Angry hipster Wojak holding a Snopes mug | SOURCE?
THAT HAS BEEN DEBOONKED!
THAT'S A CONSPIRACY THEORY,
SWEATY.

Deboonker

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Updated Jan 08, 2021 at 03:19PM EST by Don.

Added Jan 05, 2021 at 08:19PM EST by Loreil.

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About

Deboonker is a variation of an -oomer Wojak meme that parodies and satirizes skeptics, debunkers, and fact-checkers. It oftentimes depicts a Wojak with glasses and updo blond hair, the overall look is supposed to parody the famous debunker Adam Conover.[1] Additionally, memes featuring the Deboonker often depict the character as constantly referencing the fact-checking website Snopes. [2]

Origins

First known instance of the deboonker meme appeared on 4chan on a /bant/ board on August 12th, 2020 with the caption "Why are skeptics like this" (shown below).[3] In the attached image the deboonker has been described as having "love for "science", being liberal, hating misinformation, referencing fact-checking platform Snopes, and having a habit of pointing out that something is a conspiracy theory.


"uh, no, this has been deboonked- one of the researchers "I f***ing LOVE SCIENCE!!1!" had a mean chihuahua so none of her data is valid" Comfy childhood, C student TDS has never independently researched something in his life "uh, that's a conspiracy theory" lots of friends, all of which secretly can't stand "AHHHH I'M DEBOO00000ONKIIIIIING" still believes Jussie Smollett him The 35-year-old Deboonker loved the new Star Wars doesn't have time to read your article, just wants you to watch this 4 hour youtube video that deboonks your article "if it wasn't FALSE they wouldn't have BANNED IT " loves the History Channel *posts dog pictures with cringe captions * liberal doesn't google the topic, googles "(whatever you said ) + DEBOONK" Snopes said it was false, sorry pal nice statistic you got there, too bad he has an "*"foodie""" ANECDOTE ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING "a lot of these conspiracy theories are actually really anti-semitic, yikes" "stupid anti-vaxxers, or as I like to call them, PRO PLAGUE hahaha" physically cannot think about anything that even *might* have been deboonked will believe anything anyone with a degree tells him, about anything, no matter how unrelated to their field of expertise "spreading false information should be illegal"

Spread

On October 20th, 2020, the next known instance appeared on Reddit [4] in a subreddit named r/averageredditor with the title "A new kind of Redditor has been identified" that gained 650 upvotes and 58 comments (shown below). In it, the deboonker has been presented with a notable satirized look of Adam Conover[1] and has been attributed such traits as asking for sources and having the desire to "deboonk."


THE DEBOONKER #factcheck has a Premium Snopes! Membership FAKE!! FALSE!! Snopes deboonked it his Twitter Bio : #myth - Independant Fact Checker - Skeptic straw man argument SOURCE?? I... must.. Deboooooonk!!! actually that was already deboonked once deboonked a user on youtube FALSE #FACTSONFACTS Snopes deboonked it this proves I am right nopesThat

On October 21st, 2020, Twitter user @Ouroborbros[5] posted an image with Deboonker titled as "Actually, the Leslie Stahl interview walk-out has been #DEBUNKED !". In this image the deboonker was presented as a fat person with an NPC Wojak face, described as not being impartial and having the tendency to ignore "dubious left-wing sources", to deboonk only right-wing sources, using Reddit 14 hours a day and having watched every Marvel movie.


the 30 year old Deboonker Ignores dubious left wing sources can deboonk ten articles per minute “Yikes!" Spends 14 hours a day on Reddit "Chud" Is backed by the entire MSM and tech industry can deboonk literally anything "Actually, that's been deboonked..." I'm gon-I’m gonna DEBOO0000ONNK Has seen every Marvel movie Only deboonks right wing content "Oof" @OUROBORBROS

Then later that day, the next known deboonker meme was published in a Facebook group "The Legend of Chad: Ocarina of Memes"[6] in a Virgin vs Chad meme format where the "happener" (a person, usually a conspiracy theory enjoyer who believes that something big is about to happen) was presented as the virgin and the deboonker was presented as the Chad that can debunk something in a matter of seconds and that has a "super snoper 500" rifle (shown below).


The Chad Deboonker the virgin happener dismantles elaborate schizo tier claims in a matter of seconds creates awkward moments at social events spouting wild conspiracies "youve been deboonked" "its happening!" im gonna chud!!! magnifying glass to help chuds find their micropenis does not need group validation for his beliefs, he simply deboonks and FOIA consooms by bone broth yet has poor skeletal structure source: dude trust me Snopes.com moves on with his life gets invited to parties to shut down chuds tries to get others in threads to make it more credible refuses to take meds pants bulging with facts walks around in a depresing haze of paranoia and mild schizophrenia has direct access to award winning reputable sources soon nothing in fact has ever happended

Further spread happened after Ian Miles Chong[7], an American journalist and a political commentator, posted an image on Twitter that depicted a deboonker meme on October 26th, 2020, gaining over 2,200 thousand likes and 600 retweets (quote-tweets included). He titled the tweet as "It's unverifiable because I refuse to verify it, therefore it didn't happen." (shown below).


lan Miles Cheong @stillgray 000 "It's unverifiable because I refuse to verify it, therefore it didn't happen." THE DEBOONKER #factcheck has a Premium Snopes! Membership FAKE!! FALSEII Snopes deboenked it his Twitter Bio : #myth - Independant Fact Checker - Skeptic straw man argument SOURCE?? I... must.. Debo000oonk!!! actually that was already deboonked once deboonked a user on youtube FALSE #FACTSONFACTS Snopes deboonked it this proves l am right nopesThat 2:50 PM - Oct 26, 2020 · Twitter Web App 591 Retweets 61 Quote Tweets 2.2K Likes

Various Examples


DEBOONKER BINGO correlation is THE SCIENCE Icitation needed) fallacy! not causation IS SETTLED! but thats irrational! you're NOO THAT HAS AD HOMINEM! anti-intelectual! BEEN DEBOONKED! THATS A CONSPIRACY THEORY! of course the studies have no bias burden of proof STRAWMAN! *links to snopes.com/ MSM/ Wikipedia/ gender study* listen to NOO THATS THE WRONG STUDY "lets look at the facts" the experts The FBI confirmed in C Goerge Soros was fund ing False About this rating SCIE NCE IS u rely on Snopes reporting? Beco REAL AND THE T RUTH MATTERS


Snopes: bookmarked Sources: peer-reviewed Science: f------ loved Snopes.com Rumor Has It Yep... It's debunking time! Science has no bias Who is this "science" funded by?


DON'T TRUST YOURSELF! TRUST THE EXPERTS! WORLD HEADQAEn


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SCIE NCE IS REAL AND THE T RUTH MATTERS nopesThat

Search Interest

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External References

[1] Wikipedia – Adam Conover

[2] Snopes – Home

[3] 4chan – /bant/

[4] Reddit – r/averageredditor

[5] Twitter- Ouroborbros

[6] Facebook – The Legend of Chad: Ocarina of Memes

[7] Twitter – Ian Miles Cheong

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