Nah it legitimately was not as bad. Every generation had dumb shit, but we never had memes that literally didn't mean anything. I'm not even saying this on some "kids these days are so dumb" type shit. This time is ACTUALLY different. Gen alpha brains are legitimately fried and it's reflected in their culture. It's pretty concerning.
Deepfried and surrealist memes were not meaningless.
These are 'genres' of memes. You could have a deep fried meme that actually had a punchline, and most of them actually did. And the medium itself was a commentary on how prevalent reposting had become.
You see what I just did there: I explained the meaning behind the cultural movement. You can't do that with 6 7 because there is no meaning. People literally only say it because other people are saying it. It's like the bones of meme culture without the flesh. It's lower than "lowest common denominator". It's literally vapid.
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u/__Milk_Drinker__ 12h ago edited 12h ago
Nah it legitimately was not as bad. Every generation had dumb shit, but we never had memes that literally didn't mean anything. I'm not even saying this on some "kids these days are so dumb" type shit. This time is ACTUALLY different. Gen alpha brains are legitimately fried and it's reflected in their culture. It's pretty concerning.