The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThere was a time when all memes were image macros like this.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThere was a time when all memes were image macros like this.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoI always saw it as mocking racists, but with the power of hindsight I guess it’s a real Schrödinger’s racist situation.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoAgree. The whole point is to lean into a racist stereotype, and then subvert it.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoDumbasses not understanding irony, same as it ever was
I always saw it as mocking racists, but with the power of hindsight I guess it’s a real Schrödinger’s racist situation.
Agree. The whole point is to lean into a racist stereotype, and then subvert it.
Dumbasses not understanding irony, same as it ever was