4chan Memes
Pol politically incorrect is a political discussion board on 4chan the board s intended purpose is the discussion of news world events political issues and other related topics a quantitative analysis found that pol is an important influencer of news content on twitter with the board contributing 3 of mainstream news links and 1 96 of alternative news links on twitter as a.
4chan memes. Different types of pepe include sad frog smug frog and angry pepe. The npc meme which graphically is based on the wojak meme was created in july 2016 by an anonymous author and first published on the imageboard 4chan. Memetic warfare on the part of 4chan and r the donald sub reddit is widely credited with assisting donald trump in winning the election in an event they call the great meme war.
A pol user described it as a proof of concept that what they called a harmless message would cause a media backlash. According to ben schreckinger a group of anonymous keyboard commandos conquered the internet for donald trump and plans to deliver europe to the far right. Npc ɛ n p i s i.
Registration is not possible and the site s users generally post anonymously. 4chan is an anonymous english language imageboard website. It s okay to be white or it s ok to be white iotbw is a slogan based on a poster campaign organized on the website 4chan s discussion board pol in 2017.
Pepe originated in a 2005 comic by matt furie called boy s club. Longcat first popped up online as a meme around 2005 or 2006. By 2015 it had become one of the most popular memes used on 4chan and tumblr.
Threads receiving recent replies are bumped. Each letter separately derived from non player character in video games is an internet meme that represents people who do not think for themselves or do not make their own decisions. It is also known as npc wojak.
Longcat was even added to the urban dictionary in 2006 attributing the name to 4chan s random board b. The meme first appeared on 4chan s r9k board in september 2018. 4chan was once a discussion board site that celebrated anime but because users could post and upload content anonymously it soon morphed into a counter culture hub for edgy political groups controversial subcultures organized pranks hackers and even pornography.
Launched by christopher moot poole in october 2003 4chan hosts boards dedicated to a wide variety of topics from anime and manga to video games music literature fitness politics and sports among others. Pepe the frog ˈ p ɛ p eɪ is an internet meme consisting of a green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body. Posters and stickers containing the sentence it s okay to be white were placed in streets in the united states as well.
A related meme format doomer girl began appearing on 4chan in january 2020 and it soon moved to other online communities including reddit and tumblr often by women claiming it from its 4chan origins. It became an internet meme when its popularity steadily grew across myspace gaia online and 4chan in 2008.
