cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agoCome one come all, it's time to unblock !conservative@lemmy.world and bring your best memes of conservatives!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square113linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageCome one come all, it's time to unblock !conservative@lemmy.world and bring your best memes of conservatives!lemmy.worldcm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square113linkfedilink
minus-squaregarbagebagel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI think that 4chan started a lot of this apocalypse that way.
minus-squareGrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago4chan was sold in 2015 and that’s when it took a hard right turn.
minus-squaregarbagebagel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoDamn, sounds like a familiar story now
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago“Shoop da woop” was a popular 4chan meme dating to at least 2006. Also the whole “newfag”, “oldfag” etc thing has been going on since forever.
minus-squareGrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoAre those supposed to be far right slogans or something? This was normal stuff at the time.
minus-squareArxCyberwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoMy dad used to be on 4Chan all the time in the 2000s, he told me being called a fag was considered a form of endearment, not an insult. I’ve never heard newfag or oldfag be used by the far right, they typically go for actual insults instead.
minus-squareGrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThere was definately a tone shift when the site was bought. People were usually mocked if they were actually right wing over there.
I think that 4chan started a lot of this apocalypse that way.
4chan was sold in 2015 and that’s when it took a hard right turn.
Damn, sounds like a familiar story now
“Shoop da woop” was a popular 4chan meme dating to at least 2006. Also the whole “newfag”, “oldfag” etc thing has been going on since forever.
Are those supposed to be far right slogans or something? This was normal stuff at the time.
My dad used to be on 4Chan all the time in the 2000s, he told me being called a fag was considered a form of endearment, not an insult. I’ve never heard newfag or oldfag be used by the far right, they typically go for actual insults instead.
There was definately a tone shift when the site was bought. People were usually mocked if they were actually right wing over there.