Just to caveat, as an old head I do actually want to offer context to one of the more obscure/legendary posts. But let’s also keep it respectful of this persons very bad day, as ridiculous as it was to essentially everyone else.
i kinda assumed most people on this site were around for the bunny cop incident
Probably, but providing the context for incomers helps make us more inclusive. Most of their posts also got nuked, so if you weren’t online on that fateful day you may have missed it. I spoke to them directly, which was a weird experience I wanted to share.
I'll admit it was funny at first, but it devolved into mass bullying so quickly. That was one of the few times where I though, "huh, maybe this place really is as toxic as the libs say."
It wasn't, of course, but I still feel horrible about that incident. I always wonder how they're doing now whenever the bunny cop meme comes up.
Feel bad for his daughter but honestly, found it weird that sub was all “thoughts and prayers” when a millionaire probably rapist dies but if some Breadtuber has a mildly bad take we were all like “GULAG THAT MOTHER FUCKER! Rip their finger nails out with rusty pliers the lib!”
I think part of the problem was that as new waves of posters encountered them the tide just kept coming. By the time someone would figure out this person wasn't well a new less informed poster would already be there with a take, it's unfortunately the nature of the internet.
That's a great point! You're probably right about how it all played out that way.
I can’t see any other way to deal with that whole situation besides sincere bullying.
I’m gonna let Ben take this one for me.
Shapiro: Let’s get some facts straight, if I, hypothetically, was sexually aroused by feet, then surely, logically, larger feet would be superior as they would provide greater stimulus. Have you ever touched a lucky rabbits foot? I have. They are perhaps the softest thing ever. In conclusion, any paraphernalia I make my very real wife wear as I call her Alexandria Hopps is extremely justified and normal.
It was a mix, mainly people were incredulous. I think the initial difficulty in discerning whether it was a bit played into it, a lot of people thought it wasn’t sincere at first and I think not being taken seriously and then the subsequent memes on the sub were what pushed them over the edge.
In the actual threads they joined most of the top comments were trying to talk them down once it became clear they were in a bit of a spiral, but there were a lot of not very sensitive meme posts that of course drew them in.
No one, as far as I know, went out of their way to harass them directly. They just couldn’t resist continuing to engage even though they were obviously unhappy. It was very clearly a manic episode of some kind.
I would say that overall, the community on average didn’t behave too badly, and the mods did a good job of shutting shit down once it became clear what kind of headspace they were in.
A lot of unintentional harm as a meme post that wasn’t particularly mean-spirited would draw them in again. Of course some people kept teasing them about wanting to fuck the bunny cop. That was the main egregious thing.
Was that your favorite subreddit incident, or do you have another one that's your personal fave?
I think for me, when "show your hog" went from an occasional joke to this universal thing, after someone actually did it, might be my favorite.
I was sadly offline for the hogposting, it’s still easily top 3 though. Bunnycop gets my #1 since I participated in it.
It did, as, like a part of the sub's culture.
But IIRC, a few people kinda had it as a joke, beforehand, it just wasn't a thing.
uhh could you give me an outline of it? was it just someone hornyposting about judy hopps orrr?
The legacy started earlier than the climatic events on r/cth. Basically they were active on leftist furry subreddits and had a, as they described it, a deep personal connection to Zootopia. This was the height of ACAB and in those leftist furry spaces people started critiquing Judy Hopps (all bunny cops are bastards etc).
This person believed that leftist memes were some kind of unrelenting juggernaut of cultural hegemony (no, actually though) and that Zootopia was going to be cancelled, along with Hopps.
Cue going to leftist subs and trying to plead that Judy Hopps is ok and for people to stop critiquing her. Of course people think it’s a bit and start joking about it, until this persons increasingly emotionally distraught posts, erratic behavior, and post history come to light: they were totally sincere.
The mods see someone having a breakdown and ban them to try and prevent them from being so online, but they start making alts and just head right back in. Eventually they petered out as people mostly started trying to talk them down and bunny posting was suspended.
More than anything I wish I had screenshotted their posts, since they were honestly some of the funniest shit I’ve ever read, and I say that with a lot of sympathy for what they were going through, they were clearly having some kind of episode, but it was still deeply deeply funny.
cutaway
Peter at a computer
ehehehehe you guys are cool with furries right? I’m kinda into that bunny cop from Zootopia...
What do you mean she’s a bastard?
6 hours later
peter laying in a shower crying
Ehhhhhhhhhehhhhhh
see, with the meme takeaway being 'don't fuck the bunny cop' i'd assumed it was hornier in character than that. thanks for the deep lore insight
Surprisingly unhorny in truth, though I’m not going to deny that being horn’t for the Hopps probably played a role.
Keep these Lore posts going. There’s a lot of ridiculously funny stuff that has happened.
When I'm on my deathbed, mind completely gone, I know I will be regailing my confused grandchildren about the Bunny Cop post. Long after Zootopia and reddit have been completely forgotten.
And when I eventually start blathering about u/prince_kropotkin, they will know its time to smother me with a pillow.
It should be noted that OP came back later and made a pretty level-headed post that basically said they had been going through a rough time and understood why people thought it was funny.
Unfortunately no, if anyone did take screenshots please share them.
