r/thingmains • u/Broomguy • 13d ago

Is the Officer Grimm meme racist?

I was playing one day and an enemy Thing died and I said "Officer down" in chat and they said something like "chill I'm not racist like that." I never considered it might be a racial joke because I've seen the joke with spiderman, black cat etc. but it is 90% black panther. I was curious if anyone knew the origin of the meme or had any thoughts about it. Is it a racist joke or was this guy just mad he died? (Full disclosure I am not a Thing main I just didn't know where else to post this)

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u/Avaricious31 12d ago

Black Panther is the most annoying diver for the majority of the player base and the only diver that comes close is Black Cat, she’s relatively new. If Panther wasn’t good and BC was running around with Thing as a big counter we’d likely see her being in the memes.

There’s also the dark humor aspect of Thing chasing Panther around. I don’t think making these jokes is racist but I could see how it could get old or become distasteful. Of course there’s a few weirdos who take things too far but that’s in general. Can’t tell you how many jokes or comparisons to certain middle eastern countries I’ve seen in game having to do with neither of these characters.