Let's try and get 1,000,000 replies to this post

[Mosh]

There will be a vote of no confidence in @LooseCannon .

 

[Number 6]

b) be relegated to a meme thread.

That's what I've been saying all along, for Christ's sake.

 

[LooseCannon]

That's what I've been saying all along, for Christ's sake.

Thank you. However, we're not sure that's required, and it might just end up with people being confused. What's a funny picture? What's a meme? Which goes where? Do I post it in both locations?

 

[Mosh]

Nvm LC beat me to it

 

[Number 6]

Meme dumps are exclusive to the meme thread. Occasional memes are allowed on the funny pictures thread.

This works for me.

 

[LooseCannon]

That style of division often wavers over time and eventually fails, and you end up with two threads that might as well be the same one.

 

[Black Wizard]

There will be a vote of no confidence in @LooseCannon .

Lock him up!

 

[Number 6]

Well, the only other solution I see is to ban memes altogether. Which isn't at all democratic.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

What's a funny picture? What's a meme?

This is the key question.

 

[LooseCannon]

Well, the only other solution I see is to ban memes altogether.

Nobody said that, either. The other option currently on the table is a reasonable restriction on how much gets posted at once.

Which isn't at all democratic.

I mean this in the nicest way, but this isn't a democracy.

 

[LooseCannon]

This is the key question.

No, it's not. I literally don't care if you post a meme that I don't understand. I might ask to understand it, but apparently, that's a bridge too far and me wanting to understand a meme is the equivalent of jackbooted thugs kicking in the door and dragging teenagers, kicking and screaming, away from their digital devices.

Edit: The above post is a joke, using a form of humour called "intentional exaggeration".

 

[Black Wizard]

this isn't a democracy

I guess that's my meme quota used up for the day.

 

[LooseCannon]

@Mosh @Black Wizard So I spent some time at The Koven last night, Ottawa's heavy metal bar. Fantastic food, the best burgers in town. Last night I got nachos, but instead of putting the nachos on tortilla chips, the guy dices actual tortillas, fries them, and then bakes the toppings on top. It's tiny. Apparently when Priest played last year Ritchie Faulker showed up and drank with the patrons until 10 AM the night after! The wall has his signature on it.

We're definitely going.

And yes, they have some vegetarian options.

 

[Mosh]

I just googled it. The food looks incredible.

 

[Number 6]

I mean this in the nicest way, but this isn't a democracy.

Huh. No accountable freedom of speech then?

 

[Black Wizard]

And yes, they have some vegetarian options.

 

[Ariana]

I like how you call burgers and nachos food...

 

[LooseCannon]

Huh. No accountable freedom of speech then?

Are we talking from a legal standpoint? In that case, no. Privately held websites have no actual obligation to protect freedom of speech. However, our guidelines are clearly posted, and we abide by them as best as possible in moderation. That includes the following restrictions on speech: post something openly racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic, you're gone. Threaten violence against members? You're gone. Malicious posting intended to cause savage arguments? Gone.

I like how you call burgers and nachos food...

They are. Greasy, disgusting, delicious pub food.

 

[Number 6]

I like how you call burgers and nachos food...

What do you call it?

 

[JudasMyGuide]

Of course it had to get down to the "definition of meme". For once I roll my eyes with Dawkins, because if "meme" got downgraded to "bunch of photoshopped bullshit that teens giggle at", well...

But first things first. The "authoritarian requirements" (which I also very politely stated to Diesel some time ago and hardly from a position of authority, because I have none here) were not to not use memes or only post "funny" things, but simply don't overdo it with the unfunny "memetic" crap. Or don't overdo it in general, for that matter.
It got heated and the threads got locked.
So there was a meme dump in this thread. Including this.

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Haha, hilarious, you philosopher, you.

Too bad I haven't grown up yet, so I won't have to take the high road. Enough of that.

[Ignore]

Oh, also, the discussion seems to be misguided regarding the fact whether we "understand" the meme or not, because the understanding point was often repeated, for example:

Anyway I’m sorry if I was biting but it didn’t seem like a mere question of “what does this mean” and more like “I don’t get it, your humor sucks”.

I do get (most of) the memes and they still suck. Usually when the meme is funny, it's because of the content (that has just taken the form of a meme and might work as a joke otherwise as well). But simply using a popular meme and expecting to be funny (mainly because the dumb repetition that slips to dadaism is just so hilarious when you're an adolescent) is a very cheap laugh. If it is a laugh at all.

Whatever.

Oh, also

And calling these memes your culture is laughable. Such a grandiose word to describe what is little more than a phase.

This.

Sorry for uncivilised discussion from my part, just had to get this out of my system. I shall not partake from now on.