I’ve been thinking about Groypers lately, which is never a great mental space to be in. If you don’t know what Groypers are, I am sorry that I am about to tell you.
”Groyper” is a version of Pepe the Frog, a meme beloved by the alt-right but also widely spread in other contexts. Pepe famously became an icon of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, at the same time as he became a meme people who liked Trump posted online — memes are always multifaceted. Because of his proximity to major political discourses, Pepe is probably the most-studied internet meme.
Groyper is a fat Jabba the Hut-like Pepe variation. The information graphic below, which I found on a subreddit devoted to the Botez sisters, a pair of Canadian Chess live streamers (you discover a new highly specific internet niche everyday!) which explains the major Pepe variations well.
A crucial thing to understand about all the Pepe variations is that in the beginning, he was just a meme. But then the worst people in the world ad…
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