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Press F to Pay Respects

When someone you love passes on, so you pay your respects with F
Damn, my cousin died.

Press F to pay respects, am i right?

Press F to pay respect 

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"
Press F to pay respect by MoFazul September 21, 2017

press f to pay respect 

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

press f to pay respect 

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.

Press F1 

On most computer applications, F1 is the keyboard shortcut to bring up the help menu. Thus, the phrase "Press F1" is most appropriately given as a reply to anybody who needs help, especially in the psychiatric sense.
<Joe> Oh my god, at lunch today, everybody stopped talking and I said, "Crap, the chat died." I really need to stop wasting time on IRC.
<Phil> Dude, you really need help. Seriously. Press F1.
Press F1 by no_one_2000 January 21, 2005

error: no keyboard detected. press F5 to continue 

Error: no keyboard detected. Press F5 to continue.
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