• @reversebananimals@lemmy.world
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    4110 months ago

    :(

    I’m sorry for triggering that association. A lot of internet culture has been co-opted by those jerks. I didn’t mean it that way.

    • Captain Jimmy T Kirk
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      4110 months ago

      They took the pepe frogs for a while too, but I’ve been seeing them come back. Nature is healing.

      • enkers
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        2210 months ago

        Fuckkkk thatttt, pepe is still alive and well on twitch, and racists are not tolerated (at least in any of the channels I frequent). They can pry that frog from my cold, dead hands.

        • @Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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          10 months ago

          Based.

          But seriously the guy who drew that frog was just a cartoonist and he was appalled that it became a hate symbol. I hope he sees it redeemed.

        • TwoGems
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          10 months ago

          I’m glad people are reclaiming him finally. He was never a racist symbol.

      • @reversebananimals@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Yeah. I’m old and have been on the internet since well before the creation of both Pepe and based. That’s why I still use this term. I think we should try to reclaim these things - if we let them change our behavior, we lose.

    • @Feirdro@lemmy.world
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      810 months ago

      Nah, I’m glad to know you didn’t know. I’m also glad I’m not alone.

      …2016 will not be soon forgotten