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by TazeTSchnitzel 2592 days ago
IIRC the “mods are asleep, post […]” 4chan meme originally came from “mods are asleep, post high res” threads where to an outside observer they were just posting high-resolution images of inane things, but there was actually steganography of some sort going on to hide child porn (I think) inside the files.

One of many Internet jokes with sinister origins.