alt Hacker NewsMemes were usually funny though. And just pictures so easily ignored if they weren't. I feel like this is just attention seeking.
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amarant • yesterday at 10:44 PM
Weren't memes always just that? I think we're just old
girvo • yesterday at 10:43 PM
Eh. They really weren't. "I'm firin' mah lazer" wasn't funny and yet for a while it was ubiquitous. I'd wager in fact that most memes weren't inherently funny: their purpose is in-group signalling for the most part.
Most memes and most application of memes were not that funny. Scrolling reddit 10 years ago is not that different from TikTok just with pictures instead of videos.