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NPC (meme)
The NPC (/ˈɛn piː siː/ EN-pee-SEE; also known as the NPC Wojak), derived from non-player character (NPC), is a Wojak character that represents people deemed to not think for themselves. It refers to those who lack introspection or intrapersonal communication, or whose identity is deemed entirely determined by their surroundings and the information they consume, with no conscious processing or discernment being done by the person themselves. The meme gained further viral status on TikTok in 2022, with the surge of "NPC Streamers". The NPC Wojak, which graphically is based on the Wojak memes, was created in July 2016 by an anonymous author and first published on the imageboard 4chan, where the idea and inspiration behind the meme were introduced.
In terms of politics, it has often been used by those with anti-establishment views to describe those who fail to question authority, "groupthink", or a stance that would display conformity and obedience. The NPC character became a meme and gained mainstream popularity during the first presidency of Donald Trump. In October 2018, the meme was covered by numerous news outlets, including The Verge, the BBC, and The New York Times, who called it a popular insult among "the pro-Trump internet" as well as a "collective mascot for the far-right commenters". The following month, InfoWars held a competition promoting the creation of NPC memes; the winning entry was endorsed by Trump on Twitter.
Computer games and video games often have characters controlled by the computer who have simple repetitive behaviour, such as attacking anyone they see who is not on their team or offering to pay gold to anyone who kills ten giant rats. Insulting definitions of NPC can be seen on Urban Dictionary in 2008, and on other forums around the same time period. By 2010, members of the LessWrong subculture in California called people outside their subculture NPCs because they supposedly followed rules without thinking.
In 2016, the concept was revived in a 4chan post by an anonymous user who created a graphic and turned NPC from a slur into a meme. The post asked "Are you an NPC?" and detailed the behaviour of individuals acting similarly to non-player characters in video games by repeatedly using phrases such as "JUST BE YOURSELF", and ended the post with the following description of people the NPC meme intends to depict.
If you get in a discussion with them it's always the same buzzwords and hackneyed arguments. They're the kind of people who make a show of discomfort when you break the status quo like by breaking the normie barrier to invoke a real discussion. it's like in a [video game] when you accidentally talk to somebody twice and they give you the exact lines word for word once more.
— Anonymous, "Are you an NPC?", 4chan (July 7, 2016)
The design of the NPC meme character is based on Wojak, a meme created in Microsoft Paint in 2010. Unlike the NPC meme, the Wojak meme (also known as Feels Guy) appeared first on the image hosting website vichan and has mainly been used for expression of feelings, most often melancholy or regret.
The NPC meme became popular in far-right Internet spaces, being used to describe those who do not share conservative political views—particularly liberals. Writing for The New York Times, Kevin Roose called it a "collective mascot for the far-right commenters online." During the weeks leading up to the 2018 midterm elections in the United States, the NPC meme gained remarkable attention, with relatively high media coverage, publication of new NPC memes online, and several noticeable events. A large number of animated videos based on the NPC meme were uploaded to YouTube in the second half of October 2018, and Google searches for the term "NPC Wojak" peaked around the same time. In October 2018, a large number of Twitter accounts were created which presented themselves as NPCs, and more than 1,500 such accounts were subsequently banned by Twitter. In November, the far-right InfoWars held a competition promoting the creation of NPC memes. The winning entry, by a Twitter user named "Carpe Donktum", was later retweeted by then-U.S. President Donald Trump in February 2019 before it was removed for copyright infringement. The re-election campaign for then-Iowa Representative Steve King also tweeted an NPC meme around the same time, aimed at the sitting Democratic members of Congress.
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The NPC (/ˈɛn piː siː/ EN-pee-SEE; also known as the NPC Wojak), derived from non-player character (NPC), is a Wojak character that represents people deemed to not think for themselves. It refers to those who lack introspection or intrapersonal communication, or whose identity is deemed entirely determined by their surroundings and the information they consume, with no conscious processing or discernment being done by the person themselves. The meme gained further viral status on TikTok in 2022, with the surge of "NPC Streamers". The NPC Wojak, which graphically is based on the Wojak memes, was created in July 2016 by an anonymous author and first published on the imageboard 4chan, where the idea and inspiration behind the meme were introduced.
In terms of politics, it has often been used by those with anti-establishment views to describe those who fail to question authority, "groupthink", or a stance that would display conformity and obedience. The NPC character became a meme and gained mainstream popularity during the first presidency of Donald Trump. In October 2018, the meme was covered by numerous news outlets, including The Verge, the BBC, and The New York Times, who called it a popular insult among "the pro-Trump internet" as well as a "collective mascot for the far-right commenters". The following month, InfoWars held a competition promoting the creation of NPC memes; the winning entry was endorsed by Trump on Twitter.
Computer games and video games often have characters controlled by the computer who have simple repetitive behaviour, such as attacking anyone they see who is not on their team or offering to pay gold to anyone who kills ten giant rats. Insulting definitions of NPC can be seen on Urban Dictionary in 2008, and on other forums around the same time period. By 2010, members of the LessWrong subculture in California called people outside their subculture NPCs because they supposedly followed rules without thinking.
In 2016, the concept was revived in a 4chan post by an anonymous user who created a graphic and turned NPC from a slur into a meme. The post asked "Are you an NPC?" and detailed the behaviour of individuals acting similarly to non-player characters in video games by repeatedly using phrases such as "JUST BE YOURSELF", and ended the post with the following description of people the NPC meme intends to depict.
If you get in a discussion with them it's always the same buzzwords and hackneyed arguments. They're the kind of people who make a show of discomfort when you break the status quo like by breaking the normie barrier to invoke a real discussion. it's like in a [video game] when you accidentally talk to somebody twice and they give you the exact lines word for word once more.
— Anonymous, "Are you an NPC?", 4chan (July 7, 2016)
The design of the NPC meme character is based on Wojak, a meme created in Microsoft Paint in 2010. Unlike the NPC meme, the Wojak meme (also known as Feels Guy) appeared first on the image hosting website vichan and has mainly been used for expression of feelings, most often melancholy or regret.
The NPC meme became popular in far-right Internet spaces, being used to describe those who do not share conservative political views—particularly liberals. Writing for The New York Times, Kevin Roose called it a "collective mascot for the far-right commenters online." During the weeks leading up to the 2018 midterm elections in the United States, the NPC meme gained remarkable attention, with relatively high media coverage, publication of new NPC memes online, and several noticeable events. A large number of animated videos based on the NPC meme were uploaded to YouTube in the second half of October 2018, and Google searches for the term "NPC Wojak" peaked around the same time. In October 2018, a large number of Twitter accounts were created which presented themselves as NPCs, and more than 1,500 such accounts were subsequently banned by Twitter. In November, the far-right InfoWars held a competition promoting the creation of NPC memes. The winning entry, by a Twitter user named "Carpe Donktum", was later retweeted by then-U.S. President Donald Trump in February 2019 before it was removed for copyright infringement. The re-election campaign for then-Iowa Representative Steve King also tweeted an NPC meme around the same time, aimed at the sitting Democratic members of Congress.