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{{comic
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hey JByoshi!
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| number    = 118
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clean it up janny
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| date      = June 21, 2006
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Janny is a derogatory nickname given to the janitors of 4chan's moderation team.
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| title    = 50 Ways
 
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| image    = 50_ways.png
 
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| titletext = I woke up to find that I had scrawled the last line of this sleepily on a sheet of paper on my desk. I shouldn't have listened to the 70's hit marathon on the way home from work the night before.
 
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==Explanation==
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This is often accompanied by phrases such as: "They do it for free" or "fuck niggers fuck jannies" to mock the tired, sexually frustrated individuals that moderate imageboards.
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The comic provides alternate lyrics to the chorus of the 1975 song "{{w|50 Ways to Leave Your Lover}}" ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXtWqmArUU Video]) by American artist {{w|Paul Simon}}. Both the original and alternate lyrics provide a textual hook because the name at the end of the line is rhymed with the word before it (back/Jack, plan/Stan, go/Joe).
 
  
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[[Randall]], we learn from the title text, heard Simon's song during a '70s hit marathon, went to sleep, and while being sleepy replaced "lover" by "hover" while writing the last line of the song's chorus. Thus changing this line from ''to leave your lover'' into ''to learn to hover''. Clearly, this amused him so much that he decided to create a comic where people learn how to hover, rather than leave their lover.
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The original design of the "janny" comes from Mr. Morris, a character from the show "Arthur". Funposters have a long and well established tradition of making OC mocking the janitors. Among soyposters, this tradition has resulted in several soyjak variants.
  
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==Transcript==
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Many debate if all jannies are trannies but it is common belief that this is completely true for those of 4chan.
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:[Two figures stand around a levitating person.]
 
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:You gotta let go, Joe
 
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:Just rise off your feet, Pete
 
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:Just stay in the air, Claire
 
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:Gotta levitate, Kate
 
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:There must be 50 ways
 
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:To learn to hover.
 
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{{comic discussion}}
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
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[[Category:Music]]
 
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[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
 

Revision as of 20:05, 8 May 2022

hey JByoshi! clean it up janny Janny is a derogatory nickname given to the janitors of 4chan's moderation team.

This is often accompanied by phrases such as: "They do it for free" or "fuck niggers fuck jannies" to mock the tired, sexually frustrated individuals that moderate imageboards.

The original design of the "janny" comes from Mr. Morris, a character from the show "Arthur". Funposters have a long and well established tradition of making OC mocking the janitors. Among soyposters, this tradition has resulted in several soyjak variants.

Many debate if all jannies are trannies but it is common belief that this is completely true for those of 4chan.

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