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I always see the chad meme as making fun of toxic culture, rather than being a part of it

• pseudalopex 5y ago
  It's both.
• re 5y ago
  Parody communities have a habit of being taken over by people that aren't being ironic and honestly believe the exaggerated views. Poe's law in action. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law /r/GamersRiseUp went that way: https://old.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/fefycf/whats_up_with_rgamersriseup_being_banned/fjnqov7/ https://old.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/fefycf/whats_...
  • josephg 5y ago
    The opposite happens too - terms used seriously by one community are adopted by others to parody them. Eg, “woke” started as a term used seriously by the left, and was later adopted by the right as a way to make fun of the left.
    • dragontamer 5y ago
      "Yankee" and "Macaroni" for an older example. This stuff has been going on for centuries. (Stuck a feather in his cap and called it Macaroni)"
    • deleted 5y ago
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