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'''Blue Waffle''' is term for a fake disease and [[Shock site|shock image]] made in 2008. This meme fooled many of its viewers into believing that blue waffle was a legit [[wikipedia:Sexually_transmitted_infection|STD]] like Herpes. 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.

'''Blue Waffle''' is term for a fake disease and [[Shock site|shock image]] made in 2008. This meme fooled many of its viewers into believing that blue waffle was a legit [[wikipedia:Sexually_transmitted_infection|STD]] like Herpes. 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 of a diseased vagina.

[[Shock site|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 picture originated on Usenet under the name “bluesky.jpg” in 2004.

The picture shows a vagina with multiple ulcers from Behçet's Disease. The shock image is edited; the image is more saturated and the vulva is color replaced with a blue-green color. In Trenton, New Jersey, a councilwoman named Kathy McBride became a victim of 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>

The picture shows a vagina with multiple ulcers from Behçet's Disease. The shock image is edited; the image is more saturated, and the vulva is color-replaced with a blue-green color. In Trenton, New Jersey, a councilwoman named Kathy McBride became a victim of 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". Red Pancake shows a picture of an anus with a Buschke-Löwenstein tumor (A rare tumor caused by HPV). Giant Cheese Taco offers a picture of a vagina with large yellowish ulcers from AIDS/HIV.

Another website called "Genetic Waffle" also existed, which consisted of a pornographic image of a vagina that is either prolapsing or suffering from vulvitis. The website was created sometime in late 2011 by [[Heyya.org]] and the title of the site was inspired by Blue Waffle along with the picture itself. All of these sites have shut down.

Another website called "Genetic Waffle" also existed, which consisted of a pornographic image of a vagina that is either prolapsing or suffering from vulvitis. The website was created sometime in late 2011 by [[Heyya.org]], and the title of the site was inspired by Blue Waffle, along with the picture itself. All of these sites have shut down.

An episode of the web series ''SML'' ~~made a reference~~ to this shock site in episode 535: Chef Pee Pee Goes to Hollywood.<ref><nowiki>https://sml.fandom.com/wiki/Chef_Pee_Pee_Goes_to_Hollywood</nowiki>!</ref>

An episode of the web series ''SML'' referred to this shock site in episode 535, "Chef Pee Pee Goes to Hollywood."<ref><nowiki>https://sml.fandom.com/wiki/Chef_Pee_Pee_Goes_to_Hollywood</nowiki>!</ref>

==References==

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-'''Blue Waffle''' is term for a fake disease and [[Shock site|shock image]] made in 2008. This meme fooled many of its viewers into believing that blue waffle was a legit [[wikipedia:Sexually_transmitted_infection|STD]] like Herpes. 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.
+'''Blue Waffle''' is term for a fake disease and [[Shock site|shock image]] made in 2008. This meme fooled many of its viewers into believing that blue waffle was a legit [[wikipedia:Sexually_transmitted_infection|STD]] like Herpes. 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 of a diseased vagina.
 [[Shock site|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 picture originated on Usenet under the name “bluesky.jpg” in 2004.
-The picture shows a vagina with multiple ulcers from Behçet's Disease. The shock image is edited; the image is more saturated and the vulva is color replaced with a blue-green color. In Trenton, New Jersey, a councilwoman named Kathy McBride became a victim of 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>
+The picture shows a vagina with multiple ulcers from Behçet's Disease. The shock image is edited; the image is more saturated, and the vulva is color-replaced with a blue-green color. In Trenton, New Jersey, a councilwoman named Kathy McBride became a victim of 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". Red Pancake shows a picture of an anus with a Buschke-Löwenstein tumor (A rare tumor caused by HPV). Giant Cheese Taco offers a picture of a vagina with large yellowish ulcers from AIDS/HIV.
-Another website called "Genetic Waffle" also existed, which consisted of a pornographic image of a vagina that is either prolapsing or suffering from vulvitis. The website was created sometime in late 2011 by [[Heyya.org]] and the title of the site was inspired by Blue Waffle along with the picture itself. All of these sites have shut down.
+Another website called "Genetic Waffle" also existed, which consisted of a pornographic image of a vagina that is either prolapsing or suffering from vulvitis. The website was created sometime in late 2011 by [[Heyya.org]], and the title of the site was inspired by Blue Waffle, along with the picture itself. All of these sites have shut down.
-An episode of the web series ''SML'' made a reference to this shock site in episode 535: Chef Pee Pee Goes to Hollywood.<ref><nowiki>https://sml.fandom.com/wiki/Chef_Pee_Pee_Goes_to_Hollywood</nowiki>!</ref>
+An episode of the web series ''SML'' referred to this shock site in episode 535, "Chef Pee Pee Goes to Hollywood."<ref><nowiki>https://sml.fandom.com/wiki/Chef_Pee_Pee_Goes_to_Hollywood</nowiki>!</ref>
 ==References==