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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]] coined 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" for some reason). 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 | 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 pictures show a yeast infection stained with an antibacterial triarylmethane dye known as crystal violet. In Trenton, New Jersey, a councilwoman named Kathy McBride fell 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, showing a picture of a diseased anus, possibly infected with anal warts | There are many variations of this site, including "Red Pancake" and "Giant Cheese Taco", showing a picture of a diseased anus, possibly infected with anal warts/HPV, and a picture of a diseased ulcerated vagina covered in yellow pus and blood respectively. All of these sites have shut down. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* | * An episode of the webseries ''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> | ||
==Links== | ==Links== |