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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Cowbee@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

How is this a meme?

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How is this not a meme?

[–] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

sorry, the first time I saw it the image didn't load on my instance, so I thought OP was saying the title text alone was the meme.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago

Oh lol of course not, that contextualizes your confusion lol

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean, a purely text post does seem like the type of meme a Marxist would post. Haha

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago

Fair, lol

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago

The gandalf pictures, it's humourously describing the process of pitching Socialism to Americans. Simple.

[–] hexabs@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

You won't get it if you're taking the old bloke and his words at face value.

The meme value comes from the context, being a scene from LOTR.