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For me it's not so much the day to day interactions, which are largely apolitical[1], but the culture we consume. For example the latest E3 showcases had quite an emphasis on "dive…

> There was also always an undercurrent of racism (spamming the n word goes back to the early days of /b/) You are conflating message with actual sentiment. Using racist language i…

I think the thing is that 4chan is mostly anti-establishment. Obama promised CHANGE (anti-lobbying, supporting lower classes) and at the same time bringing troops home, something t…

Racist language and some forms of culture war, e.g. against censorship of extreme porn, has always been present. > Sometimes you just want to meme about the latest bad anime episod…

Previously on HN (2016): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12705851 Original version of the paper with "rare pepes": https://arxiv.org/pdf/1610.03452.pdf