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I once got close to getting three small circles in an equilateral triangle tattooed on the webbing between my thumb and fingers. Like the predator gun sight laser dots.

Found out in time that it is supposedly a triad tattoo to indicate having committed murder.

Which was a confidence because I once.... Nah.

Just add more to the tattoo. 3 more bike wheels to form a square, maybe.

But it’s not specifically an anti-Semitic symbol, or even a particularly political symbol?

Isn't there a similar thing with that Pepe frog meme? It was a big thing during the Trump election period amongst the far/alt-right folks.

Pepe's been a right wing meme since day 1, he was coopted almost immediately after people discovered the web comic it came from

Just stick to a bike wheel and not a sun wheel

There's a documentary film about it, I've not seen it but it's been recommended to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feels_Good_Man

The octopus as anti semitism thing reared its head a few years ago too, when Rolling Stone compared Goldman Sachs to a vampire squid

I don't need no documentary, I was on 4chan at the time it became a thing.

What was the appeal of 4chan? And was it always an alt right platform?

it used to be the place where memes began

It was/is? a portal to the online netherworld. Gamers, programmers, edgelords and social maladepts could be and say whatever they wanted, and share whatever they wanted, just a step outside the ‘dark web’. A lot of this was unfiltered hate and illegal pornography, hence the site’s reputation as the asshole of the internet (tm).

Before about 2008 the right wing stuff was mostly kept on a couple of sub forums,
/b/ (random) was the pinacle of shit posting and some of the more specific forums were actually useful. I bet if you went on the weight lifting one now you'd find a helpful guide stickied at the top about weekly routines, nutrition etc. Over time it got taken over by bots. But also I was a teenager in it's peak, it was a lively place where memes were created and funny things happened. Sure there was some racism, gore, etc but growing up on the internet you learn to filter that.

Cheers.

Sounds like you guys need to make a Netflix doc.

growing up on the internet you learn to filter that

Bizarre how this works, because looking back a lot of the shit coming out of that site was pretty heinous. (Trigger warning)

From memory:

• They discovered a lonely lady’s website where she had concocted a fantasy world for herself over several years (no one else joined her site) and flooded it with very illegal porn.
  
• Multiple cases of bullying ended in suicide, and several were even live streamed with idiots egging the person on.
  
• Dossing and mob harassment were a regular occurrence, which often went beyond the web and messed up people’s real lives.
  
• Certain parts were infamous for the amount of illegal shit that transpired there.
  
  

I’m sure a large website would have some good and some bad parts, but the chans were/are? like Reddit but with bad mental health issues.

Thought this was interesting:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/19/unbeaten-ramsbottom-womens-cricket-team-joining-mens-league/

For those who aren't aware, the Lanacashire League is about 20 East Lancs clubs, each of which has a pro playing for the first XI (some very big names over the years).

Oh shit, my three year old is a raging anti sémite, who knew?

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my three year old is a raging anti sémite

The turd doesn't fall too far from the arsehole, Adolf

What? It's a Charlie Chaplin tash, honest guv.

And was is always an alt right platform?

It provided some of the themes that formed the alt right, pulling in - and radicalising - a fair number of people who didn't initially know that was what they were helpling to build. Turns out it's a short step from edgelordship to red-pill whie supremacy.

The octopus Greta had in her photo is a soft toy used in educational establishments up and down our country and abroad to help children explain their emotions.

It's reversible and has a happy face and a sad face, children are encouraged to hold it with the face that matches their emotion/feelings when they feel they are unable to adequately communicate how they feel.

My son found it really helpful when he was a toddler before he was able to use a larger list of facial expressions to explain his emotional state.

Older children and adults who find it difficult to communicate their feelings or want to just easily share "open to conversation" or "not open to conversation" find them quite useful beyond child age.

This is one of my anxiety dreams about getting a tattoo. I get a little bike wheel, and years later find out it's actually the logo of the white bikes mega racists and I'm stuck with it..

Which is why you should only tattoo words or images absolutely nobody would use to promote their cause. Can't go wrong with a good turd emoji.

I've got an octopus tattoo. Because I like them. Am I a racist now? It's so confusing.

Do you like them because you're a racist? Or was it just part of that whole late 2000s nautical tattoo vibe?

Neither - I just wanted a tattoo and I like them? I also have a narwhal. Sea stuff is just cool.