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That's crazy. The whole "dank memes" thing and terms like based, boomer, wojak, and soy are all from channer culture. 4chan managed to brand gen Z as the "zoome
by dmonitor 1y ago
That's crazy. The whole "dank memes" thing and terms like based, boomer, wojak, and soy are all from channer culture. 4chan managed to brand gen Z as the "zoomer" generation. Its cultural pervasiveness is impossibly deep.
- esseph 1y agoYes, very right wing culture. The internet is BIG and atomized.
- idiotsecant 1y agoWhen 4chan was young it was only right wing in the sense that people would pretend to be right wing because it was so stupid. Over time the ratio of people pretending to people being serious started to shift...
- esseph 1y agoThe jokes became reality. They paved the way.
- esseph 1y agoThis title says it all: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/4chan_breached/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/4chan_breached/