Humor: 4chan /b/ random -- Internet Culture

By Xah Lee. Date: 2011-02-16. Last updated: 2018-01-10.

Some funny 4chan picts.

Moot 4chan god — This girl character is Moot. She's a personification of 4chan's creator Christopher Poole.

On 4chan, “everything” is a cute japanese anime girl. Note that Wikipedia in 2006 also used a cute under-age japanese anime girl as mascot, but never became official.

Wikipedia girl Wikipe-tan — Wikipedia girl, unofficial mascot.

4chan is started by Christopher Poole, aka Moot.

4chan Mascots 2011

top row, lef to right

long white cat: longcat.
red W blonde: a personification of a ex-admin. (W. T. Snacks, ed.ch)
brunette cat ear girl: ?
pumpkin shirt girl: ?
steamroller: the “wry guy” meme, from a video game. Wry

2nd row

green face in suite: Anonymous.
rubber duck tear: ?Tear tattoo. The tear tattoo was used by gangsters who have killed.
white owl: O RLY Owl.
black hair girl pink shirt: is Osaka (春日歩, 大阪) in Azumanga Daioh (笑園漫畫大王). Am not sure what's the significance.
smiley penis: “Teh Rei”, a phrase derived rom 4chan in response to any porn version of the character Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise.
dinosaur: Raptor Jesus. Force behind the joke: “Nowere in the bible does it say that jesus isn't a raptor.”.

3rd row

smiling guy: Cockmongler. A silly meme of a photo of a smiling guy.
brown bear: Pedobear. A mockery of pedophile.
redhead cat ears red nose: cracky-chan.
hand sticking out mouth: is the “No U!” guy. It embodies the ultimate rebuttal in online forums.

bottom row

Green haired little girl: Yotsuba. A character from a Japanese cartoon, but is used by 4chan as mascot.
black guy red bandana: ?? a pornographer

Lol Cat and O RLY Owl

The white cat is actually not lolcat, but a variant, called longcat.

o rly owl — O RLY Owl and YA RLY Owl -- the correct response.

ya rly owl — O RLY Owl and YA RLY Owl -- the correct response.

4chan Roll Call -- a Gamut of Human Sexual Preferences

The pedobear is the most famous. Many of the other names came from Japanese sub-culture.

scat: Scatology (shit lovers). See: 2 Girls 1 Cup.
futa: Futanari (The love of {androgyny, hermaphrodite, shemale}.)
shota: Shotacon (Women who love young boys; opposite of lolicon (lolita).)
yuri: Yuri (genre) (girl girl love, catered to male audience. Opposite of yaoi.)
guro: Ero guro (grotesque, horror, gore. e.g. amputee love, alien sex, H R Giger.) (See also: the Glorification of Female with Limblessness)
vore: Vorarephilia (eating or being eaten; sexual cannibalism. See: Second Life Dolcett.)
SM: sadomasochism. Justine by Marquis de Sade (Hardcore Sadomasochism)
furry: Furry (anthropomorphic animals, or, zoophilia, bestiality.) [see Animal Love in Second Life]
pedo: Pedobear (Pedophilia)
yaoi: Yaoi (boy boy love; mostly catered to female audience. Opposite of yuri.)
hetero: vanilla ice cream.
watersports: Urolagnia (piss love)

The Meaning of 4chan?

Thanks to meowcat and others for corrections.