i disagree that u cant steal jokes, and not for copyright reasons. if you do mean ‘public domain’ in the copyright sense; i dont think copyright system should be what gets to define what can and cant be shared especially in victimless situation that is digital stuff.

i disagree in like an ethical view in general, people can steal jokes. this post i made is somewhat transformative, turning a dialogue joke into an image format. but i’d still credit the person i got the idea from, and saying i ‘stole it’ is funnier to say than credit x (in the current context of a meme at a meme-centric community). in a public-ish place like this, crediting could lead to people even finding out about the channel, which is great.

plus as someone who tries to keep credits intact for memes i download, it can really be fun re-discovering them, i.e. if its a tweet meme i can find the account for similar stuff, but usually its tumblr lol