Monkey puppet meme looking away. Europeans watching the US weaken food and safety regulations.
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[โ€“] 31 points 9 months ago* (11 children)

Wrong meme template. This one is for when you see somebody else getting in trouble for a thing you're doing wrong too.

What you wanted was something more like the Jeremy Clarkson "Oh no! Anyway..." template.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    European food safety regulators aren't the best according to OP, so not entirely wrong

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  • [โ€“] 15 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Nothing is perfect but EU food regulations are pretty fantastic.

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  • I work in the food industry in my country. Can confirm. The amount of test we have to pass so a new machine can be added to the production line is borderline paranoic. But as a result, the worst incident that happens is when a product doesn't freeze in the right position and the customer opens it and it's ugly. It's bad for the company, because the product is not good looking but hey, at least there's no risk of killing someone with it.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 9 months ago

    AFAIK eggs are done 'differently' (with pros and cons compared to the processing in the US, but no clear winner) and there's more access to certain types of raw milk products, but otherwise it seems to me that Euro regulators are more cautious than US ones. I think in a lot of cases new stuff here is "allow it until it's proven unsafe," while there it's more often "ban it until its proven safe."

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 9 months ago* (5 children)

    A meme template can be used in different ways than its first user originally intended, doesn't make it wrong... If it's funny, it works. The end.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    It's not funny and it doesn't work, because the meme template was used incorrectly.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Are we gatekeeping meme templates, really? Damn.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    We always have, I've never seen a meme template used incorrectly without lots of comments calling it out for being wrong, even when it was actually funny.

    See idgaf about how a template is used as long as it's funny. If it's used incorrectly but is funny it's a 'spin' or variant or remix or even a 'subversion' if the joke is about the template itself (meta commentary).

    The former shows knowledge of the template and intent.

    But if it is unfunny and it's used incorrectly then oftentimes it is so because it's used incorrectly.

    The latter shows a lack of knowledge of the template and lack of intention.

    This all also applies to art

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 9 months ago*

    And just like art, it's all subjective. Someone will always find it funny, perhaps even a clever use of the template.

    Gatekeeping memes is absurd, always has been. You find it funny, great. You don't, bummer. Move on.

    Just like art.

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