👉 Okay, let’s tackle this… rather aggressively specific piece of internet weirdness, affectionately termed, within certain, frankly questionable circles, as "’
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Now, we absolutely need to unpack what exactly we mean here, because this isn't some straightforward swear. This… monstrosity... originated in a very specific corner of the early 2010s, predominantly within 4Chan and then spread through various trollish online communities, largely associated with shitposting about the infamous "’———————————————————————————. Here's what we actually know (and I stress, it is a lot of educated guesswork): The prevailing theory, and honestly, the most likely truth, is that this sequence started as an attempt to fuck with autocorrect and shitpost indexes. Early attempts at deliberately trolling the damn thing were documented in 4Chan around 2013–15. When you type it into a text field, autocorrect will almost invariably, and hilariously,
