Guy Fawkes Day

Guy Fawkes Day is a British holiday celebrating Guy Fawkes, a man who is noteworthy only for failing to blow up the king of England. His relevance today stems primarily from anonymous' keen ability to co-opt pop cultural images for their own meaningful causes. As far as holidays go, the rest of the world doesn't really give a shit about Guy Fawkes day.

But why?

In order for these internet armchair activists to feel any sense of self-worth, they must feel like they've done something so revolutionary that they will be hailed as e-saviors by not just the regulars (the media and their twitter e-pals,) but the world one day. Another factor of course, is to feel a sense of self-worth, and make themselves think that the government has given a fuck about them since '07. As such, they feel the need to try to fulfill these motivations by dressing up in cheap $5 Guy Fawkes masks, (purchased from their local Hot Topics,) and going out in public to commemorate the anniversary of a known religious extremist and terrorist bombing the Bastille.

Epic Fail Gallery

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  What they actually believe.
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  The Reality.
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  The end result.

See also

• Epic Fail Guy
• V for Vendetta
• Moralfag
• Raidfag Wench
• Protest
• Whining

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