/int/

About

/int/ is the international board on 4chan, which is dedicated to discussions about a wide variety of topics, including foreign languages, world politics and cultural differences.

History

On January 25th, 2010, the /int/^[1] board was launched along with /adv/ (advice), /lit/ (literature), /new/ (news), /sci/ (science & math) and /3/ (3DCG). In February 2012, the board saw a large influx of Russian users following a denial of service attack on the image board 2ch.so. In September 2013, another wave of Russian users came to /int/ following the closure of the Russian imageboard Harach.

In April 2014, 4chan was compromise by an unknown hacker, who posted screenshots of the site’s moderator board along with other information on the /int/ board. A gallery of the screenshots was uploaded to Imgur.

Krautchan’s /int/

Krautchan^[3] is a German language imageboard created on May 1st, 2007,^[3] which has its own active /int/ board. Originally created as /uk/, it was first conceived as a replacement for the British imageboard Britchan in 2009.

Related Memes

Argentina Is White

“Argentina Is White” is a sarcastic statement implying that most of the Argentinian population isn’t Caucasian, which is typically used to provoke South American posters on the /int/ board.

Katya Lischina

Katya Kotoraya Lischina is a Russian Internet personality who gained a large following on /int/.

Maki "Drawgirl’ Badfox

“Drawgirl”’ refers to an illustration of a young girl wearing a sly expression drawn the artist Maki Badfox. It has become a common exploitable image on /int/, inspiring dozens of derivatives featuring themese from various countries.

Polandball

Polandballis a cartoon character drawn in the shape of a ball with the color schemes of the Polish flag (white & red), which often appears in a comic series featuring ball-shaped creatures representing different countries (also known as Countryballs). Due their popularity, Countryballs replaced the flags on Krautchan’s /int/ board.

Sweden Yes

“Sweden Yes”is an expression used to mock Swedish gender equality politics and multiculturalism, which is often associated with the Captain Sweden webcomic character.

Serbia Strong / Remove Kebab

Serbia Strongis a music video made by a group of Serbian musician praising Bosnian President Radovan Karadžić.

Hide X Threads, Ignore X Posts, Do Not Reply To X Posters

Hide X Threads, Ignore X Posts, Do Not Reply To X Postersis a phrasal template associated with a series of reaction images which is rumored to have originated on Krautchan’s /int/ board.

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