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Meme improvement rule

3 years ago by FakeGreekGirl to c/196

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brbposting 87 points 3 years ago

(Bluesky post is registration-walled and registration is invite only)

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FakeGreekGirl 20 points 3 years ago

Thanks. I didn't realize Bluesky wouldn't show the images to unregistered viewers

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dukk 4 points 3 years ago

Some posts work, but you can limit your account visibility to logged in users.

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FartsWithAnAccent 60 points 3 years ago

Nope, I won't be changing your mind because you are correct.

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colin 51 points 3 years ago

Crowder says stupid words specifically designed to provoke a reaction from people.

196ers react to it.

we had a phrase for how to respond to this type of person/provocation, back in the day. something about food and trolls... but it's long forgotten 😐️

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Isoprenoid 32 points 3 years ago

I always preferred the "bait" analogy when describing these tactics.

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zarkanian 25 points 3 years ago

It's the same analogy originally. The verb "troll" means "To fish for by trailing a baited line from behind a slowly moving boat".

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thatsTheCatch 14 points 3 years ago

oh shit I never realised that. I always thought it meant like the ogre kind of troll

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starman2112 11 points 3 years ago

I can assure you he has genuine fans who don't see what he does as trolling

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quams69 2 points 3 years ago

Seriously, I grew up on sm forums where people would constantly say don't feed the trolls. Shame society at large didn't get the memo

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pulaskiwasright 48 points 3 years ago

The original meme was mocking him, but just like the Chuck Norris memes, people will be too stupid to realize that.

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everett 61 points 3 years ago

The vast majority of people have no idea who he is. That doesn't make them stupid.

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uriel238 20 points 3 years ago

I, for one, encountered the meme before I learned it was Crowder. Now I'm glad to have a Calvin version.

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olutukko 8 points 3 years ago

Exactly. I read this meme and thought "who the fuck is he" googled his name, and saw the meme template I have seen million times without ever even stopping to think who the guy is

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pulaskiwasright 2 points 3 years ago

They aren’t stupid. The people who think that this meme is pointing out how smart the person sitting at the table are stupid.

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quams69 3 points 3 years ago

It's not stupidity though right? It's poes law. People simply can't tell what is or isn't satire; is the funny looking guy at the desk smart? Dumb? Arrogant? There's no way to tell if you don't know who he is (most people don't pay attention to losers like crowder) so people have to make a base assumption based on their already existing perceptions.

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root_beer 3 points 3 years ago

The Chuck Norris memes originated on SomethingAwful as Vin Diesel memes anyway but that was almost twenty years ago so nobody is going to remember that

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lakemalcom10 2 points 3 years ago

Plenty of people have stairs in their house

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LodeMike 35 points 3 years ago

This is better

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BillDaCatt 25 points 3 years ago

So that's what that guy's name is! Never knew before. Thanks!

Still don't really know who he is. Also don't care.

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Mint 28 points 3 years ago

A piece of shit who's right-wing grifter

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Nutteman 25 points 3 years ago

Also abused his ex-wife! Real classy, fella.

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Gormadt 20 points 3 years ago

And has come out against the concept of divorce because his wife divorced him

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SkyezOpen 14 points 3 years ago

Also crossdresses to own the libs. Like a lot.

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Tinidril 1 point 3 years ago

Redundant

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starman2112 6 points 3 years ago

He played Brain on Arthur, not sure what else he did after that tho

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JoMiran 25 points 3 years ago

Sold and saved.

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caseyweederman 24 points 3 years ago

Neither does Drake. The Geordie LaForge one is just better, anyway.

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Donkter 11 points 3 years ago

Isn't this still the meme format? Just without the original picture?

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thatsTheCatch 30 points 3 years ago

Yes it's an alternative for the same format, just minus Stephen Crowder. The post is saying that Stephen Crowder doesn't deserve to be the meme format and so uses Calvin instead

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Donkter 3 points 3 years ago

No, it says Steven Crowder doesn't deserve a meme format. His image doesn't have to be in a meme for it to be his format.

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thatsTheCatch 4 points 3 years ago

The title of the post is "Meme improvement rule," which implies that this format is improved when Crowder is replaced by Calvin. The OP also provides a template for the Calvin version of the meme.

This leads me to believe that the post is saying that this version is not Stephen Crowser's meme format. Stephen Crowder may have pioneered the format, but it has been reclaimed by Calvin, and this specific meme format with Calvin is no longer Stephen Crowder's

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Donkter 1 point 3 years ago

I understand what the meme is trying to say. I'm saying that I don't think it succeeded. I don't think this is different enough to not still be the Stephen Crowder format.

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fhqwgads 6 points 3 years ago

Is being a meme template a good thing?

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brbposting 9 points 3 years ago

How’s it feel?

But really: it’ll lead to “origin of [meme]” searches which will lead to some number of people consuming the guy’s content.

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fhqwgads 11 points 3 years ago

Mid tbh.

But really: true. I guess I associate this meme with clowning on him but it doesn't get used that way as much now, and Calvin is probably better because of that.

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ook_the_librarian 1 point 3 years ago

The people clowning on him were posting "I have a bad idea I'm willing to defend."

This became indistinguishable from Chowder fans posting "I have a bad idea I'm willing to defend" but their shenanigans are cruel and tragic.

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joyjoy 6 points 3 years ago

Change my mind: $5

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Honytawk 5 points 3 years ago

Using it like that will not help.

It gives a different meaning to the original, so it becomes a different meme.

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Mr_Blott 4 points 3 years ago

99% of the planet doesn't know who you're talking about and doesn't care, you can't change my mind cos it's true

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ook_the_librarian -2 points 3 years ago

So 99% shouldn't mind when we switch to this. The other 1% like Chrouder. This is easy.

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aaaa 4 points 3 years ago

Because the entire "Change my mind" thing came from a Crowder stunt, I don't feel like this is a whole lot better.

Don't get me wrong, Calvin in a Crowder meme is better than Crowder in a Crowder meme. But I think we should lose the "Change my Mind" bit entirely.

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ook_the_librarian 11 points 3 years ago

Good luck putting that genie in a bottle.

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ArmokGoB 3 points 3 years ago

Nah, let's keep making fun of people for saying stupid shit.

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can 2 points 3 years ago

Bill Waterson wouldn't like this so that's a pass from me.

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caseyweederman 13 points 3 years ago

Ehhhhhh. I won't follow you there.
A) what he didn't like was crass commercialization, something guaranteed to ultimately subvert his intent and integrity. Nobody's making money off of this and nobody would mistake it for coming from Watterson himself. I'd be against selling this on a t-shirt... but not a single-run personal-use silkscreen.
B) I'm not worried about this hurting his feelings.

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