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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.
An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.
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I don't understand what you are asking. Can you please explain?
That we are pointing out that the lady in the meme may not be perceived as conventionally attractive, when we don't really need to.
Maybe we all feel collectively uncomfortable that we recognise that she is conventionally unattractive and the unfairness of life which leads to feeling cognitive dissonance, and end up expressing it as concern for her or outrage that she's being used in a meme? When the crux of the joke may not really be her appearance, but rather the premise, someone peering into a box with a saccharine smile, photographed from an awkward angle inside the box itself.
I think the meme is funny regardless of who is portrayed as the 'titan'.
Thank you for putting in the time to so thoroughly explain what you meant. I agree completely. This meme would hit the same no matter who it was. And really, if it was a conventionally handsome man, it would likely be more "making fun of his appearance" than it is with this lady. A dude with a chiseled jawline looks way more like a titan physically, and therefore his looks would be more part of the joke.