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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago (5 children)

No. Fuck the nazis that tried to take Pepe from us.

[–] ximtor@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

This! Ffs, pepe is one of the best memes ever

[–] FriendFatale@leminal.space 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

also i know its semantics but the frog in the OP is a peepo, not Pepe. im pretty sure peepo massively increased in popularity from the Frenworld/Honkler nazi subreddits

[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://www.inverse.com/article/22283-matt-furie-reclaim-pepe-the-frog

https://youtu.be/vVkfxIlZFY0

The original artist is trying to reclaim pepe from hate groups, and imo has created some cool animations in doing so

[–] FriendFatale@leminal.space 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't think Matt furie has actually abandoned pepe. He has posted his own pepe animations around 2021, which is still pretty recent.

E.g.

https://nitter.space/Matt_Furie/status/1473765958166536193

[–] FriendFatale@leminal.space -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

this is a promotion for rarepepes.fun

a fucking NFT site lmao

edit: upon further reflection, fuck pepe, fuck the artist, and fuck y'all

[–] FriendFatale@leminal.space 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

fuck them, but the frog is theirs now.

https://www.cbr.com/pepe-frog-creator-kills-white-supremacist-icon/

i feel bad for the artist. that was his art. his little guy, his creation. it was taken from him. i cant imagine losing a piece of your art to some of the worst types of people humanity has to offer.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

fuck them, but the frog is theirs now.

Never!