I was definitely guilty of this ^

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Top Panel - Gordon Ramsey scowling with the caption “You fucking donkey.”: Seeing an old repost on [Reddit logo]

Bottom Panel - Gordon Ramsey hugging a child with the caption “Oh dear, oh dear. Gorgeous.”: Seeing an old repost on [Lemmy logo]

  • balderdash@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    In all seriousness, I don’t mind reposts that people haven’t seen recently or are largely forgotten. When mfs repost something everyone just saw I get peeved.

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      1 year ago

      There are good jokes in old posts, such as those bubbly iMessage screenshots from years ago. People posting their old meme stashes does liven this place up a bit for a little amount of effort.

      Personally I try to make original memes based off of templates. (Like this one)

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    1 year ago

    God I’m so glad to be rid of that, I was always the guy saying “well I haven’t seen it”

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      1 year ago

      Absolutely. I wonder if this mentality will come back here in some places eventually…

      • lurch (he/him)
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        1 year ago

        It will, because people will become tired of scrolling through meters of stuff they have already seen. It will start by people downvoting things they have seen multiple times, then they will try to block users doing it and if it doesn’t help the complaining will start.

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          1 year ago

          Perhaps, hoping in the future we will have better tools to prevent it or curate feeds better to suit a user’s liking.

          Server or communities with stricter rules on reposting could emerge to mitigate it as well.

          Luckily, it seems there is a solid chunk of OC in with the old memes, plus all the Star Trek themed memes are new to me for sure so I’m none the wiser there.

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      1 year ago

      Okay but what happens when the same damn meme is posted within hours of each other, like this exact meme?

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          1 year ago

          And if you’ve never heard music before you’d probably think Baby Shark was an amazing song; your lack of awareness doesn’t make something quality or appropriate

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            1 year ago

            And your awareness of something doesn’t make it poor quality or inappropriate, if you often think with such a self centered mindset, you’re liable to drive yourself crazy on a place that cares as little as the internet long before you convince it to change

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      1 year ago

      y-, uh… y’know the… one thing I shou-… excuse me for one second.

      (jokes aside I crossposted this to one other community so that everyone could partake in my memery)