Three years after it was removed from Roblox due to a licensing issue, the beloved "oof" sound effect has returned to the game.

oof. Yikes. I'm softblocking right now. Credit: Getty Images Oof. Yikes. A new copypasta has everyone softblocking problematic villains from well known stories, all in the name of the meme.

The “Oof. Yikes ” meme plays off of that scenario, however, the punchline in this instance is that the subject of the soft-blocking tends to be a fictional character or villain from literature ...

While a metaverse funeral for a sound effect may seem like a surreal pop culture undertaking, the sound's storied history and status as a global meme render it a particularly notable piece of ...