15 Memes To Get Familiar With Doomer Girl

Medieval art often features the same characters over and over again: Jesus, Mary, St. Jerome, and the angel Gabriel are recurring figures, placed into new relationships across paintings, friezes, and sculptures in museums around the world. Contemporary memery also features a pantheon of familiar characters: Yes Chad, Tradwife, Doomer, and Doomer Girl, all variations of the core Wojak theme, appear across several meme formats (such as Time Travel: Is Invented). While in every meme these characters are different, there are some constants. The memes hold the unmistakable stamp of 4chan, carrying a strong whiff of misogyny — Doomer Girl and Tradwife are, more often than not, made fun of — but the characterization of Doomer Girl varies in interesting ways. She is sometimes an unattainable love interest, the voice of reason, or (in memes that mean to work against the way Doomer Girl is usually portrayed) an empowered character, taking the initiative more often than Tradwife or even Yes Chad do. Her trademark blush and Goth clothing indicate that, like Doomer, she is shy and has dark thoughts. Here’s fifteen Doomer Girl memes:

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