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[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Oooof almost a good meme.

Shrek 4 was released on in 2 July 2010 in the UK. The Tories had won the general election by then and formed a coalition with the Lib Dems.

How can we trust you?

[–] halcyoncmdr 18 points 4 months ago

Released then means it was already written approved and filmed/animated prior. Can't expect them to wait for years to edit it.

[–] samus12345 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ha ha, no, there's no way Shrek 4 came out 14 years ago...

Ah, fuck.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Shrek 4 premiered in April, so before the general election. That should count.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Excuse me, are you citing facts as a reason for a meme to be bad?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Well tbf, in some cases, factually incorrect memes are a way to quickly spread misinformation and can definitely be bad for that reason.

I think the original commenter was at least somewhat joking in this particular instance, though. "How can we trust you?" seems like an odd thing to seriously ask a shitposter. I could be wrong, tone is hard to read online.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

If we can’t trust the meme creators, or the reposters, who can we trust?

(the comment thread!) Thanks for doing the due diligence!