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lol that's so funny <-- presumably what you thought when you decided to post this is in a "meme" community instead of some kind of serious political comm.
I myself think this community either has to pick a better name or get different content because there is a serious mismatch, but stated in the sidebar this community is for sharing screenshots of microblog posts. That makes this is the perfect for this post, despite the name of the community. I can't speak for the op, but i dont think theyre laughing about this
Yeah I posted this here because it fits the community not because its a meme
Serious posts are certainly common here, but most are clearly humorous.
As a subscriber to this community, i know. If you were aware as well, that makes your comment even more unnecessary.
Common, yes. Acceptable, no.
I dont mind you having an opinion, but better share it in a more constructive manner next time. Because your way of communicating might be common online, it's not very desirable. Not for me at least.
Yeah as someone who browses by all and came across this, I upvoted without realising the Community it's in. But you're right. This is in no way a meme.
Most things called "memes" are not memes as the term was originally defined.
Every bit of information is a meme as the term was originally definition. Nowadays, the term means "something funny on the internet".
What makes something a meme?
Following the Internet definition of it? (Because we wouldn't want to commit the etymological fallacy, would we?) It's a piece of content that follows a known predictable format, or that at least appears to do so but subverts it. I don't agree with @FishFace@piefed.social that anything funny on the Internet is a meme, or even that memes need to be funny (though they usually are). But it's certainly a notably different meaning from the broader cultural one that Dawkins came up with 50 years ago.
Wiktionary's definition 2 is pretty good:
The whole thing is presented in a meme format that usually consists of two non-meme panels.
knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-it-started-vs-how-its-going
Oh yeah, good spot. I think it's a little debatable since the actual meme part of this is rather small compared to the main content, which is Robert Inlakesh's post. But Zachary Foster's original post is definitely worthy of being called a meme.
The meme format is like that, just a small bit, usually one line (and two panels of non-meme using up 90% of the space):
So Zachary posted a meme.
And Robert provided the microblog part.
Since the community is called Microblog Memes, both parts are needed as a technicality.
I'm not commenting on the quality of either tho, just that it technically fits rather perfectly.
I'll also just point out that the rules of this community don't actually say anything about "memes". They say:
Yes, totally!
The post references a fairly known meme format:
knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-it-started-vs-how-its-going
Apart from that meme bit, the memetic value is very low bcs all the text is very literate and direct (proper journalistic) to not cause any doubts about the main story conveyed.
So I would def say it's technically a meme (and the format is used correctly) + it has some microblog aspects too. I think it fits the community (purely based on the name alone I mean).