Ahier wrote:does someone in the know want to explain to me the origin of the pedobear, i'd never encountered it til about a week ago, and now its everywhere
Pedobear or also Pædobear (not to be confused with Medved (translated version) is one of the more famous and long running 4chan memes. He actually originated from Japan, where he was called Kuma, literally "Bear". Some argue the Japanese omitted the "Pedo-" prefix to avoid redundancy since most anything churned out in Japan is assumed to promote pedophilia.
While Kuma was generally lecherous, Pedobear became the mascot for 4chan's legion of knuckle-dragging pedophiles, targeting prepubescent girls, or "loli", but doesn't mind a boy or two (two years old that is). Like King Leonidas and each subsequent wave of Lolcats, Pedobear is the subject of many bad photoshoppings, usually pasted into whatever piece of child pornography b-tards get their infected hands on.
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http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Pedobear