You probably know 4chan as the birthplace of many popular memes, as well as a haven for trolls and racist, sexist scum. The image-sharing forum is now facing extinction, as its new owner is finding the site too expensive to maintain. Hiroyuki Nisimura, who created the Japanese message board 2channel and purchased 4chan last September, said as much in a post on Sunday, citing the poor performance of ads and the high costs of running 4chan’s infrastructure. However, all is not lost: Pharma bro Martin Shkreli has shown interest in buying the site. Wait, did I just say all is…

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