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| Like most message boards, it has its own range of in-jokes, although many image-based gags are permutations from ] such as ] Suzuran and the ]. Most others are based on existing characters from ] and ]. One common image meme is to post a picture with a character holding up a sign, a television screen, or some other blanked out area. It is then ]ped accordingly. | Like most message boards, it has its own range of in-jokes, although many image-based gags are permutations from ] such as ] Suzuran and the ]. Most others are based on existing characters from ] and ]. One common image meme is to post a picture with a character holding up a sign, a television screen, or some other blanked out area. It is then ]ped accordingly. | ||
| ===Famous Memes/Characters=== | |||
| *] is also the name of a manga and its titular character, an energetic if dim little girl with four green pigtails, who is sometimes joked to be the site's spokeswoman. | |||
| *Bridget from the ] ] is famous among the boards for purportedly unintentional gender confusion, causing debates as to what forums he should be allowed into (he was one joked to be /d/'s spokesman, despite being an otherwise normal male). Although offically explained as a boy raised in disguise as a female nun and with a recent desire to become more masculine, he is heavily featured in ] and ] ], usually in a ] role, even with girls. | |||
| *] is sometimes treated with derision when appearing, especially in floods, which were banned for a whole month in reponse at one point. Inspired the mocking cry of ZOMG ITS REI! to pictures of any bluehaired characters. | |||
| * ] is the default tag for posts without name fields. Although a name field can be constantly changed, many posters use the same name (and also a coded tagline to reduce replictaed name confusion) and feel using 'anonymous' is lazy, typical of posters who are embarrased in being in some forums, or cowardice to hide behind while trolling or being overtly critical in debates. Thus a vocally annoying Anonymous is typically treated with more derision than usual. | |||
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4chan (YO-tsu-ba) is an English language version of the infamous Japanese Futaba Channel. On 4chan, many pictures from around the world, most famous from anime and manga are posted and critiqued. There are also discussion forums in the style of 2ch. Most notably, due to bandwidth concern and growing international leeching, Japanese computer users cannot access the site without permission.
Forums including Japanese animation content are /c/ - Cute, /a/ - Anime, /y/ - Yaoi, /h/ - Hentai, /d/ - HentaiAlt (for more unconventional erotica), /u/ - Yuri & /l/ - Lolicon. /cm/ - Cute Male was later spawned as a preadaptive solution to both content too softcore for the Yaoi board and the (arguably sexist) outcry against male characters in the Cute forum. /b/ - Random, /p/ - Photo, and /s/ - Sexy(Women) are broader in scope. Photo is reserved for photographs rather than CG imagery or photoshopped pictures. Sexy Women contains both nudity and nonnude photographs, often from photo books and thus typically of Asian women, although all ethnicities are allowed.
In particular Random, which allows some degree of commentary akin to light trolling, is treated with some derision as its chatter is often inane, and unlike other boards less tightly moderated. The category is also uncomfortably vague for some as it may contain internet shock site imagery quite randomly amongst otherwise tame and funny images, especially since the siphon board for the arguely most extreme art (/g for Guro- Grotesque) was trimmed off.
Many fans are vocal in keeping posted pictures apporpriate to boards, especially to even traffic content and avoid incuring anger among forums (Lolicon vs Cute, whose content spills over occasionally, debates are the most common.) A now tongue-in-cheek commentary to misposting a picture inapropriately is gb2/.
Like most message boards, it has its own range of in-jokes, although many image-based gags are permutations from 2chan such as WAHA Suzuran and the OS girls. Most others are based on existing characters from anime and manga. One common image meme is to post a picture with a character holding up a sign, a television screen, or some other blanked out area. It is then photoshopped accordingly.
Famous Memes/Characters
- Yotsuba is also the name of a manga and its titular character, an energetic if dim little girl with four green pigtails, who is sometimes joked to be the site's spokeswoman.
- Bridget from the fighting game Guilty Gear is famous among the boards for purportedly unintentional gender confusion, causing debates as to what forums he should be allowed into (he was one joked to be /d/'s spokesman, despite being an otherwise normal male). Although offically explained as a boy raised in disguise as a female nun and with a recent desire to become more masculine, he is heavily featured in shoutacon and futanari doujinshi, usually in a bottom role, even with girls.
- Ayanami Rei is sometimes treated with derision when appearing, especially in floods, which were banned for a whole month in reponse at one point. Inspired the mocking cry of ZOMG ITS REI! to pictures of any bluehaired characters.
- Anonymous is the default tag for posts without name fields. Although a name field can be constantly changed, many posters use the same name (and also a coded tagline to reduce replictaed name confusion) and feel using 'anonymous' is lazy, typical of posters who are embarrased in being in some forums, or cowardice to hide behind while trolling or being overtly critical in debates. Thus a vocally annoying Anonymous is typically treated with more derision than usual.