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'''Blue Waffle''' is term for a fake disease, internet hoax, and [[Shock site|shock image]] | '''Blue Waffle''' is term for a fake disease, internet hoax, and [[Shock site|shock image]] that circulated in 2008. Because of this meme, many people believed that "blue waffle" was an actual [[wikipedia:Sexually_transmitted_infection|STD]] like HIV or gonorrhea (sometimes referred to as "the clap"). Trolls would tell victims to search for an image of a blue waffle on Google's Image Search, only to be surprised by a close-up shot image of a diseased vagina. | ||
Shock sites were made in response to the popularity blue waffle was getting. Most mirrors consisted of just the image with a small description. The original picture originated on Documenting Reality. | Shock sites were made in response to the popularity blue waffle was getting. Most mirrors consisted of just the image with a small description. The original picture originated on [[Documenting Reality]]. | ||
The | The picture shows a yeast infection stained with an antibacterial triarylmethane dye known as crystal violet. In Trenton, New Jersey, a councilwoman named Kathy McBride became a victim to the hoax during a City Council meeting in 2013, when she received a concerned call from a resident asking what Trenton was doing to combat blue waffle disease.<ref><nowiki>https://www.nj.com/mercer/2013/04/trenton_councilwoman_falls_pre.html</nowiki></ref> | ||
There are many variations of this site, including "Red Pancake" and "Giant Cheese Taco", | There are many variations of this site, including "Red Pancake" and "Giant Cheese Taco", Red Pancake shows a picture of a diseased anus, possibly infected with anal warts/HPV, and Giant Cheese Taco shows a picture of a diseased ulcerated vagina covered in yellow pus and blood. All of these sites have shut down. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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<u>NOTE</u>: The following websites contain [[:Category:Graphic content|graphic images]]! | <u>NOTE</u>: The following websites contain [[:Category:Graphic content|graphic images]]! | ||
*bluewaffle.net | *bluewaffle.net | ||
*'''Mirror | *'''Mirror''': web.archive.org/web/20220430190031/bluewaffle.biz | ||
*'''[[Shockchan]] version''': web.archive.org/web/20220120142015/shockchan.com/blue-waffle/ | *'''[[Shockchan]] version''': web.archive.org/web/20220120142015/shockchan.com/blue-waffle/ | ||
*goatse.me/bluewaffle | *goatse.me/bluewaffle |
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