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[–] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This helped a lot with the meme format... Less so with the joke itself lol.

The irony of not being able to tell if it's a self deprecating meme about enlightened channers or legit incelism is moderately scary lol.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't think it's either, the joke is just that they combined Plato's cave with a meme template (see the "They don't know" section)