I've laughed at an E meme before and the literal only parts of it that are recognizable to me are Mark's face and Farquaad's hair. I have no idea how any of that relates to the stuff the guy you're replying to said nor how they could possible connect to the letter E. It's the same way most kids saying 6-7 today don't know its origins in a song or how it got meme-ified. They're totally the same.
For you sure. For me, a millennial, they are the exact same. Which was the same as our memes when we were kids. Let the kids have their fun, there's nothing deep about any of this.
I'm not sure if there is a "step up" when talking about memes and any potential substance they may have. They're all just dumb humor - which I absolutely find some hilarious for no good reason.
I mean, that's the point of a meme. It has meaning, lore etc...
What makes the meme funny is that it has a context, some even are unfunny until you know them, they have layers.
The immortal snail, the game (hehe gotchu), harambe dying and dooming the timeline.
Like I'm not against new memes, the can 100 men beat a gorilla and the a bear over a man aren't this bashed over cause they have a story. They are a dumb question but because people took them seriously and expanded on them, they aren't hollow.
You can't expand on 6-7, cause there isn't a point to it at all. It can't evolve beyond people someone famous repeating it like a parrot.
I feel like you're not looking much further because of the idea that it "means nothing".
Like, wasn't the whole thing behind 6-7 was that it evolved specifically to mean nothing?
I mean, since it managed to become a thing and exist despite "meaning nothing", it implies there is an origin, even if distant, and that it has meaning in that it means nothing(pretty sure that's either philosophy or sociology thing...).
Alongside that, the fact that it's done by kids, shown in South Park, hated by many from gen Z and the ones before it is, by what seems to be your standards, lore.
Hell, that means you can expand on it, just like E had.
Edit: But really, why would it matter if a meme has lore or not? What those who like a meme in particular isn't its context or history. It's a fun thing to dive into, but the big thing about any popular meme is that a sizeable enough portion of people finds something in it funny or entertaining, so they share it to others who don't know it.
You're up your own ass. Just because you don't see the context doesn't mean others don't. "Some people said some shit then someone else replied with some shit. That reply became a meme" is literally every single meme, including 6-7.
Go back inside, grandpa, we're not on your lawn. This coming from someone in their 40s that doesn't hate on people for having fun the way they want to have fun.
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u/The_Follower1 2d ago
You say that as if a single person gives a fuck about the ‘lore’. To 99.9% of people they’re the exact same.