this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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There are dedicated communities for that type of content. What is not there is a sizeable (or any at all) meme community without it.

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I totally see this side, however the last time this came up we did a big community discussion about it in which people discussed their different definitions of a "meme" (many argued it includes shared humorous screenshots, and many argued that memes are limited to image macros), but the majority thought that this kind of stuff was fair game and/or didn't want the added restriction.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I remember that discussion, I kicked it off. However, a. memes like this here still get more up- than downvotes and b. I still don't like those posts so I will post memes like this when I feel sm-screenshot posts are rising in numbers too much and c. there is still no community to go to for people who don't want such posts in their meme community.

That's all totally fine, of course. And voting on the content you want to see is why we have the voting system. If community opinion changes, we can always change stuff.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

ty sir, at least someone is true to their principals around here, if people need reminding of what a meme is the image in the heading seems pretty clear:

But tbh I'm just happy there's no politics in this sub, it must be like 1 of 2 that don't feature the American president or some form of activism

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I don't care about any head of school though, I graduated almost fifteen years ago now.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 18 points 6 hours ago

I'll probably post a screenshot of this later.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 11 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

Hard agree. Screenshots of a text-only social media post are not 'memes' and have no place in a meme community.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago

Most shit on this community is not a meme

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

What you say is indisputable but every time I've ever said the same thing, it's weirdly disputed.

[–] grranibal@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 hours ago

Thank you for your work o7

[–] Snowman_sir@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Same for video of a video in shorts.

[–] inari@piefed.zip -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

My man here fighting for the real causes

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago

I'm sorry, I didn't know you could only speak on things @inari@piefed.zip considers worthy topics.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world -5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

(It was a joke at those who know what a meme is as well as they know what POV means, often the two crossing over in the same post)

Did just get a great shitpost idea, though...

Nobody:

POV we are not the same:
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It's the trifecta of attrocities.