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[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 42 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] wrinkle2409@lemmy.cafe 6 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The crab literally comes from the music video for Crab Rave by Noisestorm. But on the Internet, we use it to celebrate the downfall of a contemptable person.

E.g. fuck Lindsay Graham, I'm glad he's dead 🦀

[–] socsa@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago

Reddit bans you if you celebrate when evil people die, so people started using the crab dance meme as an implied form of celebration.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Idk but the comments on this are pretty amusing - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cE0wfjsybIQ

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

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