# I'm sorry, I just don't understand 4Chan at all. Can someone explain this?

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**Created:** [November 12, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-just-dont-understand-4chan-at-all-can-someone-explain-this/380139 "2006-11-12T20:09:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-i-just-dont-understand-4chan-at-all-can-someone-explain-this/380139/1 "2006-11-12T20:09:22Z")

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[http://www.4chan.org/](http://www.4chan.org/) is a messageboard where people post images of weird things - I get that. But why are the accompanying texts completely nonsensical? Is this some sort of dadaist “random” thing for kids?