• @PurpleSkull@lemm.ee
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      103 days ago

      You think wrong. 4chan’s impact on internet culture late 2000s and the entire 2010s can’t be overstated. And that includes getting Trump elected twice.

      • JackbyDev
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        53 days ago

        I’m extremely skeptical of the first use of “TLDR” coming from 4chan specifically.

        • @PurpleSkull@lemm.ee
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          03 days ago

          Yeah not absolutely every meme/slang listed might be originated on 4Chan. TLDR seems to have originated or at least popularized by the SomethingAwful forums, which together with ebaumsworld could be considered the parents of 4Chan (with cross-pollination by Newgrounds?). But 4Chan was the crossroads of all these memes coming together, germinating and spreading to every other site shortly after.