Post 3. Who had post 3 as the one where rogues would turn into make-up?
Rogue/Rouge became a common 'deliberate mistake' on internet RPG forums quite a few years ago. It is now at the point where it is hard to tell if the spelling is a genuine mistake or a nod to the meme. It is on a par with pronouncing gnome with a hard G, the chances are that the person doing so is aware of the 'mistake'.
As for playing rouges in D&D5; I played one in PnP last year and gave the character up because it didn't play out as I was used to rogues playing. At some point in the past, the rogue shifted from a sneaky trap-disarmer and lock-picker into a damage-dealer. It became all about the sneak attack with only a nod or two towards the old job of clearing out dungeon passageways and gaining access to locked rooms and chests.
I think part of the problem was that I hadn't played a rogue for some time (I think 3/3.5e), but that also 'dungeons' have moved from classic if unfeasible underground labyrinths to more open area settings. You still get the occasional crypt or tunnel system, of course, but the rogue's true calling has faded over the editions and as gaming and scenarios have matured.
