Originated on Tumblr, the idea of combining two things that have no logical connotation, often with surrealist, dark undertones, has led to some of the world’s funniest memes. Understanding why people think the homophobic Millie meme is funny requires a passing knowledge of absurdist meme culture. (It’s worth noting here that she’s openly supportive of the LGBT community.) It’s a sad underscoring of the darker side of internet culture. A lot of them include slurs targeted toward LGBT people. But to summarize, they altered Millie’s photos and Snapchats to make it look like she says and supports violent homophobia, along with racism and xenophobia. In an effort not to give any of the people who spend time making those memes free press, Inverse is not going to link to any of them here. The reason? Twitter has seemingly seized on a recycled meme about Millie Bobby Brown being homophobic. Trolls went after Leslie Jones they bullied Kelly Marie Tran off Instagram and now, 14-year-old Millie Bobby Brown has deleted her Twitter. Women in sci-fi are perpetually bullied off of social media, and it’s the internet’s fault.
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