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I'm glad people are active, but why are the most upvoted memes things from years ago? Bots? Users desperate for content?

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[–] Pirky 83 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I believe it started out as a joke to post ancient memes. And then it just took off and people kept posting them.

That and like most other people said: on average there are older people here, so they relate to the memes of yore.

[–] Ghostalmedia 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I might be to blame for some of that shit. I started [email protected] a few months ago, then it blew up and started covering c/all, then it spread like herpes to the other meme communities.

Shit has died way down since that one weird week.

[–] yyyesss 8 points 1 year ago

thank you for your service 🫡

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

on average there are older people here, so they relate to the memes of yore.

Old memes remind me of when I had the normal amount of sad and existential dread.