Blue Waffle
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Blue Waffle was an internet phenomenon involving a fake disease and a shock image that first appeared in 2008. The image shows a close-up of a diseased vagina that has been digitally edited to appear blue.
History
The hoax officially began on September 23 of 2008, with the launch of a website bluewaffle.net dedicated to the prank. This site displayed the graphic photograph beside a fake description about a condition from poor hygiene under physical trauma. The site also linked toward other websites like Special Fried Rice along with straightdownthetubes.com. Below the photo, a description in IRC format detailed the causes of the "infection":
| “ | [bloo-wof-uh]: A battered or infected lady cake of blue or green colouring, often brought about by extreme rammage to the female taco with penis or similar device. Blue Waffle infections are a result of dirty skank whoreness of the smack head variety and are abundant in areas of extreme chav infestations as well as areas high in whoredom. | ” |
| Bluewaffle.net from 2008. | ||
As the site gained traffic across the web, the picture began to dominate within search engine results. Internet trolls turned the term into a bait-and-switch by creating memes for the purpose of reverse psychology, telling people against searching for it just to bait them into looking. Despite popular belief, the picture started upon Usenet during 2004 under the filename bluesky.jpg.
In truth, the image was nothing but a digitally altered photo of a patient. The original picture showed a case of Behçet’s disease, a condition with painful ulcers. According to news outlets, Blue Waffle is believed to be a result of editing tools for the saturation of colors instead of natural skin tones within a blue-green tint.
Blue Waffle eventually reached to medical experts at health organizations who reported on the symptoms related to the "disease." The hoax even reached into local government in 2013, when Trenton, New Jersey Councilwoman Kathy McBride received a call from a resident concerning what the city was doing about the "outbreak." An episode of the web series SML referred to this shock site within episode 535, Among Hollywood with Chef Pee Pee.
Symptoms
The internet myth suggests that "blue waffle" is caused by frequent or rough intercourse, but this is medically incorrect. While it is true that rough activity can cause small tears or swelling in vaginal tissue, these injuries do not turn the vagina blue.[1][2]
Copycats
The success of the Blue Waffle prank sparked an unwanted rise of similar shock sites, including Red Pancake and Giant Cheese Taco. These websites were designed for the purpose of capitalizing on the viral nature of the original by serving as mirrors of content with a pairing of a single graphic image alongside a brief, pseudo-medical description about it.
The Red Pancake site featured a rare tumor caused by a Human papillomavirus infection (HPV), while Giant Cheese Taco displayed a vagina affected by severe ulcers across the area.
Another variation of the trend, "Genetic Waffle" appeared in late in 2011 on Heyya.org. Created by the owner of Lemon Party, it took direct inspiration from the "Blue Waffle" name under the influence of its fame but used an image of a severe prolapse or infection within the frame of the site.
Kellogg's Mermaid Waffles
During August of 2020, within the United States, the food company Kellogg's released a chain of colorful waffles for breakfast. One version among the collection was dyed with a shade of blue and came with a flavor of raspberry. These were launched under a "fantasy" label, beside pink waffles of cotton candy and yellow ones for birthdays. Because of the color of the waffles within the boxes, users on the internet thought about the "Blue Waffle" shock image from years in the past. A user on Reddit shared a photo of the waffles at a supermarket within a post, asking about the idea behind the product from Kellogg's. The post rose to over 420 upvotes along with 90 comments under it.[3]
Recipe
It is technically possible to make a blue-colored waffle using food coloring, with a (very) specific recipe for it
References
Links
NOTE: The following websites contain graphic images!
- web.archive.org/web/20230114202103/bluewaffle.net
- web.archive.org/web/20220430190031/bluewaffle.biz
- meatspin.com/shock-sites/blue-waffle/
- Shockchan version: web.archive.org/web/20220120142015/shockchan.com/blue-waffle
goatse.me/bluewaffle- archive.ph/rntaw
- Original image and source: web.archive.org/web/20010721044146/dermis.net/doia/image.asp?zugr=d&lang=e&cd=51&nr=93&diagnr=136100
- Red Pancake: archive.fo/sQMu2
- Giant Cheese Taco: archive.ph/yS2uY
- Genetic Waffle: archive.ph/1jMca