Antique Memes Roadshow

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A simpler time (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Your last two sentences is how I would describe it.

It's text on pictures until it ascends to meme-hood.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Those are just image macros. Not every image macro becomes a meme

And not every meme is in the form of an image macro

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)