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374:, a term used in video-games for characters the player cannot control. A non-player character typically interacts with the player through simple and repetitive actions, such as saying the same sentence each time the player approaches the NPC. For example: "Greetings!" or "What's the gossip guys?". As such, NPCs have "no internality, agency, or capacity for critical thought", they rely on scripted lines and do not think for themselves. Following the analogy of non-player characters, the NPC meme is used to mock individuals the maker perceives as lacking introspection, individual opinions, or critical thinking, generally political opponents. Due to NPC memes' greater popularity among the political right, the NPC is generally portrayed as parroting left-wing positions, but both left- and right-wing NPC variants exist. 558: 417:, the accounts spread "bland, politically correct messages intended to mimic and provoke liberal pronouncements". Following the mass creation of NPC Twitter accounts, the term "NPC" was used over 30,000 times on Twitter in a time span of 24 hours. Twitter responded to the event by banning more than 1,500 of its users presenting themselves as NPCs. The created accounts typically used profile pictures of NPC with slight modifications, such as colorful hair or partially covering masks. According to one or more anonymous sources quoted by 600: 572: 586: 327:, the meme was mainly used by the political right to mock liberals for "perceived conformism, frivolousness, and distractibility" who "blindly flit from news story to news story, issue to issue, changing their Facebook profile pics and Twitter display names to 'support' whatever 'Current Thing' dominates news and commentary. The current thing has been 425:, the users were banned for violating a term of use by Twitter against "intentionally misleading election-related content", ahead of the United States 2018 midterm election. The claim that NPC memes were used to spread misinformation about the 2018 United States midterm election was also reported by other news agencies, including 210:
In 2016, the concept was revived in a 4chan post by an anonymous user who initiated the NPC meme, titled "Are you an NPC?", detailing the behaviour of individuals acting similarly to non-player characters in video games by repeatedly using phrases such as "JUST BE YOURSELF", and ended the post with
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in the United States, the NPC meme gained remarkable attention, with relatively high media coverage, publication of new NPC memes online, and several noticeable events. A large number of animated videos based on the NPC meme were uploaded to YouTube in the second half of October 2018, and Google
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and hackneyed arguments. They're the kind of people who make a show of discomfort when you break the status quo like by breaking the normie barrier to invoke a real discussion. it's like in a when you accidentally talk to somebody twice and they give you the exact lines word for word once
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in 2010. Unlike the NPC meme, the Wojak meme (also known as Feels Guy) appeared first on the image hosting website vichan and has mainly been used for expression of feelings, most often melancholy or regret.
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in colour, and usually short in stature simple in its design, with an expressionless face, a triangular nose and a blank stare. The shape of the NPC face resembles that of Wojak, and is drawn crudely.
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The number of searches for the search term "NPC Wojak" remained relatively constant during 2019, though at a level significantly lower than its peak from early October through mid November 2018.
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Although the NPC meme was created six years after the Wojak meme, the NPC meme rapidly gained attention in comparison with the Wojak meme. On the website of the meme community
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The NPC meme has been featured in major and minor news outlets alike, with frequent coverage during the peak of the NPCs popularity in fall 2018. According to
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accounts were created which presented themselves as NPCs, and more than 1,500 such accounts were subsequently banned by Twitter. In November, the far-right
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held a competition promoting the creation of NPC memes. The winning entry, by a Twitter user named "Carpe Donktum", was later retweeted by then-
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published on October 16, 2018) sparked a "domino effect" and led to increased spread of the meme on Twitter, YouTube and through articles.
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held a competition promoting the creation of NPC memes; the winning entry was endorsed by Trump on Twitter.
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In 2022, a variation of the NPC meme called "I Support The Current Thing" was popularized. According to
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is deemed entirely determined by their surroundings and the information they consume, with no conscious
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On February 19, 2019, a similar modification was performed on a billboard featuring English comedian
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on February 2019 before it was removed for copyright infringement. The re-election campaign for then-
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In 2019, the NPC meme was used in the modification of two existing billboards in the United States.
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searches for the term "NPC Wojak" peaked around the same time. In October 2018, a large number of
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in 2022, with the surge of "NPC Streamers". The NPC meme, which graphically is based on the
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NPC Wojak... has become a kind of collective mascot for the far-right commenters online.
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whatsoever being done by the person themselves. The meme gained further viral status on
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meme, was created in July 2016 by an anonymous author and first published on the
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that represents people deemed to not think for themselves; those who lack
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for the far-right commenters online." During the weeks leading up to the
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also tweeted an NPC meme around the same time, aimed at the sitting
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the following description of people the NPC meme intends to depict.
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for the far-right commenters". The following month, the far-right
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internet spaces, being used to describe those who do not share
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In terms of politics, it has often been used by those with
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On January 13, 2019, the conservative street artist group
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If you get in a discussion with them it's always the same
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views to describe those who fail to question authority, "
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An insult that implies a person lacks critical thinking
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NPC... became popular in far-right spaces like 4chan.
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non-player character
Internet meme
introspection
intrapersonal communication
identity
processing
TikTok
Wojak
imageboard
4chan
anti-establishment
groupthink
presidency
Donald Trump
The Verge
BBC
The New York Times
mascot
InfoWars
buzzwords
Wojak
Microsoft Paint
far-right
conservative
liberals
The New York Times

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