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[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

It's literally just some text on a picture...?

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

It is one of the necessary conditions for a meme, but it is not sufficient.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

A meme is any reusable, repeated format, literally speaking. You're just gatekeeping.

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Meme definition

If it has not been imitated / repeated it's literally not a meme. That's not gatekeeping, it's observing a definition.

You have even agreed with me in your definition. Posting a random picture with some text on it that you made that has imitated nothing is not a meme, it's just a picture with text on it.

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