What you do as a tribute towards the dead; usually done either in the military or in modern culture like E-Dubble. Its usage with that last one was due to the game "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare."
Person 1) "Dude, E-Dubble is dead! D:"
Person 2) "Sheit, well, time to pay respects."
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a prompt from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare where you press F (or ◻ on console) to pay respects as Mitchell to a fallen Will at his funeral. Now used online for showing sympathy to a random stranger
A: Oh, last night my laptop just overheated, all my data is gone!
B: F to pay respects
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When someone you love passes on, so you pay your respects with F
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It is a (semi-funny) response, seen a lot on social media like reddit, for example for someone with no chance of surviving a gaming battle due to enemy superior force , originally from 2014 first-person shooter Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Quoting know your meme :

"Press F (X) to Pay Respects is an action prompt featured in a quick time event from the 2014 first-person shooter Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Upon the release of the game in November 2014, many players of the game mocked the funeral cutscene for its forced element of interactivity that seemed out-of-place at a memorial service."
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"Press F to pay respect"
"Press F (X) to pay respect"
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When someone has taken a BIG L or has been oofed so hard that they may feel emotional pain

This term can be abbreviated to the letter F
Man : "i got regected last week"
Everyone : "F"

Press F to pay respect is a general term or responce after someone feeling emotional or physical pain
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An action in a funeral in CoD: AW when ur best friend died
Some random cmt on youtube: this guy died yesterday, press f to pay respect.
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Respecting or taking good care of someone’s body after death
My father died I’ll be Paying respects by leaving flowers at his grave
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