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GenZ memes are much different to the venerable lolcat/Scumbag Steve format. They are often wackier and absurdist as opposed to pop-culture-referential. They're
by hnzix 5y ago
GenZ memes are much different to the venerable lolcat/Scumbag Steve format. They are often wackier and absurdist as opposed to pop-culture-referential. They're self-referential. It's not wrong it's just different.
There's also a lot more people trying to meme who are really awkward at it - see every Minions meme ever.
- greatwave1 5y ago>There's also a lot more people trying to meme who are really awkward at it - see every Minions meme ever. There's nothing awkward about those wacky tic tacs! https://www.reddit.com/r/WackyTicTacs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WackyTicTacs/
- no_time 5y agoI wouldve just linked to https://www.reddit.com/r/ReallyWackyTicTacs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ReallyWackyTicTacs/ if it wasnt banned already but we are talking about nu-reddit here. :/
- coldtea 5y agoEvery Minion meme I've seen looks like it was done by a boomer or Gen Xer...
- PeterisP 5y agoThere are lots of even older memes that were fully self-referential. For example, if a forum question got in response an ascii-art homage to the goatse shock site, I would also label that as absurdist/wacky subculture self-reference meme, and that predates the lolcat/Scumbag Steve memes by something like 10+ years.