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I just learned what the hell a Groyper is (discuss.online)

submitted 1 month ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Seriously? For like 15 years, you've only seen pepes posted by people who don't mind being mistaken for a racist.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I never made the association. Idk. Maybe I haven't been looking carefully enough.

To be fair, I don't seem to encounter a lot of racists, because I usually actively avoid them, and I also really haven't used Pepe very much either.

There's no lack of memes to replace Pepe, so I'm mostly unbothered by all of this.

I've been on the Internet too long to bother with every nuance of everything that's going on. There's way too much on here for me to care.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Honestly you're not alone. This is the first I've heard to any extent that Pepe was used by racists at all. I've seen some pretty heartfelt animations using the likeness and no hint to any extent that racism was somehow attached to it.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah. I figured as much. There's still a lot of lurkers on Lemmy, and I assume that at least some of them have seen the comments and agreed at some extent.

Though, someone seems to be down voting comments around here. I dunno, I'm just some dude.

I've noticed a lot more down votes lately and I have no idea why. I still couldn't give any less of a shit if I'm down voted or not, it's just an interesting trend for my brain to look at.

Have a good day friend.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yup, I've noticed the same. You have a good one as well!

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

whup, complaining about downboats or bragging about upvotes is an automatic downvote. Do I have to teach you EVERYTHING about Internetting??

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope. I need not learn anything.

Though. It is valuable to note that I'm not complaining about down votes. I only mentioned that I noticed it. It is a statement of fact. Nothing more.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are rules. It counts.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

If you say so.... Jerkface.

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