My post said that 4chan culture has become mainstream culture. 4chan has influenced society in weird ways. I’m not sure why you think that I’m saying that 4chan is the deep state. My reference to a withering state was not literal, it was meant to be a funny comparison.
I first visited 4chan in either 2007 or 2008. If I had told the average person about 4chan in 2008, they would not understand any of it. Even as late as 2014, if I said the word “meme” aloud, people would think I am an alien.
People used to have to go to 4chan to 4chan memes. Now you can see it everywhere. You can see it on twitter or reddit or sometimes even outside.
Trump has posted 4chan memes. Trump has posted images of himself drawn as Pepe the Frog.
Adoption of 4chan culture is not even just a right wing thing. Libs idolize the mythical figure of “Anonymous”. One of the largest resistance lib accounts on twitter right now is YourAnonCentral, an account which claims to be the Anonymous. The myth of Anonymous came from 4chan during their protests against Scientology in 2008. Anonymous wears the Guy Fawkes mask because of 4chan meme called EFG (Epic Fail Guy).
If the white house tweets the phrase “beanis” or “piss owl”, then I will say that hexbear culture has become mainstream.
Even as late as 2014, if I said the word “meme” aloud, people would think I am an alien.
Harlem Shake was early 2013. You could dig up the articles written on it. They all use the word meme. Not “meme” with quotation marks or viral, but the word meme. Los Angeles Times and Time articles use it. Harlem Shake was the breakout meme where even people who hated computers knew what it was because I was shoved in their faces.
Most people by then knew what a meme was, and the tipping point was earlier than 2013. I was one of those dumbasses who thought meme was pronounced “meh-meh” and people laughed at me when I said it out loud. This was in late 2007 btw.
My post said that 4chan culture has become mainstream culture. 4chan has influenced society in weird ways. I’m not sure why you think that I’m saying that 4chan is the deep state. My reference to a withering state was not literal, it was meant to be a funny comparison.
I first visited 4chan in either 2007 or 2008. If I had told the average person about 4chan in 2008, they would not understand any of it. Even as late as 2014, if I said the word “meme” aloud, people would think I am an alien.
People used to have to go to 4chan to 4chan memes. Now you can see it everywhere. You can see it on twitter or reddit or sometimes even outside.
Trump has posted 4chan memes. Trump has posted images of himself drawn as Pepe the Frog.
Adoption of 4chan culture is not even just a right wing thing. Libs idolize the mythical figure of “Anonymous”. One of the largest resistance lib accounts on twitter right now is YourAnonCentral, an account which claims to be the Anonymous. The myth of Anonymous came from 4chan during their protests against Scientology in 2008. Anonymous wears the Guy Fawkes mask because of 4chan meme called EFG (Epic Fail Guy).
If the white house tweets the phrase “beanis” or “piss owl”, then I will say that hexbear culture has become mainstream.
Harlem Shake was early 2013. You could dig up the articles written on it. They all use the word meme. Not “meme” with quotation marks or viral, but the word meme. Los Angeles Times and Time articles use it. Harlem Shake was the breakout meme where even people who hated computers knew what it was because I was shoved in their faces.
Most people by then knew what a meme was, and the tipping point was earlier than 2013. I was one of those dumbasses who thought meme was pronounced “meh-meh” and people laughed at me when I said it out loud. This was in late 2007 btw.