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Star Wars Memes

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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.

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Other universes to visit:

!lotrmemes@midwest.social

!tenforward@lemmy.world

Separatist systems:

!prequelmemes@lemmy.world

Oh hey some real SW content for a change (perhaps):

!star_wars@lemmy.world

!starwars@lemmy.ml

!starwarstelevision@lemmy.world

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IMPORTANT

Please do not post the "good friend" or similar copypasta

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Our galactic citizens have requested more specific rules, so here are a few.

The general idea is, if you're looking here for rules, you're probably someone who doesn't need to have them spelled out. You're fine. But anyway:

  1. This is a community for Star Wars memes. This means typically screenshots of Star Wars media with some text or context that's meant to be funny and/or thoughtful. All SW media is welcome: movies, games, comic books, fanart... Other kinds of content, like video links or meta memes (about this community, or Lemmy), are fine as well, just keep it on topic.

  2. We are all friends here, and love (sometimes love to hate) Star Wars. Be nice to each other.

  3. As fans of fictional media, we can be passionate. If you very strongly disagree with something or someone, take a deep breath before reacting. Anger leads to the dark side!

  4. Everything in Star Wars has happened a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, and it's a rich universe of millions of words and millions of years of history. So current Earthly matters really shouldn't concern us here. In other words, leave politics, philosophies and convictions behind the door. This applies even if it's about something related to Star Wars.

  5. Original content is preferred. Reposts are fine, just please limit to a maximum of 3 per day, per citizen. It is recommended, but not required, to mark original memes as (OC) and reposts as (repost).

  6. Local mods are the Jedi council. They may take actions that are necessary to maintain peace and stability of the Republic, even beyond the rules outlined here. Follow their guidance.

  7. Regular rules of the Lemmy.world instance apply.

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The bride-price was minimal. After all, Obi-Wan is The Negotiator.

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dowry comes from the bride's side, bride price comes from the groom's.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What historical conditions resulted in money flowing one way vs the other?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I didn't know, so I googled it - wiki says

Dowries exist in societies where capital is more valuable than manual labor. For instance, in Middle Ages Europe, the family of a bride-to-be was compelled to offer a dowry — land, cattle and money — to the family of the husband-to-be.[citation needed]

Bridewealth exists in societies where manual labor is more important than capital. In Sub-Saharan Africa where land was abundant and there were few or no domesticated animals, manual labor was more valuable than capital, and therefore bridewealth dominated. In Eastern Europe, the bride's family is compensated for their loss of a worker.[citation needed]

An evolutionary psychology explanation for dowry and bride price is that bride price is common in polygynous societies which have a relative scarcity of available women. In monogamous societies where women have little personal wealth, dowry is instead common since there is a relative scarcity of wealthy men who can choose from many potential women when marrying.[4]

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know if it is the context messing with me or what, but General Grievous looks like he has doe eyes here.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Nah his face has been messed with. Those four tooth like things where his mouth should be don't curve into a smile like that so I'm sure the rest of his face was changed.

[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Bet it's a kyber crystal.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I see he chose a diplomatic wedding instead of violence, and I thought he would be to afraid of politics.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who will stand up during the wedding to object?

[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 2 points 1 month ago

This General Reposti is so old it speak words out of order.