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by flobosg 2053 days ago
In case someone else, like me, was expecting canine memes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge

> A doge was an elected lord and chief of state in several Italian city-states, notably Venice and Genoa, during the medieval and renaissance periods.

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You beat me to it, I also thought the picture behind the link would be a Shiba with a bat punishing horny people.... and that's coming from someone who is from an area that historically use to be governed by a Doge
Zadar? ;)
Istra :)
To mi je bilo drugo na listi. ;)
The only reason I had some vague idea that it was something Italian is that I believe they mention a Doge in Assassin's Creed 2, if I'm remembering right.
Same here, kind of. Or rather, I was reminded of the Shibe doggie memes when I read the title, but I expected that it would indeed be about the other kind of doge.
Mind the pronunciation guide: doge the meme isn't pronounced the same as doge the Venetian lord.
And how is doge the meme pronounced?