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4chan stuck out to me, especially since they coined the term "normie"



Normie is pretty old, the following article suggests the 1950s: https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/normie/


4channers use Normalfag. "Normie" is the sanitized version for Redditors and Youtubers that are too afraid to use the -fag suffix. Same with the "Glowie" meme.


In that case, I think this conversation may be entirely wrong as "normie" is in no way a new term, and it's not fear keeping people from using the suffix/slur so I don't think people would go looking for a safe alternative.


The only reason I don't think it's 4chan is it doesn't mention Gentoo.


peak normie take




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