onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhy are most memes on Lemmy from 5-10 years ago?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareWhy are most memes on Lemmy from 5-10 years ago?onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
I’m glad people are active, but why are the most upvoted memes things from years ago? Bots? Users desperate for content?
minus-squarePirky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up78·11 months agoI believe it started out as a joke to post ancient memes. And then it just took off and people kept posting them. That and like most other people said: on average there are older people here, so they relate to the memes of yore.
minus-squareSabata11792@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·11 months ago on average there are older people here, so they relate to the memes of yore. Old memes remind me of when I had the normal amount of sad and existential dread.
I believe it started out as a joke to post ancient memes. And then it just took off and people kept posting them.
That and like most other people said: on average there are older people here, so they relate to the memes of yore.
Old memes remind me of when I had the normal amount of sad and existential dread.