• Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
        158·
        11 days ago

        It’s bigoted shit from 4chan, that’s origins are it being used to mock “low intelligence” or those with mental disabilities.

        We can do better.

        • Honytawk@feddit.nl
          23·
          10 days ago

          But those people the comics refer to are mentally disabled. Just look at the shit they are spewing.

          That 4Chan have culturally appropriated them is their fault.

          • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
            51·
            10 days ago

            4Chan invented them.

            And don’t insult people with mental disabilities by comparing them to shit people.

            • ClathrateG [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
              2·
              10 days ago

              4Chan didn’t invent Wojaks, they first appeared on Sad and Useless then reddit before becoming suffused through the rest of the internet

              https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wojak

              I agree that ableist wojaks exist, and that almost any meme can be weaponised to be such, but the specific ones used in the OP do not represent any real disability and is not meant to discriminate against anyone with any, but to showcase the opinions stated as ‘brainless’

    • pulsewidth@lemmy.world
      132·
      10 days ago

      I think it’s a bit overboard to say a caricature of someone with a crescent-moon-shaped head is a representative of a real group of people.

      Is the one with a tricycle for a brain ableist too?

      FWIW I would completely agree if they were drawn to look like they had downs syndrome or some other visual identifier of real people.

        • pulsewidth@lemmy.world
          143·
          10 days ago

          You’re the one claiming its ableist, but you want others to ‘look it up’ to research potentials for why you think it’s ableist?

          That ain’t gonna win anyone over to your position.