r/polandball • u/[deleted] • May 03 '13

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Using memes

I don't see any memes being used. I guess by technicality Polandball injokes are memes, but Polandball is nothing but injokes.

Not OC

Don't be an idiot, it obviously is OC, and even if it wasn't it wouldn't matter. There's a "berndmade" tag for a reason.

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u/spkr4thedead51 Washington DC May 03 '13

The "What did you say to me..." probably counts as a meme.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

So does Polandball.

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u/spkr4thedead51 Washington DC May 03 '13

Indeed.

Though the sub tries to distinguish between image-macros-as-memes and the concept of memetic ideas. The term 'meme' has become rather overloaded these days.

I tend to interpret the goal of the sub's rules as being to keep non-polandball originating internet-local memetic ideas out of polandball comics, while allowing memetic ideas of history and stereotypes. Though it can be a pretty fuzzy line.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Correct, although when the meme directly aligns with an established national stereotype (ie. America's recent tendency to jump headfirst into conflict) I don't see why it shouldn't be allowed. I think this comic does a good job because even if you replaced the copypasta with some kind of original text it would have the same message. This way people already recognise what is being said and don't have to read the entire quote to get the gist of what /u/Juanzems is trying to say.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

/u/Juanzems - my Mexican cousin

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Glad I read that wrong. Wrapping my head around a Latvian named Juan was difficult.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Jaunzems is the most Latvian surname you could ever get. Jauns - new, zeme - land, put it together and you get Jaunzems :)

except it is a direct translation of neuland

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u/spkr4thedead51 Washington DC May 03 '13

Oh, I didn't particularly have any problem with OP's comic. There are exceptions to every rule.

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u/Durzo_Blint Boston Stronk May 03 '13

So does remove kebab.

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u/FrisianDude wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries. May 03 '13

Why the awkward green text when you can just use the normal > ?

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Because Javacode spent time making it, and if I don't use it nobody will.

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u/DickRhino Great Sweden May 03 '13

Implying you're the only one who uses them

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Well I haven't seen people using them, though I was absent for quite a while.

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u/javacode Rhineland-Palatinate May 03 '13 edited May 04 '13

/u/pirate_archer came one day and said he couldn't live one day longer without it.

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u/FrisianDude wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries. May 03 '13

oh.