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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Went looking to see how this character came to be, as I too, haven't seem them in like a literal decade.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pedobear

Turns out it came from 2channel to warn about attention seekers and trolls. 4chan turned it into a pedophilia mascot. Of course they did.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

As is tradition with 4chan.