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[–] ReCursing@kbin.social 78 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Around the time meme came to mean any joke in an image file format

[–] MisterMoo@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gary Larson was my favorite memer. Ever seen The Far Side memes?

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

See? Doesn't sound right at all.

[–] MisterMoo@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh come on, who doesn't remember reading the meme strips in the Sunday morning paper?

When I got older I started enjoying meme books like Spider-Man, too.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Paper? You mean hard copy website?

[–] AzuleBlade@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is some Idiocracy shit, I feel like this'll be the vernacular in the next 20-30 years. Hopefully an asteroid wipes us out first.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It doesn't, and it's annoying that pretty much any image displayed online is called a "meme" nowadays.