![]() ![]() Which is kind of why I think it's much more taking root here than elsewhere, and yes, I think that is very stupid and that people should try not to concern themselves with it so much, if that is indeed the case.Īnd tbh the reason I'm not a fan of this sort of self-deprecation on a more general level is that I'm well aware of similar, albeit not the same, external circumstances and how these things can twist and mold an environment into a sort of bullshit three-ring circus, where being legitimately passionate and into the central topic can be met with derision and mockery rather than some sort of shared ethos being built on. Which, yes, while pretty much every other fandom isn't unconcerned with sharing their interests I don't think I've ever seen any fandom that focuses on it so, so heavily to the point where it almost feels like an all-encompassing aspect for many. God only knows how much focus people seem to place on this sort of external, mainstream approval, with this fandom's weirdly exclusive strong, strong sense of proselytizing the medium to non-fans, and how there's generally accepted criticism legit jut focused on just having things that kind of keeps people away from anime who aren't already into it. I guess one of my bigger issues with it in the case of this fandom specifically, is that it often seems to come from a place of external mockery and it's kind of used a way to deflect that, or it comes off like that at least. On April 18th, 2016, the members of Canadian video game channel Super Best Friends Play brought up the meme in an episode of their podcast, Super Best Friendcast, leading to the height of the meme's popularity.And that being self-derogatory is not exclusive of anime fans, it's pretty much widespread on the internet. On December 21st, 2015, Australian producer Vaporplaid posted an EP named "BORN TO DIE/ WORLD IS A FUCK/ Kill Em All 1989/ I am trash man/ 410,757,864,530 DEAD COPS" to Bandcamp. It has since gone on to inspire variations where the standing cat and dog are replaced with images of Pikachu, Dat Boi, and various others. As the image grew popular on Tumblr, the shirt appeared on online retailers such as Amazon, Redbubble, and others. The meme found a wide audience on October 20th, 2014, when the Tumblr blog Gender of the Night published the image with the caption, "Tonight's Gender of the Night is: BORN TO DIE WORLD IS A FUCK Kill Em All 1989 I am trash man 410,757,864,530 DEAD COPS." As of July 20th, 2016, the post has over 19,000 notes. While it is believed that the original seller of the t-shirt has disappeared, the shirt reappeared on July 12th, 2014, on Tumblr user insidemycar's page with the caption "finna get this printed." The image of the standing dog and cat is from a keychain sold by the Chinese retailer OneInHundred. ![]() The phrase first appeared on a t-shirt underneath a picture of two smiling cartoon animals. ![]()
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