Junlper

Junlper[lower-alpha 1] (stylized as JUNlPER;[lower-alpha 2] born c. 1995) is a former shitposter on Twitter. She[lower-alpha 3] is known for posting satirical screenshots of fabricated news stories[1] and is credited with popularizing the term goblin mode[4] and creating a fake headline about the "dick vein" on Snickers being removed.[3]

JUNlPER
A drawing of a purple worm-looking thing wearing a reporter's hat with the word "Press" on it.
Twitter profile picture of the @JUNlPER account, created by @PfpDrawer[1][2]
Years active2019–present
Known forTwitter shitposting

Following a dispute with Elon Musk, she was suspended from Twitter on October 6, 2023.

Activities on Twitter

Juniper originally created her Twitter account in early 2019 in order to support the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, but later pivoted towards mocking people she considered her political enemies.[1]

In an interview with Vox and on the Western Kabuki podcast, Juniper said that discourse surrounding Hogwarts Legacy was manufactured[5] and that despite saying that people should feel free to buy it, they shouldn't try to get "good ally points" for disliking J. K. Rowling.[6]

Juniper criticized U.S. states that block transitioning for adults.[7]

Juniper satirically replied to a video showing a body bag being dragged out of the White House by saying "yuuuup. that's Joe biden [sic]".[8]

Popularizing goblin mode
Main article: Goblin mode
Goblin illustration by John D. Batten from "English Fairy Tales" (19th century)

In 2022, Juniper made a tweet featuring a doctored Fox News headline of an interview with actress Julia Fox, purporting her to have used the phrase goblin mode.[9][10] The image prompted a large increase in online searches for goblin mode, leading Fox to clarify she did not use the term.

In June 2022, the term was defined on Dictionary.com as "a slang term for a way of behaving that intentionally and shamelessly gives in to and indulges in base habits and activities without regard for adhering to social norms or expectations."[11] In December 2022, online respondents selected the term from Oxford Languages' shortlist, which also included metaverse and #IStandWith, as the Word of the Year.[12][13]

Snickers "dick vein"
A snickers bar with "dick vein" showing

In April 2022, Juniper satirically claimed in a viral tweet that Snickers was removing the "dick vein" design from the top of the candy bar, prompting a backlash from unwitting Snickers fans. Due to the volume of response, Snickers clarified in its own viral tweet that the "veins remain".[3][14] The tweet spawned follow-up hoaxes including a viral fake image of Tucker Carlson talking about the "dick veins" on his Fox News show, alluding to Carlson's widely mocked[15] comments about "unsexy" M&M's characters earlier that year.[16][1]

Interactions with MrBeast

In March 2023, when YouTuber MrBeast suggested his fans mess up Hershey's chocolate bar displays, Juniper said it was proof he is "demonic".[17] Later that month, she fabricated an image of a Walmart website page for a '"product zoner", to which he responded, "I'm all for dunking on me, but no need to spread lies."[18]

In June 2023, when MrBeast said that he was invited on the Titan before the Titan submersible implosion, she accused him of lying, as his text was blue (meaning the text was sent, not received). He responded by saying that it was a screenshot he took of his friend's text.[19][20][21][22]

Suspension from Twitter
@JUNlPER's page on October 6, 2023.

On October 6, 2023, Juniper was suspended from Twitter. The previous day, Elon Musk made a change where headlines would not display above news articles.[23] In response, Juniper used this change in functionality to make a satirical tweet in which she claimed that "growing evidence suggested that" Musk was a pedophile. Juniper and her alt account (@UNSTABLEPOSTING) were subsequently banned hours later. She was briefly unbanned.[24][25] Juniper briefly operated from @junegoblinmode[24] but was again suspended on October 7. At the time of her suspension, she had 258,851 followers.[26]

There has been no official statement given on the reason for suspension. The move was condemned by journalists Erin Reed and Ben Collins, civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo,[24][27] and blogger Parker Molloy.[28] Mike Masnick of Techdirt contrasted the suspension with Musk's previous claims of being a 'free speech absolutist'.[29]

Personal life

Juniper is a food inspector for the state of Wisconsin.[1] She is a transgender woman[2] and co-hosts the internet culture podcast Western Kabuki.[5]

Notes
  1. also known as June, pudding person,[1] transgender marx or transsexual marx[3]
  2. Written with a lowercase "L" instead of an uppercase "i".
  3. Juniper uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. This article uses she/her pronouns for consistency.

References
  1. Weekman, Kelsey (December 29, 2022). "We Spoke To Twitter Troll Juniper About Manufacturing Moral Panics, Creating "Goblin Mode," And Dealing With Elon Musk". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  2. Jennings, Rebecca (June 28, 2023). "Welcome to the era of the trans it-girl". Vox. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  3. Dickson, EJ (April 27, 2022). "Meet the Shitposter Who Started a Right-Wing Moral Panic About the Snickers Dick Vein". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 3, 2022. After her tweet went viral — as well as a follow-up photo of an apparently veinless Snickers bar, which she says she pulled from an old Reddit post — many on Twitter believed it to be true, to the degree that Snickers itself had to post a tweet reassuring fans that the vein wasn't going anywhere.
  4. Edwards, Christian (December 6, 2022). "'Goblin mode' chosen as Oxford word of the year for 2022". CNN. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  5. Knee, Miles. "'Hogwarts Legacy' Is the Biggest Game on Twitch — But It's Facing Culture War Fallout". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  6. Jennings, Rebecca. "How the Harry Potter video game became an ethical minefield". vox.com. Vox. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  7. Valens, Ana. "The Right Wants To Stop Trans Adults From Transitioning, Because Kids Weren't Enough". themarysue.com. The Mary Sue. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  8. Ibrahim, Nur. "No, This Video Doesn't Show Biden's Body Being Wheeled Out of the White House". snopes.com. Snopes. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  9. Leung, Yasmine (February 24, 2022). "'Goblin mode': How the fake news spread amid Julia Fox, Kanye break-up". The Focus. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  10. Dodgson, Lindsay (February 24, 2022). "The person behind a fake Julia Fox headline about "goblin mode" says they did her a favor by distracting from her breakup with Ye". Insider Inc. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  11. "Check Yourself, Have You Fallen Prey To "Goblin Mode"?". Dictionary.com. June 7, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  12. Schuessler, Jennifer (December 4, 2022). "The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  13. Bellware, Kim (December 6, 2022). "What is 'goblin mode,' anyway? It's Oxford's 2022 Word of the Year". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  14. @SNICKERS (April 19, 2022). "Good news, contrary to what's trending on Twitter... THE VEINS REMAIN!". Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  15. Placido, Dani Di. "Tucker Carlson Is, Once Again, Mad About 'Woke M&Ms'". Forbes. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  16. O'Rourke, Ciara (April 26, 2022). "No, this isn't a real Fox News chyron about Snickers". PolitiFact. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  17. Harrison, Christian (March 6, 2023). "MrBeast under fire after fans mess with Feastables competitors at supermarkets across U.S." dotesports.com. Dot Esports. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  18. Menon, Aravind. "No Need to Spread Lies: MrBeast Addresses the 'Job' Advert Which Has Confused the Internet". essentiallysports.com. Essentially Sports. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  19. Plunkett, Luke (June 25, 2023). "YouTube Star Mr. Beast Says He Was 'Invited' On The Titanic Submarine". Kotaku. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  20. Del Rosario, Alexandra (June 26, 2023). "MrBeast claims he was invited to join that Titan voyage. Why some fans aren't buying it". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  21. Madian, Shodi (June 26, 2023). "MrBeast reveals Titanic Submarine Invite, Twitter Reacts". spieltimes.com. Spiel Times. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  22. Plunkett, Luke. "YouTube Star MrBeast Says He Was 'Invited' On The Titanic Submarine". kotaku.com. Kotaku. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  23. Sands, Leo (October 5, 2023). "Elon Musk strips news headlines from X, posing challenge for media outlets". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  24. Rogers, Zachary (October 7, 2023). "Elon Musk Bans Popular Poster Who Skewered Him For Eliminating Headlines on X". The Messenger. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  25. Hurler, Kevin (October 6, 2023). "12 Times Elon Musk's Headline Decapitation Hilariously Backfired on Him". Gizmodo. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  26. "pudding person". socialblade.com. Social Blade. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  27. Wiggins, Christopher (October 7, 2023). "Elon Musk and Libs of TikTok Team Up on Transgender Activist". The Advocate.
  28. Molloy, Parker. "Welp, @JUNlPER got suspended. I guess comedy is not, in fact, legal here on X these days". twitter.com. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  29. Masnick, Mike. "Elon Musk Decides 'Who Needs Headlines, When We Can Just Have Pretty Pictures?'; Suspends Account That Made Fun Of Him". techdirt.com. Techdirt. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
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