• greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 hours ago

    Ignorance of what? It seems that if you’re using a word the same way your sub culture uses a word, it’s correct. Or rather that words can only be used correctly within a context.

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      19 hours ago

      That’s the beauty of this terrible, terrible post: by not being remotely specific we can all imagine what word OP might be thinking of and imagine for ourselves whether it’s justified.

      So perhaps a better phrasing would be “memes are supposed to be funny, not generic rage bait”

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        14 minutes ago

        facts about natural processes don’t need “justification”

        rage bait

        that’s in the eye of the beholder & Y U MAD, THO?

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        18 hours ago

        Memes are supposed to be funny

        That’s not true, which is exactly why this is a good meme. The word meme was originally coined as a conceptual analogue to the word "gene*. Ideas spread and evolve, just like genes. Only in the last 15 years or so has it come to mean internet joke, and this is the direct result of people using the word in a different way than it was intended to be used. It doesn’t matter what word the OP had in mind when they made this meme (though gif is the most likely candidate), it’s accurate and relevant.

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            8 hours ago

            Oh, so you just don’t even understand the meme, now I get why you’re so upset! I recommend starting by reading the words left-to-right, top-to-bottom. If you don’t know how to pronounce one, just do your best. You can also ask an adult to help you, if there’s one nearby.