That doesn't pass the sniff test, many other pages on knowyourmeme correctly attribute memes to 4chan.

If you were right that would be easily verifiable. Do you have an example of a post dated before 2018? Maybe you're getting tricked by the fact that 2018 was 8 years ago?

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shakna 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

12 times in a 2015 archive of /b/?

https://github.com/johnschriner/4chan-a-b-pol/blob/master/4A...

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miladyincontrol 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think you are taking their point literally, its not that knowyourmeme is not crediting 4chan, its that the racism/edge is polished off presenting a more mainstream version of many memes.

	▲	cwnyth 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is you explaining that you have never plunged into the depths of Know Your Meme.

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itishappy 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> If you were right that would be easily verifiable. Do you have an example of a post dated before 2018?

How?

	▲	iwontberude 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Link to a message on one of the many historical archives of 4chan?