• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    what’s really fun, is they put the red circle UNDER anakin’s profile pic thingy.

    that’s a lot of effort.

    • queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      I love meme archeology. Someone posted the original meme to facebook, someone else made the comment, a third person then applied the red circle and reposted the meme + comment as a new image, then a fourth person added Anakin. Like peeling an onion.

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          I don’t know about requiring a group, it’s more that this image evolved into its current state by being passed through several hands, each with their own twist on the image. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that we’re seeing it surface in a Star Wars comm presently and the addition of Anakin seems to be the most recent component. I imagine these are the kinds of hallmarks that future historians will look at when analyzing how memes of the current era evolved.