• throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Probably an unpopular opinion, but memes.

    Yes, I’m old, but I really want to believe that at some point the rest of the world is going to figure out that there’s nothing particularly fun or funny about weaponized propaganda formatting, and go back to sharing actual information.

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      1 month ago

      meme’ing is older then color film, it will probably be a thing that last longer then you want. It communicates a subject that goes beyond language

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        1 month ago

        MUCH older. Shakespeare made a ton of contemporary references, and was referenced in turn by others during his days. Those were memes.

        Medieval writers included strong biblical references, and we have some “entertainment” that is purportedly extremely funny and popular, that’s basically the medieval equivalent of Loss.