When Asif Raza Rana, a Pakistani government worker, posted an image to his Facebook page on 13 September 2015, he had no idea that it would make internet history. It was a photograph of him shaking hands with a man named Salman, above two small photos of another man—Mudasir—who had been crossed out in each one with a lime-green X. Colourful WordArt letters at the top blared “Friendship ended with Mudasir / Now Salman is my best friend”.
Cringe nation
Memes to an end: The underbelly of Reddit’s IndianPeople Facebook
Entire online communities have popped up around mocking people’s—specifically, South Asians’—gaffes on social media. At first glance, it may even come across as funny, but there’s a darker side to it
