4Channers?

So, something I noticed ratherly quickly was how many people are using memes I know from 4chan. So I was just curious, are there any cross posters?

Drew

I just assumed that 4chan was the origin of all internet memes or that it at least helps them spread like a whore with STDs.

Not on 4chan user, just a meme whore.

/posted by the guy wearing his Three Wolf Moon shirt

Not often, but have..

What the heck is meme and 4chan?

DrBoost wrote: What the heck is meme and 4chan?

What he said.

+1

4Chan is the root of all internet evils, I stay as far away from there as I can.

I use reddit fairly frequently. It seems to be the place where people repost all the 4chan memes without all the uh "other" stuff that pops up on 4chan...

Oh, I'll admit, I hit up 4chan from time to time. It's about 80% crap, 10% of the sickest, darkest, most depraved crap on the entirety of the internet, and 10% of the funniest crap you'll ever see. Altogether, it's still 100% crap, hahaha.

Can somebody explain what you're talking about?

Yeah, 4chan is the, uh, bomb dog! And I like how meme actors never talk, they just like, move and stuff. I met 4chans little brother 3chan once and he wasn't nearly as, uh, bombish.

DrBoost wrote: What the heck is meme and 4chan?

A meme is a repeated concept across the internet. A local-to-GRM meme is "the answer is always Miata".

Some wider-spread memes were Numa-Numa, Tron Guy, All Your Base, The Dramatic Chipmunk, The Hamster Dance. There's TONS of 'em out there.

I guess the best description of 4chan is that it's a forum for posting images. Wikipedia describes it better than I could: Wikipedia - 4chan

Uh oh, guess not. I don't lurk there either.

Honest

ReverendDexter wrote:

DrBoost wrote: What the heck is meme and 4chan?

A meme is a repeated concept across the internet. A local-to-GRM meme is "the answer is always Miata".

That's sort of an internet-specific description of the term meme, though it is relative to this discussion.

Think of a meme as a societal/cultural phenomenon (such as, on the larger scale, a system of beliefs or technology, down to minutiae like melodies, catch phrases, etc.) viewed through the lens of genetics. A meme's success or failure is a product of natural selection, just like a gene's. For better or worse, it's sort of a way of quantifying culture.

The term was introduced by Richard Dawkins in 1976 (?) in his book 'The Selfish Gene,' but the field of 'memetics' only recently came about.

4chan is a group of neck-beards who propagate memes and occasionally churn out some funny stuff.

Tetzuoe wrote: 4chan is a group of neck-beards who propagate memes and occasionally churn out some funny stuff.

Bingo. There was a point where it was the epicenter of some serious funny, but now it's mostly just reposts, trolls, and porn spam.

full disclosure I still chuckle at a good rage thread

i thought that there was a "plague" or "virus" killing the b

Chans are anonymous image boards. Within about 5 minutes of anything entertaining, sick, newsworthy, cool, etc... hitting the internet it is on the chans. Do not visit if their is anything at all that offends you.

MrJoshua wrote: Do not visit if their is anything at all that offends you.

+Eleventybillion

If there is ANYTHING you find offensive, you'll see it on 4Chan. I'm pretty hard to offend, and I've seen stuff that still bugs me for even existing.

pool's

closed.

don't hit the fents.

maroon92 wrote: 4Chan is the root of all internet evils, I stay as far away from there as I can.

Yeah--I just like the funny by-products. I've heard enough stories of stuff like kiddie porn on there to stay way the hell away.

4chan has its moments. If you venture to some sections you will be shocked. I however stick to /K/ which is Weapons, and /O/ which is Automotive. I avoid everything else. It's a good place to get pictures though.