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Number 6
Ancient Mariner
Lucky you.
Ariana
Black-and-white leopard
How is this conversation aggressive? I really don't think anybody is trying to attack anybody here, at least at the moment. Is it possible that you are angry and read too much into everybody's posts?
Number 6
Ancient Mariner
On the contrary. I'm not angry at all.
Since the misunderstanding was going on at the time, I don't think there was a good way available to achieve it. I can't go up to someone and say, "I am misunderstanding you" when I don't know I am misunderstanding them.
Number 6
Ancient Mariner
On the aggression part, yes, I was talking about last night. Sorry if I didn't make that clearer.
However, I'm still trying to understand how closing the threads for this long was a good idea. When Night Prowler said he was closing them for everyone to cool off, I figured they would be reopened in a matter of minutes, maybe one or two hours.
Number 6
Ancient Mariner
That wasn't exactly what I meant. I was referring to the threads being closed without the discussion even happening.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
I'm aware that memes are often used as a primitive form of communication, particularly as reactions. However, I was not aware that people were able to hold full conversations with them.
When I first encountered memes about 8 years ago they were much simpler and to the point. Just a picture with text at the bottom and top. Even before that it was just pictures of owls exchanging brief exclamations in l33t. Memes are not as funny as they used to be. Basically any image that someone finds funny is a meme. I don't know what constitutes a meme and I would prefer if nobody got into that for us here.
If there was some sort of message in all the memespam then I did not understand it. But please bear in mind the Forum Rules:
This isn't fucking Ancient Egypt people.
When I first encountered memes about 8 years ago they were much simpler and to the point. Just a picture with text at the bottom and top. Even before that it was just pictures of owls exchanging brief exclamations in l33t. Memes are not as funny as they used to be. Basically any image that someone finds funny is a meme. I don't know what constitutes a meme and I would prefer if nobody got into that for us here.
If there was some sort of message in all the memespam then I did not understand it. But please bear in mind the Forum Rules:
This isn't fucking Ancient Egypt people.
Number 6
Ancient Mariner
No. A meme is something that's stripped of its original context and applied to other types of situations. For a meme to happen, it needs to be a recurring joke.
Yeah, that's the next thing. I wouldn't have considered half of the things people posted "memes" according to what I used to know.
As I said - the discussion is happening now. It's better to have it this way than in the toxic environment of the thread as it was last night.
phantomoftheicarus
Bleeding Freak
Breaking out of being quiet just to stress that I used the drill example off the top of my head, so the analogy there is actually wrong. Bugging me for hours that has
But anyway we've all had a good ol' rant, we came up with a practical solution so let's try and go for it. I won't post any memes again
Number 6
Ancient Mariner
That's why I suggest keeping both threads. It's been already established that the problem is that it's a generational conflict, so why not split it up? All of this goes away.I won't post any memes again
The problem is really quantity though. If you guys want to post memes in the picture thread that’s fine, but dumping a bunch at a time is really not cool and is too spammy even for that subforum. You have to respect that this is an established community and that there are other websites that are more appropriate for that sort of thing.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
A couple of examples of how memes have changed or are changing that makes context difficult:
They used to be easy to understand at first glance but now there's some arcane back story to them.
They used to be easy to understand at first glance but now there's some arcane back story to them.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
That was the point. I said "a couple of examples".You do realize you've just posted two "now" memes, right?
Amen.
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
Holy hell. I had no clue that the funny /random / weird picture thread had been locked. I just read through some pages. I can see how some of the memes might be offending (e.g. insulting Scotland).
I liked a couple. E.g. in this one, the last picture at the bottom right! Ridiculous.
I also loved that Mustaine, Hetfield and Bruce's "reaction"-meme.
The word meme is a silly sounding word. It sounds like "memmen" which is an alternative for tits in Dutch.
I liked a couple. E.g. in this one, the last picture at the bottom right! Ridiculous.
I also loved that Mustaine, Hetfield and Bruce's "reaction"-meme.
The word meme is a silly sounding word. It sounds like "memmen" which is an alternative for tits in Dutch.
Number 6
Ancient Mariner
Quantity will always be a problem though. I maintain my suggestion to keep both threads open. It is intended to be a meme dump anyway, so, if anything, it'll keep that type of spam from spreading to other parts of the forum.
I posted a meme a while ago that explained that meme means "tits" in Turkish. I didn't know Dutch and Turkish were related!