• OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
    271·
    7 months ago

    I would have upvoted a red pill meme.

    But I did upvote this blue pill one that somehow means the same thing…

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    • InfynisEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      Any instance that’s been defederated is the control

  • halvar@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    7 months ago

    Yes, but this is by definition a meme. A placebo meme would be something that looks like a meme but has no joke in it. Anything circa 2017 should do.

      • halvar@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        Picture an image with an explanation of said image written on it. That’s the anti-meme.

        It becomes an anti-meme, by “misunderstanding” the fundamental nature of memes. Like explaining what is happening on the image, instead of reframing it with new text.

        Now picture any random image, with any random text. That’s the placebo.

        A placebo-meme is something that doesn’t have any intent of being funny, in fact it has no way of becoming funny (other then trough irony). So yes, those 2017 memes are not placebos, because an inside-joke was already in place, making them “funny” for the intended audiance.

        With the current state of memes it became hard to actually construct a placebo, since anything not even remotely funny, something containing absolutely no trace of humor could still be picked up as a “senseless joke”.

        Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

  • Malgas@beehaw.orgEnglish
    10·
    7 months ago

    There’s also the nocebo meme, where you show someone a regular meme and tell them it’s a shitpost.

  • Treczoks@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    7 months ago

    Well, if normal placebos don’t work, try Placebo Forte+ with three times the amount of active ingredients!

  • oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish
    5·
    7 months ago

    I made myself blind before voting to improve the result quality. I hope you are also blind op.