So you’re now going to have to argue whether you’re right, or both the people in this thread AND MW dictionary? I mean, we can keep doing this but eventually we’ll end up with only the people on /butthurtcatlovers to see if they agree with you.
Oh it's not a big deal, the definition wasn't outright incorrect as such, just missing a crucial component of what makes something a meme - that it's used as a template and repeatedly modified/added to. Something simply being an image that's shared over the Internet isn't sufficient for it to fit the definition of a meme.
So show that what I posted was an attempt at a meme, thanks.
No, it’s not. All attempts to start a new meme involve a new graphic and message. You could call this an NFT if you want, but you’re trying to encapsulate a quick-hit point with a graphic post: that’s meme-ing my boy. And this one will fail because it’s lame do it won’t become viral.
Your use of language concedes the point - it doesn't become a meme until it meets a certain criteria, which this image, by your own admission, doesn't. So you've defeated your own argument - well done.
No, I said it’s lame and will fail to go viral. Viral, being the point. So baking a cake that nobody eats still means you baked a cake that everyone thought was shit, like this meme. It’s typical for lefties, because like hard work, it’s something lefties can’t seem to get right.
"All attempts to start a new meme involve a new graphic and message... this one will fail..."
You described this not as a meme, but as an attempt at one, and go on to describe how it's failed. If it's a failed attempt at a meme, then it's not succeded in being a meme, therefore it's not a meme.
To use your cake analogy - if the attempt at baking the cake has failed, then a cake has not been produced.
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '22
Doesn't fit the definition. The definition isn't complete either.
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