About
Robot9000 also known as /r9k/, is a Board from the site 4chan that originally worked as a test board for a special script called Robot9000 created by the creator of the webcomic xkcd: Randall Munroe, that would prevent unoriginal content being repeated. Its users are normally referred to as “Robots”.
The board centers heavily around greentext stories, mostly of social awkwardness and general failures and is infamously known for its radical hate of social standards and “fitting in”, desperation for women, as well as “autistic” behavior.
History
r9k was first created on 2008, it was introduced as a test board where to test the Robot9000 Script which would stop the creation of any new post or thread that would be similar to other posts made in the board, the purpose of the board was to see if a board could stay if memes and copypasta were heavily discouraged.
In 17 January 2011, /r9k/ was then deleted as it no longed served its purpose[2], but it was later resurrected November 10th, 2011[3], along with the announce of the removal of the Robot9000 Script on July 30th, 2014.
Board Culture
The board is famous for its stories of social awkwardness and nostalgia over simpler times, as well as discussion of anormal social behaviour, it is heavily used by NEETs[4] (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) who regret their life decisions and hold anger and disdain over males with active social and sexual lifes. it also containts Constant discussions about relationships with females and family.
Dispite all of this, the Board holds heavy pride in its own nature, with heavy hate over normies or “Normalfags” who do not understand their culture as well as constant calls for a “Beta Uprising”. this has spawned different memes.
Spaghetti Stories
Spaghetti Stories refers to a series of greentext copypastas that recall socially awkward moments, mostly with females, that always end up with the protagonists having spaghetti falling out of his pockets, r9k consists of a lot of these stories
Normies
Normies or Normalfags is a term used by Robots to refer to individuals who in their eyes are deemed as traditionalist or boring, normally the stereotype of a socially active and fitting person that easily blend with society, being the archetype of hipsters.
Tendies Stories
Tendies Stories are green text stories featuring a twenty-something man who lives at his mother’s home and constantly demands “tendies” (chicken tenders) in exchange for “good boy points” he has earned by doing chores and taking care of himself. The stories are often accompanied by images of Smug Pepe.
Angry Pepe
Angry Pepe is a reaction image commonly used on r9k that features a hostile-looking version of pepe the frog which is commonly accompanied by expressions of rage and frustation.
its commonly used in r9k to express hate against Normies, and its accompanied by the expression “REEEEEEEE” to signify hostility.
