Over 9000 began as a joke among Naruto fans related to poor dubbing
Is this guy just trying to get a rise out of me by being spectacularly wrong on purpose?
Is this guy just trying to get a rise out of me by being spectacularly wrong on purpose?
I stopped reading the article with this exact segment copy-pasted, in order to comment about it. Am I being taken for a ride here?!
>Take for example wojak. Although originally used to further various right-wing talking points
I wouldn't expect everyone to know the origin of every meme, but even a cursory internet search [0] will show that Wojaks started out far more benign.
Technically speaking, though, the meme could have emerged in any community with a knowledge of anime, since DragonBall knowledge is basically assumed in those circles. So it might be that Naruto fans brought DB into a discussion about bad translations.
The reality is that, in most cases, nobody can really know for sure where a meme generated from - we can only witness the first usage in communities we observe.