• Deceptichum@quokk.au
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    1 month ago

    It’s bigoted shit from 4chan, that’s origins are it being used to mock “low intelligence” or those with mental disabilities.

    We can do better.

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      1 month ago

      But those people the comics refer to are mentally disabled. Just look at the shit they are spewing.

      That 4Chan have culturally appropriated them is their fault.

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        1 month ago

        4Chan invented them.

        And don’t insult people with mental disabilities by comparing them to shit people.

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          4Chan didn’t invent Wojaks, they first appeared on Sad and Useless then reddit before becoming suffused through the rest of the internet

          https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wojak

          I agree that ableist wojaks exist, and that almost any meme can be weaponised to be such, but the specific ones used in the OP do not represent any real disability and is not meant to discriminate against anyone with any, but to showcase the opinions stated as ‘brainless’