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Don’t upvote this (reddthat.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/18256270

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would have upvoted a red pill meme.

But I did upvote this blue pill one that somehow means the same thing...

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[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm really annoyed that they co-opted The Matrix...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

I read the text and left a comment! It’s like it’s a real meme! Neat!

[–] FuglyDuck 17 points 2 months ago

Make me laugh and I’ll share it with others, even.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you hadn't told me it was a placebo meme I would have never known.

[–] FuglyDuck 10 points 2 months ago

yeah, but you'd probably figure it out when the cancer memes keep coming.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How you have a control group?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Any instance that's been defederated is the control

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yes, but this is by definition a meme. A placebo meme would be something that looks like a meme but has no joke in it. Anything circa 2017 should do.

[–] ignotum 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What separates a placebo from an anti-meme?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Picture an image with an explanation of said image written on it. That's the anti-meme.

It becomes an anti-meme, by "misunderstanding" the fundamental nature of memes. Like explaining what is happening on the image, instead of reframing it with new text.

Now picture any random image, with any random text. That's the placebo.

A placebo-meme is something that doesn't have any intent of being funny, in fact it has no way of becoming funny (other then trough irony). So yes, those 2017 memes are not placebos, because an inside-joke was already in place, making them "funny" for the intended audiance.

With the current state of memes it became hard to actually construct a placebo, since anything not even remotely funny, something containing absolutely no trace of humor could still be picked up as a "senseless joke".

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Is Milhouse a good placebo?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Don't upvote this

Don't tell me what to do! >:(

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Well, if normal placebos don't work, try Placebo Forte+ with three times the amount of active ingredients!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I made myself blind before voting to improve the result quality. I hope you are also blind op.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I feel better already

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

meta memes, so hawt rn

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

#You Can't Tell Me What To Do!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ITS A MIRACLE!!! I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER MEMED.

[–] psud 1 points 2 months ago

I suffered negative side effects as if it were a real meme, and a bad meme at the same time

I had to refrain from voting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Don’t tell me what to do

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

All memes are placebos

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Wow now my computer thinks I'm gay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

ok...