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Antique Memes Roadshow

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[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Your last two sentences is how I would describe it.

It's text on pictures until it ascends to meme-hood.

[–] eeltech@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Those are just image macros. Not every image macro becomes a meme

And not every meme is in the form of an image macro

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)