• trashgirlfriend
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    2 days ago

    Pretending the meme wasn’t being used in a large part by /pol/ scum is cope

    • BlaestEgnen@feddit.dk
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      2 days ago

      Pretending Pepe wasn’t a bigger proponent of Twitch culture is cope.

      Pepe was just used by all terminally online people.

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        oh ny god shut up you werent there then. you dont know what hes talking about. there was a solid like decade of that. I know, i was in the proto altright edgy teen to communist tranny pipeline

        • BlaestEgnen@feddit.dk
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          I wasn’t on /pol/, that’s right. I preferred to watch war videos on live leak without any comments on.

          Pepe was bloody everywhere, acting like your corner of the internet was special in that regard is just lacking perspective. Memes spread through internet spaces, terminally online people interact with a slew of other terminally online people. Which then spread any funny or cool idea on to others.

          Normie’s aka mainstream media just didn’t interact with pepe before they started reporting on events happening on /pol/. And coined it a 4chan exclusive, because they didn’t care about any other corner online

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      2 days ago

      From the original creator of the character.

      From Boy’s Club comics to appropriated alt right symbol (WT actual F tho), Pepe has often been misunderstood.

      That’s why we work with his creator Matt Furie to make the only officially licensed Pepe toy out there. Feels good man.

      Proceeds help Matt Furie fight Nazis
      

      https://www.uncute.com/products/pepe-the-frog

    • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Because it’s an internet meme, not because it’s a nazi symbol. Pretending they owned it in any way is just stupid