I tried it a few times recently when I’ve been down in the trenches of shitposting and it is very funny to make them try to explain their argument to you as if you have no idea what they’re saying. It’s so easy to bait them into thinking they’re about to bring up this amazing dunk about how China banned Winnie the Pooh or whatever and win you over, and then you get to just tell them that’s not true because you just looked it up plus now it feels racist.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    from what I recall it originated with a meme based on a pic of Obama and Xi together implying Tigger and Pooh. it wasn't long until it was censored by the PRC, because this is pretty easily interpreted as a backhanded way to invoke the N word for Obama (and isn't flattering for Xi either). the Westerners then seized on this censorship by pretending it was primarily to protect Xi from the comparison and pretending Pooh was then banned for this reason.

    EDIT: okay I found the pic the meme is based on in this article from 2013: https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/06/update-on-pooh-tigger-and-the-2-presidents-art-recreates-life-not-vice-versa/276782/ | https://archive.ph/B4Avg