The absolute state of the memes on Lemmy.ml (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by Vampire@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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This is the opposite of culture. This shrinks your brain instead of stimulating it. They are just so bland. They are just so old. Spiciness and humour are completely unknown to them. Here are the current top 4:

How come liberals are so bad at meming? I'm sure I've seen half of these already, years ago. It's like someone dredged the bottom of ifunny.co for the most milquetoast, blandest things possible.

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[-] proletarian_girlboss@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I have thought of this a few times myself, and how much of the english speaking side of the internet's culture has been shaped by 4chan in some form or another. I have never been able to find an answer for why it seems like it is so influential, despite being relatively small compared to something like twitter or instagram.