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== NPC internet meme ==
== NPC internet meme ==
[[File:NPC internet meme.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Popular graphic used in the NPC internet meme.]]
The [[NPC internet meme]] (derived from non-player character in video gaming), is a politically [[right-wing]] internet [[meme]] that represents [[liberal]]s/[[leftism|leftists]] who do not think for themselves, lack [[critical thinking]] skills and have been politically indoctrinated.
The [[NPC internet meme]] (derived from non-player character in video gaming), is a politically [[right-wing]] internet meme that represents [[liberal]]s/[[leftism|leftists]] who do not think for themselves, lack [[critical thinking]] skills and have been politically indoctrinated.
According to website The Verge:
{{Cquote|Last week, ''The [[New York Times]]'' published a piece about an insular 4chan meme that had started to bleed over into political [[Twitter]]. At the time, NPC — an acronym for the gaming term “non-playable character” — had been weaponized.. in an attempt to “own the libs” by calling them automatons, but it was still a relatively niche meme very few outlets had touched.
Along with a couple of stories before it, the Times’ article kicked off a domino effect: its publication prompted popular members of the [[alt-right]] — including [[Paul Joseph Watson]] and [[Infowars]] — to amplify the meme to their audiences through YouTube videos, articles, and tweets. Search results for “NPC” increased, according to Google Trends...
Suddenly, a meme... [was] telegraphed to a massive audience in a jarringly forced display of virality that highlights just how quickly an inside joke from an insular community can spread with the oxygen of press coverage.
<ref>[https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/23/17991274/npc-meme-4chan-press-coverage-viral The NPC meme went viral when the media gave it oxygen], The Verge, 2018</ref>}}
=== The rise of the NPC internet meme ===
=== The rise of the NPC internet meme ===