@kibiz0r@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoWe love old memes because they remind us of a time when we felt like participants instead of consumersmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1512
arrow-up1512message-squareWe love old memes because they remind us of a time when we felt like participants instead of consumers@kibiz0r@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareRhynoplazlinkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year agoSorry you didn’t get the joke. They weren’t referencing anything because they were only there to say “Hey, remember this one?” We all did, and the townspeople rejoiced. If you don’t get all warm and fuzzy for nostalgia, you aren’t old enough yet.
minus-square@Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoOld memes are funny. Old meme templates with new low effort text is not and the kinds of like chuck testa is just plain spam and always has been. Anyone can create memes. Only few can create clever and funny ones.
Sorry you didn’t get the joke. They weren’t referencing anything because they were only there to say “Hey, remember this one?” We all did, and the townspeople rejoiced.
If you don’t get all warm and fuzzy for nostalgia, you aren’t old enough yet.
Old memes are funny. Old meme templates with new low effort text is not and the kinds of like chuck testa is just plain spam and always has been.
Anyone can create memes. Only few can create clever and funny ones.