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What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet’s New Favorite Insult?
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| 10/16/2018
| Kevin Roose
Posted on 10/17/2018 9:47:35 AM PDT by chief lee runamok
Last week, a trolling campaign organized by right-wing internet users spilled over onto Twitter. The campaign, which was born in the fever swamps of 4chan and Reddit message boards, involved creating hundreds of fictional personas with gray cartoon avatars, known as NPCs. These accounts posed as liberal activists and were used to spread — among other things — false information about November’s midterm elections.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; Technical
KEYWORDS: 4chan; clickbait; concenrntrolltwitter; leftards; liberalism; liberals; libtards; meme; memes; mentaldisorder; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nonplayablecharacter; npc; nyslimes; nytimes; twitter
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For more clarification on npc's:
https://youtu.be/M0aienuCBdg
To: chief lee runamok
NPC is a video game term meaning ‘Non-Playable Character’, IOW, a ‘bot that has no brain, just programmed to say the same thing over and over again, usually annoying the real players with snarky comments...............
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posted on
10/17/2018 9:51:25 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Q............BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM.......................)
To: chief lee runamok
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posted on
10/17/2018 9:51:43 AM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: chief lee runamok
Oh i heard of this...
in the gaming world the NPC is a scripted bot. A “Non Playable Character”
That’s pretty close to your average democrat screamer.
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posted on
10/17/2018 9:52:11 AM PDT
by
Samurai_Jack
(War is cruelty, there is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.)
To: Samurai_Jack
Great to see it’s getting traction. As a gamer l can tell you comparing SJW’s to NPC’s is hilarious and spot on.
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posted on
10/17/2018 9:55:14 AM PDT
by
gibsonguy
To: chief lee runamok
This escalated quickly. Somebody must have taken an arrow to the knee.
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posted on
10/17/2018 9:55:40 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
To: chief lee runamok
“What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet’s New Favorite Insult?”
Hilarious!
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posted on
10/17/2018 9:56:41 AM PDT
by
PreciousLiberty
(Make America Greater Than Ever!)
To: chief lee runamok
Non Playable Character. Libs have been punked!
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:06:59 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: chief lee runamok
.....The New York Timesis lecturing us about the improperly use of messages?
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:14:26 AM PDT
by
Tzimisce
To: chief lee runamok
The NYT is the number one source for false information.
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:17:59 AM PDT
by
alternatives?
(Why have an army if there are no borders?)
To: goldstategop
Who would ever say that Leftards are mindless scripted automatons??
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:24:38 AM PDT
by
Trump_the_Evil_Left
(FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
To: gibsonguy
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:26:09 AM PDT
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Trump_the_Evil_Left
(FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
To: chief lee runamok
I have always likened them to potted plants.
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:28:12 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as wll say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!"to)
To: Trump_the_Evil_Left
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:28:22 AM PDT
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Trump_the_Evil_Left
(FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
To: raybbr
Harvey Weinstein loves potted plants..... just sayin’ ....
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:28:55 AM PDT
by
Trump_the_Evil_Left
(FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
To: alternatives?
But let's not forget CNN.....
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posted on
10/17/2018 10:30:41 AM PDT
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Trump_the_Evil_Left
(FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
To: Trump_the_Evil_Left
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10/17/2018 10:35:04 AM PDT
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Trump_the_Evil_Left
(FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
To: chief lee runamok; pookie18; bagster
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10/17/2018 10:52:35 AM PDT
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GraceG
("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
To: Tzimisce
Nazi = OK NPC = Bad Thanks for proving our point NYT and BBC! Let the butthurt flow! 😂
To: chief lee runamok
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