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4chan’s politically incorrect thread calls the election for Hillary Clinton

4chan is just as confused as the rest of the nation.

 

Samantha Grasso

Tech

Posted on Nov 8, 2016   Updated on May 25, 2021, 3:15 pm CDT

In the last four hours, 4chan, the “darkest corner of the web,” called the election for Hillary Clinton and prepared to the world’s tiniest violins. That is, before they changed their tunes after polls closed in Indiana and Florida, causing the message board to declare a nationwide “Trump Landslide.”

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

Posts calling the election for Clinton started rolling in around 5pm ET, ranging anywhere from angry to sorrowful for the anticipated loss of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

4chan users began changing their diagnoses, however, once the first rounds of polls closed, and Indiana and Florida began reporting positively for Trump.

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

4chan users grew from grim to ambitious.

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

But maybe just… too ambitious?

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

 

Screengrab via 4chan.org/pol/

Who’s to say if 4chan even legitimately believed that Clinton had won the election, or if they were just trolling to troll? At least a few of these sweet Pepes can sleep soundly tonight knowing that they “did their part” and voted for Trump, unlike their handful of acquaintances who somehow forgot to register.

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*First Published: Nov 8, 2016, 10:09 pm CST