It looks gross so sending it to people with stupid opinions is funny
Comment on Hexbear federation megathread
fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 year agoWhat is the deal with that pig anyway? I’m out of the loop, but I’ve seen it a few times.
kneel_before_yakub@hexbear.net 1 year ago
JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 1 year ago
It was a shock reaction image that became popular on r/cth and kind of became a mascot for the sub & then later for chapo.chat/hexbear.
Honestly, we all got so used to it that it became a nothingburger internally, just a way to tell someone to eff off. I was surprised to see it actually affecting people post-federation, but that’s also attributable to the emoji bug.
CW: Article on the source of Pig Poop Balls
MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 1 year ago
This. It was basically a ‘we’re not going to dignify that with an answer’ shorthand for abusive or obviously trolling posts.