About
Pedobear is a cartoon mascot that became a well-known icon through its usage on 4chan
to signal moderators and other users that illegal pornographic content
had been posted. Due to the widespread nature of its application,
Pedobear has been often misinterpreted as a symbol of pedophilia and
lolita complex, especially in the news media and law enforcement
agencies.
Origin
The character known today as Pedobear used to be simply known as “Kumar”
or “Kumā” (bear) on the Japanese textboard 2channel. It originated as
an
ASCII art image created by ぶる ~ 3, who was instrumental in starting an
emoticon-only board on 2ch. One of the earliest 2ch threads with this
ASCII was posted on February 27th, 2003.
The bear would be posted as a reaction to threads where the original
poster would be fishing for attention, as a way to highlight the thread
was an obvious troll.
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