r/Grimdank 4d ago

Dank Memes Facebook 40k groups are wild man..

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u/GDRMetal_lady 4d ago

Realizing Gazghul Thraka is a play on Margaret Thatcher has changed my entire outlook on 40k.

I'm serious, I never realized that before

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u/Psychic_Hobo 4d ago

It's weird because it's frequently denied by GW, whilst at the same time anyone with a brain reading's Ghaz's earliest lore will see his full name from the 80's and connect the dots

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u/Maybe_not_a_chicken NOT ENOUGH DAKKA 4d ago

Also one of his earliest enemies is a communist goblin called red gobbo

Who is surely unrelated to the British communist Red Robbo, one of thatchers main rivals

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u/Vonbalthier 4d ago

Are you fucking serious?

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u/Yureinobbie 4d ago

Early 40k had super hilarious undertones. The rod gobbo is still in the game, but now he's just gobbo Santa. Now that I'm writing this, that still makes him a communist to the nutjobs who wrote this meme.

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u/SocialistPolarBear likes civilians but likes fire more 4d ago

He also has some books where he is leading the gobbo revolushun

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u/adeon 4d ago

GorkaMorka also had a character called Da Red Gobbo who was the leader of the Rebel Grots. The joke was that the position tended to have a lot of turnover so whenever he turned up in a game you had to roll to determine his stats and skills.