4chan is running around trying to convince West Africans that Ebola doctors worship Ebola-Chan - Polidicks

[quote]The message-board 4chan has been rightly blamed for many unsavory Internet things: the celebrity nude scandal, the dangerous “bikini bridge” meme, the brief virality of the self-harm hashtag #cuttingforBieber. Now, the denizens of one of the Internet’s least-principled places are attempting to propagate another tasteless meme: She’s called Ebola-chan, and she’s some cross between a prank, a witless joke and a truly vile strain of racism. “Have you welcomed her into your heart yet?” Asks one post on 4chan’s “politically incorrect” message board, /pol/. “I’m talking, of course, about Ebola-Chan. The viral goddess of love and Afrocide … Our shrines and incantations give her strength.” Ebola-Chan is not, needless to say, a goddess anywhere outside of 4chan’s diseased imagination: The character is a /pol/ invention, a cartoon mascot for the virus that could infect half a million people within the next four months. In fan art — of which there is, surprisingly, quite a lot — she’s depicted as a pointy-chinned, wide-eyed anime character with pink pigtails that curl into the shape of the virus. Wherever she’s posted, users are expected to replywith choruses of “I love you, Ebola-Chan” or “thank you, Ebola-Chan.” But of course, they reply with all kinds of stomach-turning stuff, as well: hopes for Ebola to wipe out all of Africa, to strike other continents or demographics, and to otherwise “remove … [the] subhumans,” as one particularly racist post put it. It’s hard to tell how much of the chatter is genuine: 4chan, with its reputation for both ammorality and mischief, has always attracted a crowd of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ lolz-seekers along with the sincere racists, misogynists and homophobes.[/quote] [url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/4chans-latest-terrible-prank-convincing-west-africans-that-ebola-doctors-actually-worship-the-disease-9753454.html[/url]

But I thought 4chan was kill after the Emma Watson thing.

I've not seen anybody on 4chan try to convince anybody of this, they just made her a character like they do a lot of things. Besides, the "thanks Ebola-chan" thing is a regular thing they do, like "thanks Doge" and a ton of other copies of that meme.

Praise Ebola-Chan!

I've had just about enough of this guy lately. Who does he think he is?

Who the fuck lets these people write these articles?

Why isn't 4chan in jail yet :(

There is no cure [b]for love![/b]

you can tell the guy who wrote this was an intern

Good luck Ebola chan

[QUOTE=SexualShark;46084410]you can tell the guy who wrote this was an intern[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://a.pomf.se/rcugqo.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://a.pomf.se/yseioc.png[/IMG] [URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/search/simple.do?destinationSectionUniqueName=search&publicationName=ind&pageLength=5&startDay=1&startMonth=1&startYear=2010&useSectionFilter=true&useHideArticle=true&searchString=byline_text:("]This is a big fucking link[/URL]

Being offended by /pol/ is like getting mad you willingly stepped into a pile of shit.

[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;46084828]Being offended by 4chan is like getting mad because you willingly stepped into a pile of shit.[/QUOTE] fixed

[QUOTE=Banandana;46084889]fixed[/QUOTE] yes all of 4chan is full of bigoted degenerates especially the papercraft & origami board

R34 when?

[QUOTE=Banandana;46084889]fixed[/QUOTE] Because some shit boards mean the whole site is crap. With that logic you could say FP is the same.

Got disheartened at first, then read the article, laughed at it's absurdity, then laughed again.

[QUOTE=Scot;46084917]yes all of 4chan is full of bigoted degenerates especially the papercraft & origami board[/QUOTE] I thought to myself "there's no way a 4chan board isn't toxic", so I went to check. I found one guy that called another "dumb twat" but then... [IMG]http://puu.sh/bPbWh/839f1e41ad.png[/IMG] What the fuck is that place, it's like one of those bizarro 4chan threads 24/7.

Thank you independent.

[QUOTE=Manibogi;46085042]I thought to myself "there's no way a 4chan board isn't toxic", so I went to check. I found one guy that called another "dumb twat" but then... [IMG]http://puu.sh/bPbWh/839f1e41ad.png[/IMG] What the fuck is that place, it's like one of those bizarro 4chan threads 24/7.[/QUOTE] SHOCKER: People appreciate help and like helping when they ask nicely, actually NEED help and aren't just stupidly lazy and don't act like total asshats. Not once have I seen anyone ask for help or request something (POLITELY) get told off, on any board. The "internet hate machine mob" people make all of 4chan out to be (which is a big fat stupid generalization) is mostly a vocal minority.

[QUOTE=chiefanator;46084286]Who the fuck lets these people write these articles?[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/xZwspvJ.png[/img] it must've taken hours of intense reading to find such an impactful quote

[QUOTE=Thomo_UK;46084997]Because some shit boards mean the whole site is crap. With that logic you could say FP is the same.[/QUOTE] And I'm ok with this.

4chon has gone too far this time. He won't get away with this.

it's like the media just found out about 4chan.

Where's the exploding van?

[QUOTE=Sgt. Lulz;46085074]SHOCKER: People appreciate help and like helping when they ask nicely, actually NEED help and aren't just stupidly lazy and don't act like total asshats. Not once have I seen anyone ask for help or request something (POLITELY) get told off, on any board. The "internet hate machine mob" people make all of 4chan out to be (which is a big fat stupid generalization) is mostly a vocal minority.[/QUOTE] /v/ isn't what they think its full of twats at, but they appear sometimes

[QUOTE=SenhorCreeper;46085240]/v/ isn't what they think its full of twats at, but they appear sometimes[/QUOTE] /v/ is full of gay furrys who don't want to admit it. It's the only place battle-station threads can turn into comparing dick sizes.

[QUOTE=Scot;46084917]yes all of 4chan is full of bigoted degenerates especially the papercraft & origami board[/QUOTE] I'm sorry but imagining a board full of origami swastikas and paper mache Hitlers is too amusing

[QUOTE=Manibogi;46085042]I thought to myself "there's no way a 4chan board isn't toxic", so I went to check. I found one guy that called another "dumb twat" but then... [IMG]http://puu.sh/bPbWh/839f1e41ad.png[/IMG] What the fuck is that place, it's like one of those bizarro 4chan threads 24/7.[/QUOTE] Mindblowing isn't it, has your entire worldview just been shattered before you?

[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;46085261]/v/ is full of gay furrys who don't want to admit it. It's the only place battle-station threads can turn into comparing dick sizes.[/QUOTE] /v/ is full of waifufags, and furry husbandofags, all that in a closet.