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On Jan 31, 2026 at 6:53:40 PM PST, "Rhino" <
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On 2026-01-31 5:32 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
On Jan 31, 2026 at 2:11:22 PM PST, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >> wrote:
Amelia, a character in a British program to prevent young people from
making "far right" choices like loving their country or opposing open
borders, has become a beacon of hope to those who cherish traditional
values. She's been so successful that she's spawned similar memes in
other countries. In Germany, her counterpart is Maria.
This video explains the phenomenon of Maria and gives many examples of
short videos that feature her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_vmSRDDkgo [8 minutes]
If you're curious about Maria, you'll find her here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP5dW7pwukw [14 minutes]
I posted this earlier today in the "UK School Kids Play Orwellian Video
Game"
thread.
I win!
I must have missed that one. What kind of ice cream do you prefer? ;-)
BTR1701 <
atropos@mac.com> wrote:
In an absolutely perfect and hilarious development, one of the characters from the game-- Amelia, a purple-haired goth girl who tries to lure the protagonist into the netherworld of "far-Right extremism" for standing up for British values-- has been adopted by the nationalist, anti-illegal alien movement in England, has been upgraded by AI, and is spreading around the internet like wildfire:
https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/culture_society/progressive-anti-far-right-game-backfires-antagonist-amelia-viral-meme/
Conservative internet and social media have been flooded in recent days with Amelia, the purple-haired goth 'nationalist extremist' from an online prevention game created by Hull City Council in England. The controversial game, which effectively treats every white young person as a potential extremist, has accidentally spawned a meme that is now being used to spread
the very ideology and messaging the council sought to prevent-- and which the game categorizes as 'far-right extremism'.
The game, titled Pathways: Navigating the Internet and Extremism, allows players to choose between a young man or woman, both named Charlie, who has just started university and wants to socialize and make new friends. The
player meets Amelia early in the story:
https://ibb.co/vChSHM9T
She is introduced as a classmate and, according to the plot, is involved in political activism linked to "right-wing" political movements. If the player selects the 'wrong' answers and joins Amelia by taking part in a protest against mass migration and in favour of traditional British values-- the game ends in a 'Prevent referral' to school counselors and, potentially, to anti-terrorism officials.
In the game, after the character is put through counsellors and workshops and cleansed of the corrupted ideas of border protection, national unity, social cohesion, and public safety, they become popular again and, overall, more successful in life.
The message and purpose of the game are clear-- and outrageous-- though not entirely surprising: if you believe in preserving your nation's culture and traditions, and want to protect it from mass migration by people who do not respect those same traditions, then you are cast as the villain, excluded by your peers, and interrogated by the government.
However, the game's developers and the progressive masterminds behind it made
a glaring mistake. They turned Amelia, the game's main antagonist, into an archetype that is widely popular in global meme culture among young people:
the goth girl. As soon as the game escaped its educational bubble,
conservative social media latched onto her. Suddenly, timelines were filled with Amelia fan art, edits, screenshots, and fully-realized AI generations. Rather than being seen as a dangerous nationalist extremist, as the creators intended, she has become an ironic hero-- a kind of mascot for resisting the very ideas the game was designed to promote.
Meet the new Amelia, no longer a clunky cartoon character in a government brainwashing game, but brought to life with AI:
https://ibb.co/fVYz15nt
https://ibb.co/NR0zPf0
https://ibb.co/qFy4qBf9
https://ibb.co/DH2FM3bN
https://ibb.co/FLcLDcC1
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2017382627464876032/vid/avc1/464x688/wIi_Ht33tJe2HYUo.mp4?tag=23
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2014487909483560960/vid/avc1/640x480/yXrdWolsNyTNafZy.mp4
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2016888299676119040/vid/avc1/1078x720/ajdi5UHsM_fPiseI.mp4?tag=21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8M1OBmV-T4&list=RDx8M1OBmV-T4&start_radio=1
And now there are constant sightings on the streets of London of real-world women dressing as Amelia:
https://ibb.co/LhQrxP6R
And the best part of all this is that it's giving the leftest pundits and Labour government officials the most hilarious round of aneurysms I've ever seen. They're calling for Amelia memes to be censored and to be criminalized and for a ban on dressing like her in public. Remember, this is a character *they* created and now they want to lock up anyone who posts even a reference to her.
"Amelia Forever!"
If someone doesn't come up with Canadian or American versions soon,
we're going to need to invent them!
I nominate the Daddario!
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