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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 93 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I guess that would make knowyourmeme the modern Rosetta Stone

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago (2 children)

perhaps, but it will be indecipherable due to the 42gb of advertisements and pop-ups it loads.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 28 points 6 months ago (4 children)

ublock origin is going to be seen as a hero-like figure

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] NoFun4You@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago
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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Knowyourmeme has ads?

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[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 89 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I have no idea who the person is or what the context of the photo was, but just the cat + box part tells me all I need to know.

[–] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 56 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 36 points 6 months ago (4 children)

YouTube tracker removed

“I am not a bot, and this action was performed manually”

[–] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks I try to remember but this one slipped by

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago

We’re all better together

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[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Holy shit yeah having context makes it way different

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 78 points 6 months ago (3 children)
[–] listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

(this message intended for jim bowie only)

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 12 points 6 months ago

JIM COME GET YOUR DAMN LAND

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

Jim does it get better than this??

[–] killea@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

you gotta buy the furniture but the house is free

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

It's a free house there's a pool in the back

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago
[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 50 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Shaka, when the walls fell

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Shakira, who's hips spoke truth.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Shakira, her hips truthful*

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 41 points 6 months ago (3 children)

There's gonna be that one academic weirdo in 1000 years who's focus is "Memes and Internet History of the 21st Century".

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

I'd bet money there are already ~~thesises(??)~~ theses (thanks, atomicorange!) and dissertations on this.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's def already stuff like interpreting use of emojis. For example sometimes you have text messages show up in a court case and there are people who can officially "interpret" what the emojis mean for the court.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

At least some portion of that have to be grifters

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

An accurate statement to append to literally all human effort.

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[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Theses is the plural of thesis. Kinda looks stupid out of context but there you go.

[–] lemonmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

And the Ship of Theses is when you rewrite the seven parts of your dissertation so many times that you're not sure if it's even your original intent anymore

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 11 points 6 months ago

Once I used a video meme to explain source studies and intertextuality to my students

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

With the proliferation of memes, that's probably going to be its own branch of academic study.

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago

As long as there are boxes and cats, everyone will know what this means for all time.

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I remember the first time I was shown a meme by a friend. She showed me a rage comic on 9 gag and I absolutely didn't get it obviously and she was desperate to explain and just said "yeah it's not that funny but when you see them often you kinda start getting what they mean" and I thought that's a stupid ass concept and wtf.

Well, here we are now. It's about 15 years later. By now I have a toddler who speaks "English" but it's basically just meme quotes in fitting situations because her parents mostly communicate in memes.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Beautiful. You're raising a top tier meme lord. Meme nostalgia is gonna be huge

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] felsiq@lemmy.zip 46 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The face is from the “it’s free real estate” meme, with the unspoken words being the punchline

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's also [the face my cat makes when he's found a good box.

[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago (6 children)

A dog walks into a bar and says, ‘I cannot see a thing. I’ll open this one.’

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[–] recapitated@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

I absolutely love the idea that hieroglyphics were all just period specific dank memes that we just don't get because we're not in.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

That's okay, some big thing like a Carrington Event is going to destroy the Internet as we know it one day and we'll lose a huge chunk of human history that was never preserved any other way.

[–] birbs@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

I thought this was the adoring fan from Oblivion until I saw someone linked the source.

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