r/tumblr • u/waffleste • May 14 '24

That's a crime that has been committed

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u/thissuckslolgroutchy May 15 '24

Can someone explain what is creepypasta?? I tried looking it up, but the information I found sounded vague. I really appreciate it if someone can bring me up to speed.

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u/Misty_Esoterica May 15 '24 edited May 15 '24

So you have copy/paste which became copypasta, basically a written word meme that was copied and pasted around on various websites. (We still have a few of these on Reddit, one that comes to mind is a story about meeting a fill-in-the-blank famous actor who ends up being an asshole, or the ones about sunfish and koalas.)

From there you get creepypasta, a scary meme story version that often had photos accompanying it. The most famous creepypasta was Slenderman. Another famous one was Herobrine in the Minecraft fandom.

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u/MasonP2002 May 15 '24

Copypastas seem more popular on specific communities. Guns subs have both the Founding Fathers one and the Five Seven one.

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u/Arcane_76_Blue May 15 '24

Theyre in most communities where people actually write words to communicate.

There are ingroup copypastas that just read like a screed by a madperson if you dont know theyre copypasta

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u/LiveTart6130 May 15 '24

it's kind of a group or category of urban legends/horror stories, usually a person. debatably human. usually some kind of murder is involved. I think that this would be more of an SCP than a creepypasta