀ho͐͋̍̌̎ͪ ̊̇͗͛̓wͪ̅ä̇̍̌̄̈́̏ìͥ͗͌ͣͤt̾ͮ̒̽͌s̍͊ ̎̅̿̌bͤ́ͬe̊͂̾̀̆͆̇ḧ́͂͑̇͋̄̾i̎ͬͬͨ̒̽͑n̉d̾̏̈́͊̌̄̓ ͦ̅ͬ̃t̂ͧ̚hͧͨ͗̂͂͋e̎̓ w̃̽͋͐̀a̍̈́̆̓̐lͫlͧ.̾
͒ͤ͌ͪͭz͂̾͂̄͗ͦảͪͣ͌͑̒̐lͦgͦͩ̓ͧoͭ̎̒͑!̇ͪ͐ͩͨ
zalgo

h҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘ȅ̐̑̒̚̕̚ is c̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̚̕̚̕̚̕̚̕̚̕̚omi҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘ng > ͡҉҉ ̵̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̿̿̿̚ ҉ ҉҉̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑ ͡҉҉
zalgo is a fict-tious ent-ty created for an edited comic strip.
zalgo is represented as a malign chaotic ent-ty who manifests as apparently corrupted text on web pages, and as a black tentacled m-ss within cartoons and other images.

the apparent corruption of text is accomplished by using accent marks and other meta characters. if the viewers browser is using the correct character encoding, the text is readable, other wise the marks are displayed in a manner that makes the page unreadable (often with a vertical stacking of the marks running down the page.

when people attempt to find out what zalgo is, members of the internet community often reply with this phrase (or sections there of):

“zalgo is to invoke the hive-mind representing chaos.
invoking the feeling of chaos. with out order.
the nezperdian hive-mind of chaos. zalgo.
he waits behind the wall…”

this explanation is offered up to further confuse the asker instead of help them. this childish behaviour is widespread and serves to alienate those who don’t realise that there is little more to the meme than the use of a simple idea to confuse people.
“what is zalgo?”
usual answer: “to invoke the hive-mind representing chaos. invoking the feeling of chaos…”
useful answer: “an internet meme that goes unexplained all too often as the internet is full of teenage virgins who like to feel superior by pretending to know something”
irc bot that usually timeouts when needed, owns more bugs than hobo. his code is garbled, made by e (trademark)

claims to wait behind wall but in fact it’s just before you.
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