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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Cowbee@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

How is this a meme?

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How is this not a meme?

[–] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

sorry, the first time I saw it the image didn't load on my instance, so I thought OP was saying the title text alone was the meme.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago

Oh lol of course not, that contextualizes your confusion lol

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I mean, a purely text post does seem like the type of meme a Marxist would post. Haha

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

Fair, lol

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

We are known for "walls of text".

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 months ago

The gandalf pictures, it's humourously describing the process of pitching Socialism to Americans. Simple.

[–] hexabs@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

You won't get it if you're taking the old bloke and his words at face value.

The meme value comes from the context, being a scene from LOTR.