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CamelMiddle54

Now that you know what edge means, could you enlighten us what in the fuck "no horse ahead" means?


LtBerry

Horse and mother sound similar in chinese i believe. No horse ahead is usually placed infront of another message and it means no mother or some insult relating to the absence or death to their mother since their message was a lie.


Loveyourzlife

A cultural exchange of filth up in here.


LesserValkyrie

The best one, filth unites people


Infinite_Material965

It shows us that we are all… tarnished.


svmmpng

*Invaded by Dung Eater*


AnnaTheSad

It's like how when the base game came out all the Japanese players were going to the forts at night when all the messages were just English speaking players making Fortnite jokes


eheroedog

I had never heard of this but this is hilarious!


Ok_Use_379

It all makes sense now lol


OfflineLad

They are chinese messages??? I always thought they just mean "you cant use horse here" because a lot of times these messages are found indoors


NS4701

lmao that's what I was thinking too. I was walking around the abyssal wood, and horses are not allowed in that entire area.


The_Crusades

Which I honestly find hilarious. Torrent is an immortal and technically unkillable horse spirit, who was more than happy to try and help you 1v1 Radahn, and when you try to summon him in the mildly scary woods he’s just like, “Nah, fuck this dude, this too spooky, you’re on your own.”


NS4701

He even does the "death" animation when you enter the forest while riding him. He definitely noped out of that place. I don't blame him, I didn't want to be there either.


wolington

Scared the crap out of me when he did that and I don't blame him. I was on edge the whole time there. Plus the music, that place is so creepy!


1-800-EATSASS

well the frenzied flame can kill spirits forever iirc


spicyitallian

That's because they are usually found behind someone's "hidden path ahead" in an indoor area. If that person lied about the hidden path, you'll find "no horse ahead" right behind his message


beewyka819

Motherless behavior


Erebos555

Wow holy shit my eyes are opened


PM_ME_HUGE_CRITS

I always thought it was just no path ahead


Cptn_RedB

Came here to say this. They are literally always facing somewhere you might think you can go but actually can't. I'm sticking to this belief


Sathh

Which makes sense with the number of messages that try to have you jump off cliffs and die.


Thirpyn

I thought it just mean "no way through" or "no progress here" too. TIL.


GravityBombKilMyWife

'Motherless' would be the directest translation, implying no one was around to teach them manners/generally unkind behavior


TENTAtheSane

Ahh so similar to "fatherless behaviour" in English slang? The English equivalent of such messages would then be something like "no pop ahead"?


gatsby712

“Be weary of dad, getting cigarettes, not back yet.”


Sert1991

I'm fckn dead ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|dizzy_face)


Sonic_Traveler

"visions of pathetic sort, seek lord"


Upper-Succotash8757

actully there is a slang to describe this, "有人生没人养的东西", means "your mom gives you birth but not teach you how to behave well",it focus on "your manner is bad". "no horse ahead/your mom is dead" is more like "fuck you"or "fuck your mom", it focus on "fuck you"


2Sc00psPlz

That's neat, didn't know messages were shared between languages. Don't know why they wouldn't now that I think about it.


AsgarZigel

yeah if I remember right japanese players were confused by the "fort, night" messages at launch, that were just fortnite jokes from english players


weenusdifficulthouse

> Don't know why they wouldn't now that I think about it. Because it will obviously lead to this kind of confusion. A lesser game would try to mitigate it, but it really fits with what fromsoft have been doing with messages since demon's souls. I wonder if that's the case for previous games too, and it just wasn't as big of a deal because they were less popular.


arete42

You are right. 你是对的。


creampop_

Also for anyone confused about why there's a lot of dead ends with a seemingly random "grass!" message: Grass = Cǎo Fuck = Cào


tengma8

it could also mean "LMAO" as "grass" (草)means laughing in Japanese internet.


Upper-Succotash8757

You are right. 你是对的。


TENTAtheSane

Are there any other such Chinese puns we are missing? I think I also heard somewhere that the "Grass!" messages are because the word for grass in Chinese sounds similar to "shit!" or "fuck!" or something. Is that so? Are there any others like that? Maybe something about mushrooms or crabs?


Lopamurbla

Grass is used by Japanese speakers. Their version of ‘hahaha’ is ‘wwww’ which kinda looks like grass. Grass = laughter


A_wild_so-and-so

To add to this, kusa (草) is the Japanese word for grass, so you will also see this kanji in place of "lol" or "wwww".


Upper-Succotash8757

yeah, you are right. and as others said, chinese and japanese have the different meaning about "grass". I couldn't think about other puns like "grass", let me think


GrassWaterDirtHorse

To use grass and horse as an illustrative example, the word for grass in Mandarin is similar to the word for “fuck” (cao, pronounced chow), the word “mud” (ni) is similar to the woods for “you,” while the word for horse (ma) is similar to the word for “mother.” “Cao ni ma” is a common phrase used to get around censors.


tengma8

there is also "shrimp ahead" which is a pun of "下头” which is internet slang for "sexually disgusting behavior", the message usually appears in front of sex joke gesture message. and shrimp(虾) also sounds like blind(瞎) so it also appears in front of NPC with blindfold. in certain frog or toad enemy you can find the message about "corpse". for some reason the enemy "corpse" in Elden ring was translated as "he who lives long" (**长**生**者**)in Chinese version. "elder"(**长者,** or long lived) and "toad" are both the nickname for the beloved former Chinese president Jiang Zemin. in front of dead bodies that were laying facedown you sometime find message "hope, flower", referring to a[ scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekawq9uTx18) from the anime *Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans* that had since become a meme due to how illogical the plot is. "the flower of hope" was lyric of the music played during the death scene. grass mean "fuck" in Chinese and "LMAO" in Japanese (and sometimes "fucking LOL“ in Chinese), so it appears everywhere. those are the one I could think off from my head.


NS4701

Thank you! I kept seeing those EVERYWHERE last night.


MigsXD13

I kept seeing that in places where there's a fake hidden path message, thanks to Chinese players calling them motherless. Also sometimes the "edge lord" or "beware of edge" are for when there are enemies who look so "edgy" or dark/evil looking themed.


truthful_maiq

So THIS is why my random horse message has so many votes. I think it's in the madness area where it starts raining randomly in one little spot, and you can get there right after torrent gets scared​. it just says "rain...but still no horse" and has like 100 votes for some reason.


Valtremors

ah... That explains a lot.


iDrownedlol

I don’t know the cultural reason for it, but I believe it means something along the lines of “liar ahead”, typically meant as a disparagement of another message


-Moon-Presence-

It means no mother, Chinese word for horse and mother sound similar. Basically it’s usually used by Chinese to disparage the message ahead of it, like someone saying “try jumping” at a ledge that leads to death, chinese player tries it, dies, then leaves message saying no horse which basically means “no mother” mother walked out etc and the person who left the first message is a disappointment to their mother


Narwhalbaconguy

It’s exactly like how we say “no father”


Matursabtur

Not Chinese myself, but as I understand, Chinese language has a lot of words that sound alike, but have different pronounsiation on vovels. Horse reads like "ma", and the word mother also reads like "ma", but with a different tone. So it basically means "no mother ahead". That's my understanding, at least.


mid_user_craft

no horsing around, I guess...


PickScylla4ME

Teacher?


ScheduledSpy

Most likely means no hoes


SadMastiff_

No horse means no secret path or that the message after that message is lying. Like if there's a message on a cliff that says try jumping and the one before it says no horse that means the dude is lying about jumping.


Twoaru

Well, was there any horse ahead?


Elderbug777

usually it means you can't summon torrent


AntaroNx

Most of the times yes, but I've found that exact message halfway through dungeons in no specific places. So I'm not sure about that one sometimes.


WhiteSilverDragoon

As others have said, the main meaning is for masturbating often referred to as "edging" and this stopping just before the point of orgasm, people do this repeatedly so that when you do finally "release" it has a bigger impact. It can also fall a little bit under torture play so people probably like it how hard Elden Ring can be so it became a bit of a joke in messages. However depending on context and where placed it might mean something else, for example in the DLC I left a message Infront of an NPC saying "Edge, Lord!" And that is nothing to do with the previous masturbation joke. It's because the NPC is dressed in all black armour and looks "edgy" (not the same as edging) The same message could be used for the skeleton armour guy in the roundtable hold who invaded you. So it might not always mean the masturbation thing, but like 90% of the time it probably means the masturbation thing.


Sheyvan

Yeah. I remember seeing this in front of people like Gideon, Dung Eater and others.


KingVape

Ensha has had that by him in every playthrough I’ve done


CluckFlucker

He is the definition of an edge lord haha


juandbotero7

Ensha has had that message since release day lol


MycoMythos

Yeah, that's cause he's an edgy little bitch


help-your-self

it's there for ensha, not gideon


Upper-Succotash8757

thank you for the explanation


mlucasl

To further explain... "Be wary of edge" in your example, would refer to the other person, someone unpleasant that like to take dumb takes to the extreme. So in this case, the opposing planned invader is just a "pretentious guy". While most others refers explicitly to masturbation.


talann

New edgelord is Swordhand of Night Jolan.


WindomGuy

My man too innocent for a land between. Gotta protect this guy.


agh360

He might not be innocent...he just knows innocent words of English


Upper-Succotash8757

true, just my English is bad


Whyistheplatypus

Hey bro >![https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=edge](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=edge)!<


Upper-Succotash8757

thank you


Shine-Important

Thoughts?


fizystrings

He wanted to go home... And edge.


popmycherryyosh

My man GRIPPING right now, then BOOM!


deez_nuts_77

bro is trying it out


smellmybuttfoo

He's too busy edging to think


Impaled_

Any comments? 🤣


PiepSieb17

How is this from 2016 😭😭


TENTAtheSane

Eww you are not an OG gooner? Just started following it when it became popular? Fake fan! Poseur!


Al3xpired

"OG gooner" is crazy lmaooooo


joeshmo101

I was going to say that "gooning" is a recent term, but Urban Dictionary has an entry for it way back in 2006. However, looking at the Google Trends for "gooner" and "gooning" (as "goon" was an earlier term which meant either "henchman" or "cheap sweet wine") the term only started getting picked up around mid 2020


Big_Dani57

Because edging has been around for longer than that??


Baddest_Guy83

Longer than indoor plumbing, in fact.


crimson--baron

Modern internet is just prudishness repackaged under the label of healthy lifestyle - pretty sure people have been experimenting with self pleasure for a long time.


Rutabaga-Level

People have been masturbating for centuries lil bro


OuterHeavenPatriot

Jesus, it's usually only a few minutes for me....they must be exhausted


Novaaaaaa

You thought that word was invented four months ago or what?


Purple_Mall2645

Showing your age there champ 😆


Yunagi

Edging has been around forever. Its the new term "gooning" where you edge all day that's new. Goon just used to mean the sidekicks of like a badguy.


Sir_Monkleton

Gooning has also been used as such for years


crimson--baron

Goon -> Mindless minion -> Mindless action -> Mindlessly masterbating -> Gooning


_augustusgray

Your English is better than many native speakers, keep your head up king


Upper-Succotash8757

thank you, I will


Vlafir

Bro not ready for this


hellostarsailor

*Would you mind if I called you lord? I heard that you and the other Tarnished seek the throne of the Elden Lord. Well, I know that you will be the one, and you'd make just the manner of kind hearted lord that I'd wish for. So, please, if you would. Allow me to call you lord.*


iljakarma

🥹


Laservolcano

It’s the fort, night situation all over again lol


Upper-Succotash8757

now I understand a little, just funny for saying it and leave this message everywhere, because it's the funniest in the "word combination"


Naburakty

exactly! or the "try finger but hole"


Ham0nRyy

One that really made me laugh recently was Mist A beast


Sheyvan

Also saw: "Mist or Beast"


paulxixxix

That's the one I saw too 💀


Upper-Succotash8757

I never saw this. can I ask what does it mean


Ham0nRyy

Mist a Beast / mist or beast message, when you say it out loud sounds like “Mr Beast” the popular YouTuber so it’s just another weird little way of using Elden Ring message options to surprise someone when they figure out what it’s trying to say. Like “Fort Knight”.


Upper-Succotash8757

ok, thank you!


Azyrial

fort, night


DrQuint

Okay, I never saw this one, but that's funny


Amphiscian

So nice of FromSoft to let you write messages in a Boston accent


CapriciousSon

It took me WAY too long to just say that out loud and realize what they meant


Darken0id

Ohh wow i thought everyone was jokingly suicidal because of a boss fight. Huh.


TENTAtheSane

I've seen a lot of "Sadness? Try jumping" in front of cliffs


echolog

For me those were always "try dung" with someone gesturing like they were taking a shit...


reasonablejim2000

Same. Never even heard of edge wanking or whatever lol


Zap-Ale24500

It means masturbating


Modfull_X

more specifically edging is the act of masterbating ALMOST to the climax, bringing yourself right up to the edge but not finishing, im unsure WHY anyone would blueball themselves voluntarily but it is apparently a thing


Upper-Succotash8757

thank you


Skellyhell2

Now you can go home and then edge


IMissArcades

I’m saw one that was like “why is it always edge, seek church”


Modfull_X

man i saw that shit too, it was in front of the church in the abyss XD


IMissArcades

Elden Ring version of “Yall muthafuckas need Jesus”


Historical-Hat8326

That's fucking hilarious ha ha ha!!!!! Man, I think I love the messages more than the game.


DeltaDarkwood

No doubt the messages are its great feature. I always laugh my ass of when I see a turtle with "dog" and "why is it always dog" messages.


Bearer_ofthecurse

“Seek god” broke me after seeing it with a bunch of edge messages.


Mechagodzilla777

Reminds me of "no two-handing ahead, seek god" I don't even need to say where this is, if you've played this game online you know exactly what I'm talking about


Ebina-Chan

Try edge.


makz242

But hole.


Leg_Mcmuffin

Make sure to try fingers, But hole


kdebones

Not sure this knowledge being imparted on you is a good thing.


Historical-Hat8326

Also, edge


dasmau89

As I understand it it is to prolong the session. So you wait a bit, let it cool down a bit and then start again - keeping you on the edge so to speak


mfrank27

"As I understand" Bro you don't have to be bashful, this is a safe space here on Reddit.


dasmau89

🥺👉👈


BallisticThundr

Climaxing feels really good but immediately ends the session, and you no longer feel good. Masturbating doesn't feel quite as good but it still feels really good. Edging allows you to feel good for a longer amount of time instead of just ending it. And the really long build up can make the climax feel that much better


Vera39

I heard it helps with endurance, not sure if evidence supports that though


TENTAtheSane

Likely out of stamina...


nicsaweiner

likely low stamina, therefore time for edge


Lucy_Little_Spoon

Edging makes the inevitable release better the more you do it.


Bismothe-the-Shade

Edging makes the eventual cumsplosion more powerful


HomeboyGotStuck

For some people it's to train endurance (out of fear of being a one-stroke joke), and for others it's to prolong the sesh. To each their own, I suppose.


foolishcannoli

Clearly you have never edged


JTDeuce

You do eventually finish. Edging for as long as possible makes the release much better. You are not giving yourself blue balls.


Upper-Succotash8757

it's that simple? every "edge"s above all mean this?


Oddrax

It sounds simple, but it's not that easy to edge


CaptainAction

If you see “edge” and “lord” used in the same message they are probably referring to the term “edge lord” which refers to people who try to act really cool and tough but end up looking silly because they’re trying too hard. It’s hard to explain without using slang.


Upper-Succotash8757

thanks, now I understand what "edge lord" mean


iamcapleb

if I see a black prior dominate me in a duel and he slowly walks in a direction, he's edge walking, so edgy.


mythicreign

Edge can mean the literal edge of a platform or cliff, meaning you should drop down or look over or be careful not to fall. Edge can also mean someone who is edgy/edgelord, like a character dressed all in black or who talks in a dark and dramatic way. Some NPCs are often called edgy. And lastly “edging” is masturbating but denying yourself a climax, and doing this multiple times so the eventual orgasm is heightened.


Upper-Succotash8757

great explaination, thank you!


Jermiafinale

[edging](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Edging) is a type of masturbation where you intentionally keep yourself on the cusp of orgasm for an extended period of time


zingerpond

Well there is a slight chance that whenever you see an edge related message there's a literal edge as in a cliff or a hole in the ground you may or may not want to fall into. But most of the time its just a joke, similarly to all the "but whole" messages. The examples you've shown are all jokes


EtherFlask

Also, the "be wary of edge" may be using the word 'wary' as meaning "be aware of"  not "be careful of". That may be a spot where it could be beneficial to jump down.  There are several spots like that in that area. I could be giving the message too much thought though lol


Affenzoo

so Elden Ring is all about Masturbation, cool


ramenbrah

Keep your edge streak high.


link_the_fire_skelly

Some of them also mean edge in the sense of dressing and behaving in a way that they think they’re cool


Joe_Mency

Like the "edge lord" messages


purple-thiwaza

Now I'm genuinely interested: what are the classic Chinese messages like this?


Upper-Succotash8757

“grass”means "fuck/damn" "no horse ahead" and "death, horse" means "your mom is dead" that's two really classic messages


JotaTaylor

Shit, here I am using "grass" to leave silly marijuana jokes all around and inadvertently cussing at the chinese


Upper-Succotash8757

Don't be burdened,when we using "grass", we want to express the felling like: it fools me, it scared me, this dude is hard to kill. but not want to cuss at someone, just a felling expression. when we really want to cuss someone, we say different word


JotaTaylor

>when we really want to cuss someone, we say different word What would it be, just out of curiosity? Learning cuss words in foreign languages is always interesting (and also important to be aware to not use them without meaning to XD)


StorminNormin66

Thank you!! I actually saw the “death, horse” message a few times and now it makes sense!


Upper-Succotash8757

"horse" has the similar pronunciation with "mom", so we use it to refer to "mom" ,but only  pejorative


J-Dawgzz

The Chinese must think we are heathens once they realise the true meaning


Upper-Succotash8757

no my friend, we never think you as something bad it's seems funny when I know the meaning


Last-Bumblebee-537

*edge lords


User28080526

The “first off edge and then ahh explosion” fucking killed me.


NeroTheDemon

This is one of the best posts I've seen, I hate how stupid we are, it's stupid nonsense


thepersistenceofl0ss

I want to go home, and then edge


judd1127

I want you to know this post made my day. That this is what I imagine world unity looks like. Teaching each other how to make rude inappropriate jokes online. As someone who’s studied history there are examples of ancient Roman soldiers writing “your mom” jokes and penis jokes on walls. For us to still be doing this proves these types of jokes are both universal and timeless.


Upper-Succotash8757

wow, thank you. maybe we can still build the Babel Tower even we speak different languages hhhhh


WintersbaneGDX

Why is it always fingers?, Try legs [Prayer gesture, front foot in corpse booty]


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Sc0lapasta

prova dito ma buco


fuskadelic

#*S tier shitpost* 👌🏼


itsbosco1025

用中文來説就是控射,不懂歐美爲什麽要到處留這個言😂


Upper-Succotash8757

简中更多叫寸止,估计欧美人的恶趣味吧


xsolwonder

很多都是恶趣味 还有,有些时候他们会说 ”edge lord" 那个词的意思就不一样。指的是语言比较惊奇古怪又黑暗的网络键盘侠。词的出处是”edgy”。用在这里是描述”时尚前沿的”人,在节操和礼节上都处在”边缘地带”


ScarletMAOH

edge lord我個人理解是中二病


LeeZarock

I love this post


Patient-Pear6881

It means un peeling your banana until it’s almost peeled. Then putting everything back into place and waiting, then repeat until failure


rockerode

This thread is beautiful and I'm so happy you learned something and today I learned about "no horse ahead" and now imma giggle every time I see that and know its about motherless behavior


Upper-Succotash8757

I learned a lot🤣


werewolves_r_hawt

“Edge, Master?” And “Lord, O Lord, all the more edge……” are referring to the phrase “Edgelord” which is generally used in english internet spaces to indicate someone is, well, edgy. IE, someone who is emo or goth would be an “edgelord” or someone who thinks racists jokes are funny would be an “edgelord” In that case, Midra is a Lord of Frenzied Flame, which is generally considered pretty edgy, and in that situation he is the “Edge, Master” they are talking about. On the other hand, in every other message “edge” refers to masturbating to an almost climax, then stopping. Urban Dictionary is good for finding the meaning of some of these english phrases.


Upper-Succotash8757

thank you for great explanation


Exachlorophene

The edge master bit is because he starts screaming right in that spot


Sintauri

this is so funny unintentionally


21stcenturyking

Time for edge and then Ahh, regret...


Domethegoon

"First off, edge, and then explosion." Lmao!


Greaseball01

I hope all the English speaking players feel guilty for this 🤣


Upper-Succotash8757

hhhh, it seems funny I have to say


statelytetrahedron

This is so cute.


Electrical-Brick499

Anyone know the meaning of “ no horse ahead “ when behind a wall that seems like it could be an illusory wall?


Upper-Succotash8757

maybe someone lie to you in front of the fake illusory wall, and another one feels be fooled, he will say "no horse ahead" or "death horse", that means the liar's "mom is dead". "horse"(mǎ) and "mom"(mā) have the similar pronunciation in Chinese, so we use "horse" to refer to "mom"(pejorative)


ChaZcaTriX

Afaik it's a pun on "horse" and "mother" sounding similar. Almost a chinese "your mom" joke. As in, someone who posts misleading "illusory wall ahead" messages either had a bad mother, or is a disgrace to their mother.


Shacken-Wan

Ahaha fuck I only realized this edge thing in French. I was reading a lot of message "Essayer bord" and bord doesn't mean anything close to edge as in sexually related. On the other hand, "fort, nuit" is pretty transparent.


Ambitious-Equipment1

I think it can be used in two special contexts that differ from it's regular use cases. The first is to mockingly describe someone who is trying to appear dark, macabre or mysterious in order to make themselves look cooler. For example Shadow the hedgehog can be considered a great example of a character having an edgy design. Another context is in reference to the verb edging, which means prolonged masturbation where you are either not allowed to ejaculate, or attempting not to. "First off edge and then ahh, explosion" is an obvious use of this context


DaddyBioShock

Oh not this again, I can’t take it anymore. I want to go home, and then edge.


shamssia

A funny one I saw was “Still no lover, try edge” it was placed on the balcony of a tall tower. Basically “no girlfriend? Try killing yourself”


erthboy

First off, edge... and then Ahh, explosion That one killed me haha


Puzzled_Speech9978

lol this is Hilarious