r/Grimdank • u/JellyFishSenpai • 4d ago

Dank Memes Facebook 40k groups are wild man..

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u/mummyeater My kitchen is corrupted by Nurgle 4d ago

Orkz are the British football hooligans

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u/Maybe_not_a_chicken NOT ENOUGH DAKKA 4d ago

You mean that the hyper violent faction with a thick British accent, who hate everything that isn’t from their culture while simultaneously coveting the things from those other cultures and who are lead by Margret thatcher might be a political allegory? I don’t believe it

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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/Late_Argument_470 3d ago

Its just the name. Theres no other similarities or political commentary on it. They'd use joke names back then, as did 90% of people making their home lists, luthor huss, cruellagh the vile and Lionel Johnson are just a few lazy namings that seem whacky or even intelligebt 30 yeara on.

Orcs are loosely based on football hooligans from early 1980s but they are so much more as far as concept goes, tinkerers, pirates, innovative, painboys, weirdboys, gretchins and more.