• MBM@lemmings.world
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    6 months ago

    Isn’t fren one of those words used by 4chan as a dogwhistle? Feels a bit icky when talking about WW2 Japan

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      6 months ago

      urban dictionary says it stands Far-Right-Ethno-Nationalist turns out you’re probably right. But I like saying frens 😅

        • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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          6 months ago

          Originating from 4chan means it occupies a little of both.

          For example: 4chan intentionally trolled mainstream American media to make the ‘ok’ finger gesture be white supremacist, because it wasn’t a symbol. But then the media reported it was a symbol AND white supremacists started using it. So the ‘ok’ symbol now being a white supremacist symbol is quite real.

          Any amount of sewage in a soup makes the soup sewage. Only question is was the soup made with sewage or was the sewage added later. This meme being related to current events indicates the likelihood the creator is aware of the connotation as ‘high.’

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      6 months ago

      It meant friend long before that

      If you dilute their ability to use it as a dog whistle then it loses the ability to

      The okay symbol worked because people typically didn’t use it that often