I believe it comes from an old joke trend from years ago on reddit when people were naming their subs ____ people _____. "White People Twitter", "Old People Facebook", "Young People YouTube"
This was one of the few that stuck around, but it ultimately evolved to just a place for Twitter posts (beyond the joke title, people didn't truly want it to seem race exclusive, because that would be weird)
I think r/BlackPeopleTwitter was created first. Then r/WhitePeopleTwitter was created as a parody, but then kind of became a catch all for tweets in general.
I don't even know if it's a specific type of humor. Literally the top few posts are just tweets but black people, but not related to race at all. A few examples:
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Dasnap@lemmy.world · 79 pts · 2y
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
North Korea has a Domino's?
Tja@programming.dev · 20 pts · 2y
*Donimo
RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 2y
The pioneers used to ride these for miles.
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 26 pts · 2y
What is this sub exactly? I still don't get what "white people Twitter" is supposed to be. Someone please explain
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
I believe it comes from an old joke trend from years ago on reddit when people were naming their subs ____ people _____. "White People Twitter", "Old People Facebook", "Young People YouTube"
This was one of the few that stuck around, but it ultimately evolved to just a place for Twitter posts (beyond the joke title, people didn't truly want it to seem race exclusive, because that would be weird)
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 2y
I think r/BlackPeopleTwitter was created first. Then r/WhitePeopleTwitter was created as a parody, but then kind of became a catch all for tweets in general.
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
So tyical black people stuff on r/blackPeopleTwitter? Black humor, etc?
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
I don't even know if it's a specific type of humor. Literally the top few posts are just tweets but black people, but not related to race at all. A few examples:
GluWu@lemm.ee · 21 pts · 2y
Jackcooper@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
This is what happens to be 48 hours after eating pizza
xia@lemmy.sdf.org · 9 pts · 2y
So... what's the kleenex box for?
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
It's watching a romantic movie and tends to gets teary.
(Romancing the Stone, 1984)
spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
To get the rock off
ThePantser@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
It's a sex stone
Just a fucking rock
Toes@ani.social · 5 pts · 2y
Oh boy that's gonna confuse the demolition team later.
HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y
nieceandtows@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y
You should roll it under your tongue and see how it feels.
ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Oh, my back!
Potato_in_my_anus@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
The graffiti 🤬...
BearGun@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 2y
What, you're upset someone threw paint on a rock that's literally in their house?
oce@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 2y
This was peak cozy home in the Stone Age.
ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.place · 0 pts · 2y
Found the autistic!!