NPC, n.Trivia

Twitter ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠suspended about 1,500 accounts using the gray NPC meme ahead of the 2018 US midterms for spreading misleading election information.

TikTok ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠streamer PinkyDoll made NPC livestreams pay, chanting 'ice cream so good' for viewer gifts and popping corn kernels on a flat iron.

The ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠blank gray 'NPC Wojak' face first surfaced on 4chan in 2016, alongside a post claiming some people autonomously follow groupthink.