• Feirdro@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I know everyone uses this word now, but I’ll never think of anything except Nazis circa 2016.

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      2 years 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.

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          2 years 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.

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          2 years 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.

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        2 years 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

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      It’s been an internet thing for long before 2016 (at least mid 00s in my memory), so I don’t associate it with them.