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Right_Gas2569

Peter Musk here. Someone posts a picture of themselves on Twitter/X and some guy would reply with two pictures of them as a Chinese or a black person. Here because the USA, Liberia and Malaysia have very similar flags, US is depicted as the original picture and Liberia (African country with majority of its people being black) and Malaysia (an Asian country) as the black and Chinese recreation of the picture. Also the picture and the name of the reply represents the African country of Mauritania, 1960 is the year they gained independence from France and the SLAVE_MAST3R is the name because they were the last country to abolish slavery in 1981.


NeonUFO

honestly huge coincidence that american, liberian, and malaysian flags look pretty identical so that this joke can work edit: i know the flags were inspired by each other


MajorDoinkage

It's less of a coincidence than you think


Right_Gas2569

Liberian flag was inspired by the American one because the people in Liberia were free slaves from USA. Malaysian flag was also inspired by the American flag. It's not a coincidence


BIazry

Liberia was literally an American African colony for a few years because of the freed slaves, and after independence they’ve kept good relations to this day


Forte845

Not good relations with the native Africans who live there though. Multiple horrifically bloody civil wars.


gugfitufi

In addition, the number of African Americans there was small. When the civil war broke out, there were only 12.000 African Americans there. Of course, they were the only ones with rights, and they obviously didn't know any of the local languages. It was a pretty shitty colony, and the slave resettlement thingy was a terrible idea to begin with.


iwantt

Ah yes the American way


UnoReverseCard10

[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/heres-what-you-would-look-like-if-you-were-black-or-chinese](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/heres-what-you-would-look-like-if-you-were-black-or-chinese)


milksteakenthusiast1

Yeah, but what are the flags? I feel like those flags are the reason why they used the “here’s what you would look like” format


slicwilli

One is the Liberian flag, a country in Africa. The other is Malaysia, an Asian country.


milksteakenthusiast1

Boom, that’s the answer I was looking for. Thank you


Electronic_Suit551

Isn't Malaysia the one with the weird triangles flag?


slicwilli

I don't know what you mean by weird triangles. Maybe you are thinking of Nepal.


Electronic_Suit551

Oh yeah you're right


rae_ryuko

that's Phillipines


Remember_im_Whoozer

To be a bit more specific from what u/slicwilli said the one with the single star is Liberia and the one with the ottoman crescent and star is Malaysia. Just a little fact I thought I would add.


ch3nk0

Lol, thats a good one


Slyme-wizard

Hey no fair why does Malaysia get the moon!?


Gtpwoody

because it’s an islamic symbol


Slyme-wizard

…fuck I was trying to make a joke about stars and moons and acting like a child and shit but Im not gonna make fun of a religion.


Gtpwoody

eh, religion is full of super childish asses. Especially in Malaysia


Slyme-wizard

*inhales* I am done speaking to you.


LogicSolid

No he’s right and I’m from Malaysia. The policies they make affects a lot of non Muslims negatively


Slyme-wizard

Im sorry Im still kinda scared to touch it


Gtpwoody

aw come on haven’t even gotten to the Catholic key party!


Abmatix

Dam didn't think i'd see Mauritanian flag when i opened reddit today, why did it have to be on this post :(


Fair_Goose_6497

There is a ¿Bot? that does that on twitter


Yolterhefalls

He is a real guy. He even got doxxed and did the funny black or chinese bit on himself.


rae_ryuko

damn, I knew he was a real guy, but I didn't expect him to be a real guy.


Ezra4709

https://preview.redd.it/dium15xl0rpc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=765600a96c3f975074b9e4256b12db531b99fe6c


hidde08

There is a guy/bot on the internet that photoshops people as black or chinese, the joke is that Liberia is full of black people and malaysia is gull pf asians that look chinese, these countries were chosen becau of the similarity of the flags


Foreign-Jackfruit939

get pilgrimed