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[[Image:Sage_email.jpg|thumb|'''SAGE!''']]
[[Image:4chan-Sage.jpg|thumb|How to sage in [[*chans]]]]
[[Image:YesSageWorks.png|thumb|Proof sage still works in [[B/|/b/]]]]

Apart from being a versatile but unfunny herb, '''sage''' is a word originating from [[2ch]]. '''Sage''' (pronounced '''sah-gay''' by [[Wapanese]] faggots and '''sayj''' by everyone else) is used to reply to a post without [[bump]]ing it. It's done by putting it within the e-mail field and does not push the post to the top. Sage is frequently used on 2ch because it hides the user ID (giving true anonymity) and is also considered `polite.' 

Since then, its been ported to all the other [[chan]]s. It is now used by <del>[[b/tard|/b/tard]]s</del> (That board is so consumed with underage b& 90% of the people there don't know what sage is) primarily to express displeasure to the post being replied to. On [[4chan]], if you want to use sage for its original purpose, without [[360 Kid|showing everyone online that you did]], type "nokosage" in the email field. Most sage posts are made by oldfags.

The word itself comes from the [[Wapanese|Japanese]] word,「下げる」　"sageru", (sah-gay-roo) meaning, 'to lower.' However, [[some argue]] that [[Shit_nobody_cares_about|nobody really gives a shit.]] Amen /b/rother!

== Myth ==
[[Retards|Many people]] have strange ideas about sage, which they got by believing what they heard on /b/ rather than going to page 14, saging a thread, and seeing for themselves.  For example:

* '''Sage <s>doesn't</s> still works in [[B|/b/]].'''
: As of September 29, 2011, sage worked in [[B|/b/]], exactly like it says it does in the [[FAQ]]. <s>It's still working to this day.</s>
: '''As of September 2, 2013''', sage no longer works on [[B|/b/]], (at least, not visibly) due to removal of IDs. RIP, sage.

* '''Sage only works in lowercase, otherwise you bump the thread.'''
: On 4chan, 'sage', 'Sage', 'SAGE', 'SaGe', and now even 'nokosage' keep you from bumping the thread if you put it in the email field.

* '''Sage makes a thread die sooner.'''
: Saging a thread does not make it die sooner, it only keeps you from bumping it, the same as if you had left the thread alone. Just because you didn't bump it doesn't mean someone else won't. The exception to this is '''sagebombing''':  When a thread reaches 250 replies, it can no longer be bumped.  Most threads never get anywhere near this limit, but with a small [[botnet]] or a long list of unbanned [[proxies]], you can sage a thread to max replies in a few minutes.  If you don't have a botnet, your best tactic is to break up the thread with a large amount of text, as shown below.  Note that until discussion in the thread has been killed, it is advantageous to '''not''' use sage, because it increases the time you have to wait between posts.

== Science ==
# Paste the code below into the link field of a bookmark
# Go to thread
# Fill out the captcha
# Click the link
# Submit
<br>
<code><nowiki>javascript:s=Math.random()+"";while(s.length<1850)s+="W";for(i=0;i<50;i++)s+="\n.";with(post){com.value=s;submit()}</nowiki></code>
<br style="clear:both;"/>
or
<br>
<code><nowiki>javascript:

function randomalphanum() { 
var str = ""; var possible = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"; 
for(var i=0; i < 1; i++) 
str += possible.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * possible.length)); 
return str; 
} 

function randomnum (min, max) {
    return Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
}
x=randomnum(1700, 1850);
y=randomnum(10, 50);
s="";

while(s.length<x)
s+= randomalphanum();

for(i=0;i<y;i++)
s+="\n" + randomalphanum(); 

with(post){
com.value=s;
email.value="sage";
document.getElementById('quick_com_submit').click();
}</nowiki></code>
<br style="clear:both;"/>

Another [[faggot|cool]] thing you can do with sage:
* Type sage inside the E-mail field.
* Arbitrarily put the ASCII null character inside the field. like s+(alt+0157)+a+(alt+0157)+g+e(alt+0157).
* Enjoy deceiving other people that you've saged a thread.  


{{cg|SAGE|SAGEPIX|center|<gallery>
Image:SAGE.jpg|Sage
Image:Mr_Sage.jpg|Dear Mr Sage
Image:SageInTheEmail.jpg|[[YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG]]
Image:Sage_to_image.png|[[PROTIP]]:In case of extreme faggotry and/or "newfags cant blankpost", put sage in the image field, also
Image:Sage_field.jpg|Sage grows in every field
Image:Sage_restaurant.jpg| doing it rong
Image:Tonberryking sage.png|Sage for being a [[tripfag]] is a tradition in /a/
Image:242797-rauru large.jpg|also sage
</gallery>|<gallery>
Image:Sage sage lol.jpg|Srsly, no one cares about your fucking sage faggot
Image:Testamentsave.jpg
Image:Doinitwrongsage.jpg|You're doin' it wrong..
Image:Kimmo1251594368tinychancomic4.jpg|[[Kimmo Alm]] and [[You, sir, are and idiot :)]]
File:SAGE from SEGA.png|SAGE in the email field, and this in the image field.
File:~sage.gif|Or this in the image field.
File:Sage.jpg|SAGE!
</gallery>}}

==See Also==
*[[Sagefag]] Get it through your thick skull, dumbass.
*[[4chan]]
*[[Memes]]
*[[Spam]]
*[[noko]]
*[[Bump]]
*[[GET]]
*[mailto:sage Click here if you want to send a mail to that idiot who ruined your last /b/ thread]
* {{UkrED|Сажа|UkrDramatica's article on this}}
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