![]() ![]() The original featured a Fortnite character with her midriff showing, blue eyes and blonde hair. For a few weeks, users of sites like 4chan and Twitter would post side-by-side comparison images of what they believed to be "un-Tumblrized" versions of characters. The second most controversial meme of the year also didn't last very long. "Radicalization/politicization of memes within gaming communities took an interesting turn in 2018," Kim said. Many found the meme objectionable so it died out within a few weeks. Players could take control of avatars and some decided they wanted to be small monotremes based off of characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.įor a few months in early 2018, fans of the meme would say "do you know the way" in what they thought was a "Ugandan" accent and would often add clicking sounds. Fans of streamer Forsen would quote lines from the Ugandan action movie "Who Killed Captain Alex?" Somehow, lines from the movie were said around the internet, including in a new game called VR Chat. One of the strangest and most politicized memes of 2018 died off as quickly as it arrived. ![]()
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