• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    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
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      8 hours ago

      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
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        7 hours ago

        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
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          6 hours ago

          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.

          • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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            1 hour ago

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