• Izzy@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    But nearly 3000 people died on 9/11. For something to be 15 times worse it would imply that 45,000 people died.

    Also this post is not a meme.

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      It’s proportional, as in how much of a spike it is on the countries average daily deaths.

      Not that it matters. It became obvious that using “one 9/11” as a unit of measurement was no longer shocking a few months into 2020.

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      1 year ago

      I love how people who keep trying to police what qualifies as a meme ultimately expose their own lack of understanding of the concept.

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        1 year ago

        The definition of a meme could be anything at all, but that doesn’t seem useful. So I concede that this could be a meme, but it isn’t funny and doesn’t belong here in my humble opinion.

        I’d recommend trying to make some kind of joke with this rather than taking a screenshot of Twitter.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          1 year ago

          It’s not anything at all, it’s a pretty clear definition which is is an idea that spreads within a culture and often carries some symbolic meaning. You seem to be confusing memes with jokes.

  • Ildsaye [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    “Never Forget”, at least not until the empire has cynically wrung the last bit of sympathetic credulity from the last oblivious grillman. 9/11s were never intended to appreciate in value; they are printed to be spent.