• Bizarroland@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    I’m of the opinion that everything that gets passed off as a meme isn’t necessarily a meme. Sometimes they’re just funny pictures. (Actual humor content may vary)

    Memes should have something to do with a commonly understood phrase or thought in the culture and highlight those.

    Of course, with enough push those funny pictures can become memes but ideally they would start as a meme and then have comedy added to them.

    • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Of course, with enough push those funny pictures can become memes but ideally they would start as a meme and then have comedy added to them.

      Ahh yes this would be a meta meme. Where the meme is only a meme because its self referencing.