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Re:What Happens When You Piss Off the Internet by Zarkonnen on Sunday March 11, 2012 @03:25PM (#3691024)
Absolutely. I have this theory that part of the reason that meme culture is often so absurd, obscure and frequently offensive exactly to prevent its co-option and commercialization.
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Re:What Happens When You Piss Off the Internet by Jimmie on Sunday March 11, 2012 @08:29PM (#3691814)
Case and point: Two years ago Hot Topic started selling "rage guy" t-shirts. The internet decided it would be having none of that and coerced the meme "rage guy" into "race guy" by pumping out tonnes of racist comics. Hot Topic were forced to withdraw its t-shirt range.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/race-guy

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Re:What Happens When You Piss Off the Internet by tedunangst on Monday March 12, 2012 @12:00AM (#3692281)
I don't really track Hot Topics current inventory, but the same page you link to says they unwithdrew it one day later.
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Re:What Happens When You Piss Off the Internet by Jimmie on Monday March 12, 2012 @01:06AM (#3692403)
Huh, I didn't know that. I was working from memory and didn't read the article. I wonder if they still sell the shirts?
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