Mike Rogers, a Republican from Alabama and ranking member of the committee, released a statement Thursday following Watkins' deposition. Watkins for his cooperation today," the Congressmen said in a press release. We look forward to his continued cooperation with the Committee as he indicated his desire to do so during today's deposition.
It receives more than 27 million unique visitors per month, and it's ranked in the world's top 1, websites, according to analytics site Alexa.
And there are many other derivative chan boards, such as Endchan, 7chan and Dreamchan. None match 4chan's popularity, but some have active, if small, communities. Visiting a chan site is usually harmless. Still, it's best to proceed with caution. Some users disguise links in their posts that might take you to a site that infects your computer. There's also a possibility of coming across disturbing content. So exercise common sense when browsing through posts. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic.
We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Oscar Gonzalez. CNET A rash of postings that may be related to mass shootings has put a spotlight on loosely moderated forums known as chan boards or image boards. Here's what you need to know about these chan or image boards and the people who use them. Who's the typical poster?
Why are chan boards controversial? The logo for the hacker group Anonymous. Back up a bit. Where did all this start? To incels, "Stacys" are only interested in "Chads. Normie Short for "normal," a derogatory term for people who are considered mainstream.
Decile Scale A numerical scale to rate attractiveness level. Each number represents a different level of attractiveness. According to Incel. Blue, Red and Black Pills Based on the film "The Matrix," these pills represent three different levels of awareness on a variety of social and political issues.
Blue Pill Is meant to represent people who believe mainstream ideas. It's used as a derogatory term for people who have conventional views that people in these online forums consider ignorant. Red Pill A person who has had their eyes opened to alternative, often fringe ideologies that counter the prevailing ideas of mainstream society. People who refer to themselves as "redpilled" look at ideas like women's equality, liberalism, and racial justice as the downfall of Western civilization.
Black Pill A term used by the incel community to refer to a fatalist and misogynistic view of society. The black pill represents a belief that their sexual prospects are doomed from birth, and that women are superficial and cruel. Do NOT be a limp wristed fagott who would cry if he gets hit. Be able to defend yourself. Similarly, iron pill diet guidance borrows many basic elements from mainstream health and wellness advice, and advocates for limiting sugar, avoiding processed foods, and learning to grow vegetables in a home garden:.
Healthy and economic, as well as peaceful. Till the soil like your great grandfather did. Purchase meat and produce from local producers that you know personally.
Like many of the ideas promoted and discussed among the far-right community on 4chan however, iron pill posts also freely intermix fact with fiction and pseudoscience, often veering quickly into paranoia, misinformation, and conspiracy theories. SIG threads advocate strongly for avoiding masturbation and pornography, for example, based on the claim that masturbation reduces testosterone, and a conspiracy theory that the pornography industry was created by Jewish elites in order to weaken western men by making them addicted to masturbation.
Iron pill threads also include lifestyle advice with a generalised slant toward right-ring and conservative ideas. As shown in Fig. This conservative lifestyle, which includes staples of American conservatism such as Christianity and gun ownership, is positioned as being more satisfying and rewarding than the empty and depressing world of modern consumerist life.
Thus we should grow our own food, get outside more, and not rely on commercial food producers. Over specialisation creates a society without purpose for many and too much interdependence. Cities are inherently self-destructive because they are unnatural. Multiple cities reaching more than hundreds of thousands in population did not exist prior to the midth century. The countryside would remain unaffected in the long run if a future collapse occurs.
It is such values and societal composition that will survive a collapse and reclaim what is left once the dust has settled. Hopefully the kikes will be gone with it, their degenerate little empire burned to ashes. This image, which is regularly posted in SIG threads, shows many of the self-improvement goals that SIG advocates for: in the second panel the character has among other things tidied his room, lost weight, given up drugs, popular culture, and unhealthy food, taken down pictures of Louis C.
Iron pill self-improvement is popular on 4chan because many among this community have a lot to gain from the practical elements of the advice it gives. While there are clearly a wide variety of people in the 4chan community, the common and widely accepted stereotype of 4chan users is that of an out-of-shape, unemployed, and antisocial young man who rarely leaves his computer see the first panel in Fig.
No credible demographic surveys of 4chan users exist, Footnote 1 but this stereotype—either in part or in whole—is regularly played out on the imageboard, where members have adapted negative labelling into a somewhat positive group identity. How the fuck do I kick something like this?
Still living with mom at Been socially retarded and anxious since childhood. Could never keep any job I was able to get because of it. How can I stop being weak? I am physically weak, mentally weak, and spiritually weak. I have no control over myself or any impulses.
I am a NEET failure who watches cuck porn all day. Failed male here. NEET until I have two kids and maybe gonna get extra trashy and have more with another woman. Users often post about feeling lonely, hopeless, and unmotivated. I consider suicide every day. This encouragement is delivered in clear, supportive, and non-judgemental terms, with straightforward instructions that are aimed at beginners. Catering to their audience, SIG threads often recommend starting with simple exercises, personal hygiene, or even tidying a bedroom, and working their way up to more ambitious goals.
This is not the first time that community self-improvement has been attempted on 4chan, but the inclusion of far-right politics as a lever for change makes it considerably different from past efforts.
This was exemplified by an online text distributed on 4chan called The Well Cultured Anonymous , which provided social and lifestyle advice aimed at beginners, on topics including how to choose clothes, how to cook, and even how to take a shower Anonymous, Completely changed my diet around. I also stopped smoking pot everyday all day.
Feels good man. I have been training in muay thai 2—4 days a week in those 2 months with few exceptions. The results are already astounding. I have also started to read more again, and I have made efforts to be more uplifting around my friends and less of a depressive drag. I have almost no time for video games. We can make it gentlemen. First we conquer ourselves, then the world. Losing weight on keto. Banned sugar. Did a Jordan Peterstein and cleaned my room.
Working towards a minimalist lifestyle. I literally want to be a fascist hippy. Although initially positive, however, these changes serve to advance their adherents down a darker path toward radical right-wing views that ultimately does more harm than good.
The connection between fascism and organised self-improvement can be seen most clearly in the original fascisms that emerged and took power in 20th century Europe. Fascism arose as a major political movement in the aftermath of the Great War as a response to the perceived degeneracy and weakness of modern civilisation, and thrived in areas such as Weimar Germany where that civilisation appeared to have failed by promising to take the topsy-turvy post-war world and turn it once again toward progress by re-establishing a naturally ordered universe.
The anchor for this worldview was physical strength as a means of establishing and justifying order, and fascism celebrated the vitality and masculinity of its leaders and people as evidence of its natural authority.
As Paxton explains:. It is to break the bones of the democrats of Il Mondo. And the sooner the better. Reddit has also been responsible for propagating the photos, with a subreddit known as "theFappening" serving as ground zero until it was shut down by site administrators. In its wake, however, other subreddits have emerged to distribute the photos we won't link to them here and you shouldn't visit them.
The FBI has been investigating the hacks since early September, and actress Gabrielle Union, a victim of the latest round, has asked the bureau to intervene again. But there have been no signs that the perpetrators are close to be identified or apprehended.
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