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Show HN: Generate unique pepes using deep learning (makerarepepes.me)
15 points by kendrick__ 3313 days ago
3 comments
themodelplumber 3312 days ago
I'm so outdated when it comes to memes, so forgive me but: Isn't this particular frog lately associated with racism and intolerance?
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m00x 3312 days ago
Some people in the alt-right movement associate themselves with pepes, and there are racist pepes, but not all pepes are racist. There are still many non-racist communities that use pepes.
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dsr_ 3312 days ago
The swastika has a long and honorable past in India, but displaying it without very specific context indicates Nazi sympathy.
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t_brah 3312 days ago
Perhaps the ability to corrupt symbols by association shouldn't be given to groups that haven't committed heinous acts?
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spacemanmatt 3312 days ago
In practice, we tend to ban the symbols where they represent hate most often, rather than make distinctions about who means what by displaying them.
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spacemanmatt 3312 days ago
The creator has weighed in fairly recently

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/08/pepe-the-frog-...

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tutufan 3312 days ago
It has occasionally been used in a racist way, yes. In that sense, it's a racist symbol, just as the numbers 12, 13, and 14 are racist symbols.

ADL, who seem to be the self-appointed arbiter of such things, says that most uses are not racist.

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bwooceli 3312 days ago
You are admirably restrained on this. Behind the shortage of comments on this thread are a lot of people wondering how they reply in a way that doesn't downvote them into oblivion. I, for one, will call this spade as it is. What a clever little hate machine.
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artursapek 3312 days ago
No, pepe was bastardized by Hillary during the election. Historically he has nothing to do with racism. He's just an expressive depiction of anon.
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brudgers 3312 days ago
If it meets the guidelines, this might make a good 'Show HN'. Show HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
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jabelone 3313 days ago
Holy heck this is awesome! Great job :)
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