Old 4chan becomes a trending aesthetic for TikTok zoomers

[turntableToothache]

"4chancore" has recently become a fairly trending aesthetic on sites such as TikTok, Pinterest and the like, with young people romanticizing oldweb memes and artstyles commonly associated with 4chan, as well as directly referencing the site culture and media from the time (pedobear, m00t, yotsuba, anon, azumangah daiohm lucky star, etc)
This was popularized by an artist called "canihavepromo" or lottie, who made animations reminiscent of the oldweb

View: https://youtu.be/IplMxCqJums?si=OznlQA5ut7SuxR8m


View: https://youtu.be/zcGyfxs3E4Y?si=UAcZwBGo8dCxsTLI

She was later cancelled for drawing loli, and being groomed by some pedophile or something, but that's another story.
In any case, old 4chan has now become an aesthetic that interests young people in TikTok. Perhaps they are fascinated by the prospect of a site where you can say controversial things like "kill" "rape" "faggot" "jews did WTC" without having to self censor, with many of them being scared and thinking of 4chan as part of the "Dark Web"
You can see this in this old Zone 4chan animation,

View: https://youtu.be/A-dI3l7INjY?si=gkzQmxFwXDmUCEV6


If you go to most recent comments, you will see many underage users commenting about how spooky and scary 4chan is, but how super cool and a e s t h e t i c oldweb was, in spite of all the scary things like slurs, pornography, and people having the ability to freely express themselves without being censored.
Now if you go on TikTok, you may find 12 years old uploading fake videos of themselves going to 2007 4chan as a sort of brag, but also as a form of escapism from our depressing current online landscape. Choosing to fantasize about being 12 in 2007 and browsing /b/, you know, the ideal childhood.
For any oldfags present, how does it feel to see your culture being skinwalked by TikTok zoomers for social media clout?
As for me, I can only remind y'all of the wise words of the once great George "Big" Floyd:

View: https://youtu.be/1f7i1HIm7-g?si=5fn6XQbK_kTumplP

 

[spruce]

It's easy to forget the negatives in the past, especially if you weren't really there for it. And compared to shit nowadays old 4chan legends are pretty tame

 

[macrobyte]

How long till tiktok discovers Agora Road's Macintosh Cafe?

 

[MAKSI]

How long till tiktok discovers Agora Road's Macintosh Cafe?

That would be a disaster, it would destroy the platform and ruin the culture we have here, we would simply be overrun and then corporatized. although i think we should have a procedure if such an incursion event would happen, i think i'll make a thread on that.

 

[№56]

For any oldfags present, how does it feel to see your culture being skinwalked by TikTok zoomers for social media clout?

4chan has been a reanimated corpse for so long that it's impossible to feel bothered by any of this, and it's really no different or any more fake than other forms of "old internet" nostalgia. I guess it explains why Azumanga Daioh and Lucky Star suddenly got popular again. (But not Haruhi, Rozen Maiden, or Gurren Lagann, or at least not yet.)

 

[BlackControlBoxer]

4chan has been a reanimated corpse for so long that it's impossible to feel bothered by any of this, and it's really no different or any less fake than other forms of "old internet" nostalgia. I guess it explains why Azumanga Daioh and Lucky Star suddenly got popular again. (But not Haruhi or Gurren Lagann, or at least not yet.)

when is GOATSE gonna become a thing again i want all of these gyatt zooms and geriatric milennials to be bombarded with goatse 24/7

 

[Svind]

Now if you go on TikTok, you may find 12 years old uploading fake videos of themselves going to 2007 4chan as a sort of brag, but also as a form of escapism from our depressing current online landscape. Choosing to fantasize about being 12 in 2007 and browsing /b/, you know, the ideal childhood.

I was on 4chan in 2007, people were reminiscing about the "old internet" and complaining about newfags back then too.

For any oldfags present, how does it feel to see your culture being skinwalked by TikTok zoomers for social media clout?

Indifferent, in fact good if this pulls the younger generation away from social media slop and pushes them towards better alternatives like textboards, imageboards, forums etc.

 

[turntableToothache]

when is GOATSE gonna become a thing again i want all of these gyatt zooms and geriatric milennials to be bombarded with goatse 24/7

They already were back in '22 lol, by blue waffle of all things

What Is A 'Blue Waffle' And Why Should You Not Google It?

Since 2008, this innocently-named breakfast item continues to trend in memes.

knowyourmeme.com

 

[LostintheCycle]

Indifferent, in fact good if this pulls the younger generation away from social media slop and pushes them towards better alternatives like textboards, imageboards, forums etc.

I am also indifferent because I dislike 4chan except for /wg/, but I disagree it could have that effect. Simply, I think they like having their identity tied to what they say. So then, if anything they'd rather be forum posters.

 

[Svind]

I am also indifferent because I dislike 4chan except for /wg/, but I disagree it could have that effect. Simply, I think they like having their identity tied to what they say. So then, if anything they'd rather be forum posters.

Funny you should say that, I'm on the exact same boat. The only board of value that 4chan has, or had before it was taken over by coomers, in my eyes is /wg/.

 

[lain is here]

4chan has been a reanimated corpse for so long that it's impossible to feel bothered by any of this, and it's really no different or any more fake than other forms of "old internet" nostalgia. I guess it explains why Azumanga Daioh and Lucky Star suddenly got popular again. (But not Haruhi, Rozen Maiden, or Gurren Lagann, or at least not yet.)

Kinda crazy to me that Lucky Star can get popular again without Haruhi as well, just goes to show that these kids truly are just in it for the aesthetic. Since it's basically impossible to discuss Lucky Star without addressing it's constant referencing of popular shows of the time, with Haruhi being the one most referenced

 

[Ross_Я]

the scary things like slurs, pornography

Cocksucking pussy motherfucking niggеr faggots, I could be a fucking boogieman for those sloppy bitch-ass cunts.

 

[turntableToothache]

Kinda crazy to me that Lucky Star can get popular again without Haruhi as well, just goes to show that these kids truly are just in it for the aesthetic. Since it's basically impossible to discuss Lucky Star without addressing it's constant referencing of popular shows of the time, with Haruhi being the one most referenced

You're giving these people lotsa credit by assuming they even watched the show in the first place.

Cocksucking pussy motherfucking niggеr faggots, I could be a fucking boogieman for those sloppy bitch-ass cunts.

I can't heckin believe you could say that, this truly is the darknet for internet terrorists

 

[Venomnik0]

She was later cancelled for drawing loli, and being groomed by some pedophile or something, but that's another story.

Am i really surprised? Its like a curse that anyone involved with romanticizing 4chan in some way gets cancelled for the exact same reasons. I mean I still remember that FNF mod with /v/.

Now if you go on TikTok, you may find 12 years old uploading fake videos of themselves going to 2007 4chan as a sort of brag, but also as a form of escapism from our depressing current online landscape. Choosing to fantasize about being 12 in 2007 and browsing /b/, you know, the ideal childhood.

To be honest, that has always been the case since the old years of tumblr. Back in highschool, I had friends who were obsessed with /b/ and would practically doomscroll before doomscrolling was thing. Being a /b/tard was a thing and you could see it. It is sad though. Its not even by choice really anymore. Alot of these kids don't have the same "free speech spaces" we did (though i prefer that as a blessing to be honest.) Rose tinted glasses though are a funny thing. We really did become the 90s kids but with a justification.

How long till tiktok discovers Agora Road's Macintosh Cafe?

I mean not yet but by then the site would've already killed itself.

That would be a disaster, it would destroy the platform and ruin the culture we have here, we would simply be overrun and then corporatized. although i think we should have a procedure if such an incursion event would happen, i think i'll make a thread on that.

The site would either disapate or we delete. Besides it wouldn't last long enough to even be corporatized.

newfags

I miss oldfags. hell i miss the term.

Indifferent, in fact good if this pulls the younger generation away from social media slop and pushes them towards better alternatives like textboards, imageboards, forums etc.

Or it'll keep them on 4chan.

Anyways I am reminded of this godtier video:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhx6IfKrvEQ

 

[ビンス]

That would be a disaster, it would destroy the platform and ruin the culture we have here, we would simply be overrun and then corporatized. although i think we should have a procedure if such an incursion event would happen, i think i'll make a thread on that.

PLEASE do. We need a contingency plan.

 

[Andy Kaufman]

"4chancore" has recently become a fairly trending aesthetic on sites such as TikTok, Pinterest and the like, with young people romanticizing oldweb memes and artstyles commonly associated with 4chan, as well as directly referencing the site culture and media from the time (pedobear, m00t, yotsuba, anon, azumangah daiohm lucky star, etc)
This was popularized by an artist called "canihavepromo" or lottie, who made animations reminiscent of the oldweb

View: https://youtu.be/IplMxCqJums?si=OznlQA5ut7SuxR8m


View: https://youtu.be/zcGyfxs3E4Y?si=UAcZwBGo8dCxsTLI

She was later cancelled for drawing loli, and being groomed by some pedophile or something, but that's another story.
In any case, old 4chan has now become an aesthetic that interests young people in TikTok. Perhaps they are fascinated by the prospect of a site where you can say controversial things like "kill" "rape" "faggot" "jews did WTC" without having to self censor, with many of them being scared and thinking of 4chan as part of the "Dark Web"
You can see this in this old Zone 4chan animation,

View: https://youtu.be/A-dI3l7INjY?si=gkzQmxFwXDmUCEV6


If you go to most recent comments, you will see many underage users commenting about how spooky and scary 4chan is, but how super cool and a e s t h e t i c oldweb was, in spite of all the scary things like slurs, pornography, and people having the ability to freely express themselves without being censored.
Now if you go on TikTok, you may find 12 years old uploading fake videos of themselves going to 2007 4chan as a sort of brag, but also as a form of escapism from our depressing current online landscape. Choosing to fantasize about being 12 in 2007 and browsing /b/, you know, the ideal childhood.
For any oldfags present, how does it feel to see your culture being skinwalked by TikTok zoomers for social media clout?
As for me, I can only remind y'all of the wise words of the once great George "Big" Floyd:

View: https://youtu.be/1f7i1HIm7-g?si=5fn6XQbK_kTumplP

good. Modern 4chan sucks and I'm glad tiktok kids care about the good old days.


t. 2009 newfag

 

[Void]

For any oldfags present, how does it feel to see your culture being skinwalked by TikTok zoomers for social media clout?

Not much different from how current 4chan makes me feel. Maybe they can find something interesting to say instead of screaming "GAYmer word" 24/7.

 

[Alix]

80% of them will just keep taking TikTok slop with an "old web" paint and the other 20% will actually enter the "pipeline" and discover forums, imageboards, etc... It depends on how much they actually care about this stuff.

Kinda crazy to me that Lucky Star can get popular again without Haruhi as well, just goes to show that these kids truly are just in it for the aesthetic. Since it's basically impossible to discuss Lucky Star without addressing it's constant referencing of popular shows of the time, with Haruhi being the one most referenced

They don't even watch the series a lot of the time. But that's the best, I would hate to see series like FLCL turned into an "animecore old web" aesthetic.

 

[Aral]

Lame.

They'll never get truly invested in it. It's just a trend to them. They'll keep doing their usual social media bullshit because going to repopulate the old web is too inconvenient and doesn't get enough clout. They only care about looking cool and have absolutely no convictions. In a sense not much different than virtue signaling whatever issue is trendy to get all riled up about. The ones who truly aren't into that social media mess and trends will still be considered weirdos at best and nonexistent at worst. Those fucking retards would never survive five minutes on the actual 4chan. It doesn't provide enough of a dopamine hit. Not enough validation. And the culture there is at odds with their sanitized uwu shit. Hell not even that many newfags make it on Agora Road and it's much, much tamer than 4chan can be.

It's the same horseshit all over again. Just like these Twittards who made Neocities website that they abandoned fairly soon or don't ever update. At the end of the day most of these muppets will go back to their one true love: social media. Just like those cottagecore girls who are fantasizing about le simple life and I bet my ass that they would not last a week doing so.

Fuck this shit, sincerely.

 

[Pluto]

Is it really surprising? Underage idiots on /b/ have been pretending to have been "on 4chan since 2006!" since, well, 2007.