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Country Roads
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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (8 children)

The meme format/characters originate(s) from 4chan and therefore has deeply fascist roots.

That's... that's a non-sequitur? Not that I care about what its roots are to be honest, but you're implicitly assuming 4chan is somehow inherently fascist.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    A scene from Mad Max: Fury Road where Max is driving in the car pointing up and at something and saying "That's bait."

    Image description: A scene from Mad Max: Fury Road where Max is driving in the car pointing up and at something and saying "That's bait."

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (5 children)

    Uh... no need to describe the image twice? But also damn got me, my sinister plans have been foiled.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    The double image description is for devices, frontends and apps that cannot see or access the first.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Fair enough, but then why include the first?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Assuming you're a person, the most descriptive/representative reason to add the description of an image, is as alt Text, for the visually impaired who use screen readers for example.

    Your claim that 4chan isn't necessarily fascistic is... Unfortunately ahistorical. 4chan has been so central to neonazi recruiting and propaganda, so many times, that it's not even funny anymore.

    Both the origin of the meme, and its real content, are pretty bad.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    for the visually impaired who use screen readers for example.

    I understand that, my question is why include it twice. Presumably screen readers will catch the second, so there's no reason to include the first.

    Your claim that 4chan isn't necessarily fascistic is... Unfortunately ahistorical. 4chan has been so central to neonazi recruiting and propaganda, so many times, that it's not even funny anymore.

    That's also a non-sequitur. 4chan being used for fascist purposes doesn't make anything that comes from 4chan fascist. The fact that 4chan is/has been used a lot by neonazis doesn't make 4chan inherently fascist, because only people can be fascist. 4chan has been used a lot for fascist propaganda, but so have radios.

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