Is there a fundamental internet meme that has had such a major impact that it would have notable repercussions if it had somehow disappeared?

  • Xariphon@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    LOLCats?

    I’m thinking you have to go way back, something like lolcats, advice duck, ceiling cat, something where if you remove it from the equation meme culture just straight up does not develop, or does not develop the same way or at the same time.

  • holycrap@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Probably the one we already removed. I’d tell you which I’ve but unfortunately I forgot.

  • artisanrox@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    The I Can Haz Cheeseburger? kickoff meme of the happy Russian Blue cat.

    I wasted sooooo much time on ICHC and it was due to that memeified cat picture that started it all.

  • Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    Fucking wojacks. Disappearance of this cancer will bring significant benefit to me specifically because I wouldn’t have to endure those ugly drawings. Fucking trollface was better than this hell.

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      8 months ago

      Rage comics were better and were actually a modern form of Commedia dell’arte or Masked Theatre, in such that it used stock characters and so plot could be both meaningful but simple. Wojacks lack implied character and context, so story or character depth requires explanation which doesn’t usually work as well with that form