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Respect Minorities or Ruined It With Their Woke Trash is an exploitable meme format based on a webcomic where, in the top panel, a child reacts positively to Spider-Man telling viewers to respect minorities in 1994 and reacts negatively to Spider-Man telling viewers the same thing in 2024, yelling that "they" ruined Spider-Man with "woke trash." The comic was posted by X user and artist @habitovin in May 2024 and became the subject of edits over the following months, replacing Spider-Man and the details of the person's reaction.

Origin

On May 30th, 2024, X^[1] user and artist @habitovin posted an original comic under the caption, "comic abt an average conservative's media literacy." The comic consists of two panels. In the first, a child watches Spider-Man say "Respect minorities" on the TV in 1994. In the second, the same person, now an adult, yells that Spider-Man has been ruined by "woke trash" despite sharing the same message. The post gained over 225,000 likes and 27,000 reposts in a year.

The comic quickly became the subject of edits. One of the earliest notable edits is a Raimiposting meme posted by X^[2] user @seal_marshal on May 31st, garnering over 18,000 likes in the same rough span of time.

Spread

The meme continued to spread over the following months. On May 31st, 2024, it was posted to the /r/coaxedintoasnafu^[3] subreddit, garnering over 3,800 upvotes in a year. On July 16th, YouTuber^[4] Synth Voice Network posted a voiceover of the comic, garnering over 45,000 views in a year.

On November 20th, Redditor u/ceologer_gang posted an edit of the meme to the /r/BoneHurtingJuice^[5] subreddit that gained over 8,200 upvots in eight months.

On November 21st, Facebook^[6] page Star Trek Shitposting posted a version of the meme about Star Trek, garnering over 4,000 reactions and 400 shares in eight months.

On July 7th, 2025, X^[7] user @menarehotcoven posted an edit of the comic referencing the 2025 Superman movie in response to a post reading, "James Gunn Says 'Superman' Is About an 'Immigrant That Came From Other Places' and How We've 'Lost' the Value of 'Basic Human Kindness,'" garnering over 52,000 likes in three weeks.

Later that day, X^[8] user @drol_emit_ posted a version of the comic referencing Doctor Who that gained over 13,000 likes in three weeks. On July 13th, the All About Animation Facebook^[9] page reposted the Superman version of the meme, garnering over 7,100 reactions and 1,800 shares in two weeks.

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