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dublinben · 4600 days ago · link · · parent · post: This is why you don't fuck with the dark side of memes.
- To their creators, memes featuring real people aren't personal
This is the most accurate analysis of 'the dark side of memes' that you'll ever read. These image macros have nothing to do with their photographic subjects. In almost every other case, the person pictured has been dramatically different than their macro character. The ditsy girl is actually very smart. The lazy freshman is actually hard working. To become defensive and infuriated at finding yourself the subject of an image macro just proves your unfamiliarity with internet culture. Announcing your ignorance to the world will certainly attract personal scorn like nothing else.