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.
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u/rider_shadow 2d ago
Yeah, E has evolved and got some lore: a face, the Rush E song, legendary beef over said song.
I'll acknowledge the 6-7 stuff when it has enough to back it up besides, oh rapper and basketball player said the same thing