• kreekybonez@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      but not if it’s a text-only screenshot, like a twitter/tumblr post. the point of the modern “meme” is to be variations on a visual-based theme.

      otherwise, it’s just a joke or a comment

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        I also choose this guys wife is a meme. You done goofed is a meme. Memes aren’t image macros. Any image macro or screenshot from X The EveryThing APP isn’t a meme without some sort of community traction. Funny jpeg aren’t memes and its a vulguar bastardisation to belive them as such.

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        5 hours ago

        I am going by the original definition of meme, in which jokes and comments (if shared) are a meme, language is a meme too. otherwise you are just talking about captioning images, which are a type of meme, but saying only those are memes is jut dumb.

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            3 hours ago

            the real question is what goes on a salad, I there is no rule that no fruiting bodies are allowed in a salad. yet we also add cheese bacon, chicken and mushrooms to salads. what is your point?