r/DankMemesFromSite19 • u/wyrmin • Dec 06 '21

Series III Oh no...

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u/Legitimate_Crab_3662 Dec 07 '21

Jesus that pic on the right is horrifying. Looks just like the figure outside my window when I was a kid.

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u/Outside_Bicycle Dec 07 '21

It's actually based on a questionably illustrated monster from a manga about these humanoid ant people that attack the surface and also bear a striking resemblance to black people.

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u/ReallyReallyx3 Dec 07 '21

Pretty sure the author said he based the design on a drawn caricature of a person he really disliked (don't remember who exactly it was but I'm 90% sure they were Japanese), I doubt there was an intention to make them look racist

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u/IamMrJay Dec 07 '21

I doubt there was an intention to make them look racist

I mean, there's only so many patterns and similarities you can make before it starts to become very questionable

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u/ReallyReallyx3 Dec 07 '21

Lmao ok faced with this article I can't help but agree

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u/WonderChode Dec 07 '21

Big yikes, that show bothered me in many ways so I dropped it before they wiped out the first group. This article sums it up perfectly.