I can’t believe i used the word doge to describe a government agency. I hate the internet.

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    11 hours ago

    I’m still fucking bitter that the meme Elon latched onto was Doge. I fucking loved that meme and hate that it now has ties to fucking fascism.

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      9 hours ago

      Par for the course. Nazis have done the same thing to everything from Pepe the frog to the swastika itself.

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        8 hours ago

        Do I remember correctly that Pepe dies in the comic because the author didn’t want to keep producing material for them to hijack?

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      5 hours ago

      … You didn’t have a problem with it when it was a memecoin? Doge jumped the shark YEARS before that even happened

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        But he knew what it was and it was fun. Now? It’s fascism tearing apart this country from the inside, run by two racist ass holes, one a rapist and sexual predator that acts like he’s 6