3/17/2024 0 Comments Decoding a link from 4chan![]() ![]() All they focused on, all they needed to focus on, was their own amusement. They were just trolling, went their logic, it was fine they didn’t have to think about those children, or their parents. But that didn’t matter to the anonymous trolls. Throughout the week, Oprah had been talking about pedophiles on her show, a decision prompted by several high-profile cases of pedophilia. “And they’re all raping children,” Oprah continues, clarifying just what all those thousands of penises are doing. ![]() Immediately following that statement, however, things take a darker turn. Up to Oprah’s declaration that “they have over 9000 penises,” this media critique could be the full story. But they also benefited from and incentivized trolls. News and entertainment organizations may have bellowed their disdain for trolls. Advertising dollars come at a high price, and that price is sensationalism.Īnd so-whether the initial poster or any of the subsequent carriers of the “over 9000 penises” meme could have explained it-this case, like so many trolling cases at the time, forwarded an implicit media critique. She took the bait, because of course she took the bait how could she or her producers say no to such an outrageous threat? These shows don’t finance themselves, you know. There’s Oprah, totally unaware that the self-proclaimed pedophile posting to her message boards was actually a troll looking to, as participants then would call it, milk a lulzcow. There’s Oprah, quoting Dragon Ball Z’s “Over 9000” meme (power levels!). There’s Oprah, reciting part of the Anonymous credo (“We are legion, we do not forgive, we do not forget…”). There’s Oprah, queen of daytime talk shows, being mercilessly trolled-which meant, in the parlance of the time, responding to something a troll had done with a strong negative emotion like anger, frustration, or shock. ![]() For better and for worse, this clip which emerged on and around 4chan’s /b/ board in the early-mid 2000s. ![]()
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