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Warped reality meme2/27/2023 ![]() (No, seriously, you should see the replies of people un-stanning her.) #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown resurged, and, with the meme snowballing in a matter of days, the trolls got the satisfaction they wanted. Out of the context of tackling homophobia, people began taking these memes seriously. (Look for Irony in next year’s Oscars In Memoriam.) Again, this is all done *ironically* because irony is the current trend. People took the liberty of her snapchats and Instagram photos and created a series of escalating meditations of violence – with the ongoing joke being that she’s a sweet kid, so the more outrageous the threat of violence, the funnier it got. Whether this was a coincidence or an intended continuation is a bit murky, nonetheless users chose Millie as the meme’s ironic mascot. It being Pride month, another topic came into focus: the ludicrousness of homophobia, how outdated such beliefs are in 2018 and the insane threats of violence so often provoked. ![]() This was apparently the draw of the joke – that someone so innocent could harbor such violent fantasies, thus the seeds were planted. Except this was a tasteless one trying to ironically paint Millie as of the same hateful breed. You’d think it would start and end there, but…Ĭalling out Millie as an Islamophobe culminated in #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown, an apparent reaction to the #MeToo movement and the call-out culture of taking down bigots, abusers, and harassers. The user proceeded to post a poorly photoshopped image of herself in a hijab. Calling out people over Twitter became a movement in of itself last Fall, so it’s not much of a stretch to think others would hop on the bandwagon for those fleeting 15-seconds of fame. The meme originated in November of last year when a troll account tweeted a fake run-in with Millie. It sounds like we’ve entered a warped reality – normally an ideal setting for Eleven – except this is very real and utterly upside down. ![]() ![]() Millie Bobby Brown has left Twitter in response to an apparent in-joke done in incredibly poor taste. The curiosity of meme culture and our insatiable thirst for the next *100K+ sensation! has unduly brought us here, and not without consequence. I can’t believe this needs to be said, but in lieu of a series of escalating memes ironically portraying the Stranger Things-star as otherwise, this is where we’re at. ![]()
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