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What's a macro?
by drb91 8y ago
What's a macro?
- astura 8y agohttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/image-macros https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/image-macros "The term "image macro" was first coined in Something Awful[2] in 2004. In the forums, users could summon a number of default image macros using simple commands like [img – macro], for example, timelines, "Aces!" and "Captain Obvious to the Rescue!" images. The name is derived from the computer scientific definition of a macro: a rule or pattern that specifies how a certain input sequence should be mapped to an output sequence according to a defined procedure. The earliest definition of an image macro was submitted by SomethingAwful forum user Eclipse[3] on February 12th, 2004."
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- drb91 8y agoBut image "macro" memes are far older than the internet--consider the classic cat meme, 'Hang in there!': https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51TQ1YdQYNL._SL500_AC_SS350_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51TQ1YdQYNL... Hell, you could consider print advertising to be a form of image "macros". We need a better name that is descriptive or at least doesn't sound so abstract and far removed from the virality/humor aspect.