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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by michaelflux on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:55AM (#18238993)
Originally yes, that was the joke, people just repeating the same buzzwords and catch phrases in response to anything as game NPCs do.

However as with all the memes over the last few days, it quickly turns from that into 'well those people are reacting exactly how we thought they would, just keep posting it if it triggers them'.

e.g. take Pepe - the only reason it caught on was because the left took the bait and lost their shit over it. The only reason this NPC thing took off was because the same people took the bait and are loosing their shit over it. It doesn't matter what the meme is, what it's about, or what it represents. The right keeps making jokes, the left keeps taking the bait, the right sees that and keeps feeding them more and more.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by anjc on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:58AM (#18239022)
> "well those people are reacting exactly how we thought they would"

Almost like NPCs...

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by michaelflux on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:04AM (#18239103)
Exactly that.

Right: Hey you guys just keep repeating the same thing.

Left: You're a racist

Left: You're a racist

Left: You're a racist nazi

Left: You're a nazi racist

Left: You're dehumanising us you racist

Right: Well hell, make 5000 more of these if they're getting such a great engagement rate.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by eyeinthepyramid on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:05AM (#18239105)
>take Pepe - the only reason it caught on was because the left took the bait and lost their shit over it.

Pepe was popular way before it was a political meme.. Pepe comes from a book released in 2006, and according to KYM feelsbadman became a meme in 2009.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by michaelflux on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:13AM (#18239203)
I'm referring to it catching on in a political sense and becoming such a major part of the 2016 election cycle while neither the crying Jordan, the spongebob caveman, the sad ben Affleck and all else that was popular at that time didn't.
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