onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.worldcake to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoWhy are most memes on Lemmy from 5-10 years ago?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareWhy are most memes on Lemmy from 5-10 years ago?onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.worldcake to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
I’m glad people are active, but why are the most upvoted memes things from years ago? Bots? Users desperate for content?
minus-squarePirky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up83·8 months agoI believe it started out as a joke to post ancient memes. And then it just took off and people kept posting them. That and like most other people said: on average there are older people here, so they relate to the memes of yore.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·8 months agoYeah, I might be to blame for some of that shit. I started !antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world a few months ago, then it blew up and started covering c/all, then it spread like herpes to the other meme communities. Shit has died way down since that one weird week.
minus-squareSabata11792@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20·8 months ago on average there are older people here, so they relate to the memes of yore. Old memes remind me of when I had the normal amount of sad and existential dread.
I believe it started out as a joke to post ancient memes. And then it just took off and people kept posting them.
That and like most other people said: on average there are older people here, so they relate to the memes of yore.
Yeah, I might be to blame for some of that shit. I started !antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world a few months ago, then it blew up and started covering c/all, then it spread like herpes to the other meme communities.
Shit has died way down since that one weird week.
thank you for your service 🫡
Old memes remind me of when I had the normal amount of sad and existential dread.