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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 20 points 1 month ago

Most likely one of the programmers was a fan of Monty Python, or perhaps one of the other older references to being hit by a fish. It wasn't the only action command, just a weird one that lives on.

Here's an interesting dive into the idea of action commands and how they've evolved into things like emojis and netspeak common today.