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Re:How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral by zozbot234 on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @03:12AM (#22244903)
I would expect 4chan to do exactly this. Thing is, the only way they can succeed is if people take it seriously and keep the spiral going.
Re:How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral by forgottenpass on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @12:14PM (#22248879)
>Thing is, the only way they can succeed is if people take it seriously and keep the spiral going.

Why would that stop anything? I spent half an hour over Christmas explaining to an aunt why the circle game [0] wasn't a white supremacist thing. All because the media chose to fall for the most inept trap ever planned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_gesture#White_power_symbol

https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/circle-game/