• schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Is there a word for memes that totally lack the context of their original images to the point of being opposite the intention of the creator?

    Because I think the next scene is Ledger’s Joker setting that pile of money on fire.

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      6 hours ago

      Yeah, the scene is literally Joker gathering the money to burn it in front of some gang boss to show him that he doesn’t care about the money. I’m guessing OP wanted to say that the CEO is burning money needlessly?

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        6 hours ago

        In that interpretation; the boss just agrees with what his company’s HR is putting out, so it would really be a non-meme…

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      1 day ago

      I could squint a little and make a case that this represents a CEO who is about to spend a shitload of company money on AI (or any anti-human venture) rather than employees.

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            10 hours ago

            Huh. Do you particularly care about movies? I think I’m old enough that movie history (watching the classics) was a pretty common hobby… these days, I guess people are patient gaming and there’s a lot more anime to catch up on, on top of all the scrolling.

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              9 hours ago

              I did watch a lot of movies. Tho not a junkie. I guess watching wizard of Oz is very much an US thingy, I only know it from cartoon series like Simpsons or so.

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                8 hours ago

                It also has some damn good music… somewhere over the rainbow and if I only had a brain are bangers, and Judy Garland was a touchstone for gay boomers…

                Understanding references was part of the draw, too… if I keep seeing a reference to something, I want to watch it. The biggest problem is being unaware that something even is a reference. The Simpsons DVD commentary is eye-opening in that regard.