Look in the dictionary what Archaic means. No one upon the advent of the Internet used that definition, that you took a paragraph to describe, and is not what current users are trying to invoke. I don’t know what the fuck knowyourmeme.com is and don’t care to. All I’m saying is if I’m going to create something or post something, I better damn well have some thought process backing it up and not just posting silly screenshots that are gonna hit some massive likes on your chosen platform. Either that or GTFO.

I have certainly never been one of the “memes are just image macros” people, and obviously I’m not very open to accepting anything shared online as a meme. But there’s a certain spirit of posts in-between that just has more effort and thought put into it (even if it’s a shitpost) that I think there’s some, be it ironic, integrity in a post that should be upheld if communities on a forum such as lemmy are to prosper. Which is why I think OPs image is a high quality meme, because at least some thought went into it, unlike Sarah’s random thoughts on twitter.

For the same reason my blog post doesn’t belong in a News community, the effortless screengrabs don’t belong on a meme forum.

Still were privileged little shits whose mommy and daddy’s bought them edgy clothes so they could appear as counter culture.

I would also like to add that this is our fault as consumers for lapping up and becoming dependent on the smartphone and centralized Internet. (Though on the fediverse you are probably aware of that, but almost all of the content here originates from it).

Fried chicken got a chuckle out of me. I refuse to let the right take away my crispy chicken identity!!

I came here to comment that this looks like AI and don’t want to be repetitive but I would reckon this is 100% AI.

They don’t say what they mean. People aren’t trying to portray the original archaic definition in their posts, they are trying to invoke the newer much more modern meaning of the word, and it’s disenchanting because if any social evolution is a meme then the word becomes arbitrary. “Memes” today are just images for pointless engagement on that train.

I genuinely don’t believe anyone who thinks this way is over the age of 20. Memes being funny pictures on the Internet is all they’ve ever known because they never had any other experience. No one had that talking point you quoted until recent years, and they regurgitate it just like they do with everything else on the web.

This is still more of a meme than a screenshot of twitter.

I really think they did it so easily with the adoption of the smartphone and the centralized Internet they genuinely are confused why their strategy isn’t working this time around.

A clear and intentional use of forced perspective. Don’t know why the caption has to make it seem like this is something that just “accidentally happened” while shooting a photo.

That is a measuring tape. They typically look like that for tailoring and clothing alterations.

I’m an alcoholic how do I translate this skill into becoming a dev? Serious question.