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[–]ionlysaynigger 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

"nigger"

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[–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

No porn plz

There's only so much I can do by skunkwerx in dankmemes

[–]ANIKAHirsch 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm coming close to taking these measures myself...

where is everybody? by 3asybeat in dankmemes

[–]TheKsist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We're lurking in the shadows.

For real though, having just come from reddit, this place is much more cozy, I guess?

where is everybody? by 3asybeat in dankmemes

[–]3asybeat[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Is there anybody out there out there out there out there

where is everybody? by 3asybeat in dankmemes

[–]3asybeat[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

HELLO hello hello hello

Nice by GreenCappy in dankmemes

[–]astronautrob 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Is one better than the other?

This list is incomplete 👀 ☭ 👀 by GreenCappy in dankmemes

[–]comments 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

It's a joke

no, it's not "just a joke haha I don't actually have any admiration for stalin/hitler/atrocities what could possibly give you that idea." Look I'm sorry if you've gotten caught up in something gross, but it usually isn't just a joke to the people running these scenes, these sorts of things are usually carefully crafted to make them appealing while hiding true purpose (i.e. actual admiration of Stalin.)

How did you get into this stuff? You don't really seem here for dialogue and positive engagement, y'know? Just to push a certain viewpoint? Is this what your friends like? My friends thought showing people those shock images to disturb people was cool back in the day too, but looking back it really was just gross and wrong.

Stalin killed a lot of people, y'know? Horribly? In real life? Like they're actually gone and won't come back, forever, and people loved them?

This list is incomplete 👀 ☭ 👀 by GreenCappy in dankmemes

[–]GreenCappy[S] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

It's a joke, that's why it's on s/memes. But yeah, you're right, I understand that communist jokes aren't funny until everyone gets it.

This list is incomplete 👀 ☭ 👀 by GreenCappy in dankmemes

[–]comments 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Are you actually praising Stalin? Wtf? He was worse than Hitler?

Nice by GreenCappy in dankmemes

[–]GreenCappy[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah sorry for shit posting but at least I'm not saying nazi conspiracy theories like the rest of the people here 😂

Nice by GreenCappy in dankmemes

[–]astronautrob 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Sometimes I wish this site had a down vote button...

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oligarchy had gone unnoticed.

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[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

democracy is so fucking overrated

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's interesting.

I don't disagree.

I can't criticize communism though, as to date it's a complete myth. There hasn't been a communist society that I'm aware of, in any true sense.

They've been labeled (or self labeled) communist though; in the same sense that the US is a capitalist democracy.

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[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

yes, and has been since at least the early 20th century.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The US is fascist?

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[–]sawboss[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You won't convince me Capitalism is evil by criticizing a fascist state.

edit: possibly i misunderstood your intention

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

How familiar are you with "Diogenese the dog"?
This is definitely something he'd do.

He was tried for publicly tearing down.
His defense: if only I could fill my belly, by rubbing it.
Verdict: Not guilty.

What's the harm in a little scrote.

I'm loving this!

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Can you match this list with communist and fascist wars?

:

  • Vietnam (US invaded when it was a capitalist colony of France)
  • Cambodia bombing campaign (the reason for the kmer rouge
  • Laos bombing campaign
  • Korean war
  • Easy Timor
  • Iraq 1
  • Iraq 2
  • Syria
  • Afghanistan
  • Chinese civil war (US supported opposing Independence, created Taiwan)

I only used US campaigns. Feel free to use all other sources.

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[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, most wars are driven by Communism or Fascism. Free Market Capitalism doesn't do well in war.

Edit: The above statement doesn't take into account Imperialism of course. Dead subjects are better addressed by historians.

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[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Are you seriously comparing yourself to Diogenes because we don't want you posting a picture of a scrotum for no reason? LOL. C'mon man.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree what communism was a murderous abomination.

However, comparing it's failings with competing ideologies is a useful intellectual exercise. Could be revealing.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How many wars involved Communists?

How many wars involved the Capitalists?

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[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What philosophy do you think is responsible for the most murderers?

They were Communists. They derived their philosophy of racial purification from European Socialists.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sure.

You didn't answer the question.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Also, I haven't missed the irony of being reported by the mod of s/horror.

This is quite interesting, and could be interpreted in many ways.

I might be the Diogenese of SaidIt.

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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's an upshot picture of a man's scrotum. That's porn lol

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[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They were Communists. They derived their philosophy of racial purification from European Socialists.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What philosophy do you think is responsible for the most murderers?

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[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A neatly organized set of polished bones suggests a level of savage indifference that I find almost incomprehensible.

Agreed. Communism is savage.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is not porn. That is Dank Maximal.

Do you ever wonder why there's no major stigma against scenes of gratuitous violence (piled remains, injured victims, corpses, etc.; which is objectively the worst of human behavior), yet a little too much skin is decried as an obscene crime?

These are obvious examples of unnatural learned behaviors.

Young kids run around their homes naked cause it's fun and they think it's funny.

These same children would naturally recoil in horror from a bloody wound, or exposed viscera.

It's easy to recognize that these are natural behaviors, so any change suggests external pressure to confirm to imposed social values.

Why do you suppose this is? Who perpetuates these ideas, and what is their motivation for doing so?

A neatly organized set of polished bones suggests a level of savage indifference that I find almost incomprehensible.

A bulbous bulging ballsak under a jockstrap is awkard and possibly distressing, but it doesn't hold a candle to the genocided remains (IMHO).

Aren't you the mod of horror? Surely, you can see the hypocrisy... In these current times.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is not porn. That is Dank Maximal.

Do you ever wonder why there's no major stigma against scenes of gratuitous violence (piled remains, injured victims, corpses, etc.; which is objectively the worst of human behavior), yet a little too much skin is decried as an obscene crime?

These are obvious examples of unnatural learned behaviors.

Young kids run around their homes naked cause it's fun and they think it's funny.

These same children would naturally recoil in horror from a bloody wound, or exposed viscera.

It's easy to recognize that these are natural behaviors, so any change suggests external pressure to confirm to imposed social values.

Why do you suppose this is? Who perpetuates these ideas, and what is their motivation for doing so?

A neatly organized set of polished bones suggests a level of savage indifference that I find almost incomprehensible.

A bulbous bulging ballsak under a jockstrap is awkard and possibly distressing, but it doesn't hold a candle to the genocided remains (IMHO).

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[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't understand this response. I don't have any questions.

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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

No porn, please tom

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a photo meme about a 45 yr old underreported Holocaust.

I invite you to help me carry my dank banner.

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[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

But I mean, not even one person got it. You didn't understand it until I explained. That's not good for a meme.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's an unfamiliar image, with a nebulous message.

It wouldn't be dank if everyone got it.

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[–]sawboss[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

is it too meta? i'm sad noone gets the message.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah, I get it now. Dank.

I'm quite familiar with this history. An actual Holocaust.

Yeah, that's what they called it.

However, it was the inverse of communism.

Communism is necessarily bottom up. There are only a handful of bottom up organizations in the 20th century.

I'm not any type of overt xyzist.

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[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

this is cambodia after the communists

During the Khmer Rouge’s period of power, at least 1.5 million Cambodians were killed or died, a monumental tragedy from which the country still suffers.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Khmer-Rouge

https://www.britannica.com/place/Cambodia

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Equity? As in, value?

Or is this an Agenda 21 joke?

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]sawboss[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's an obvious lie.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]alubhorta 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

A new sub appears! by o3c in dankmemes

[–]UmamiTofu 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nice

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[–]o3c[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Done

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[–]UmamiTofu 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Can we make this non-political memes only? s/memes is kinda taken over.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Yes....

Forsake the light....

Give yourself over... TO THE DANK SIDE!!!

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

IMHO it's over the edge.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

What exactly are you suggesting?!? Admittedly, this is far from wholesome, yet...

This could become a SaidIt meme; resplendent... Should you lend your considerable artistic talent to this valiant cause...? 🧙

What say you...? 😎

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's dank but it's not a meme.

So they severed a guy's bald head and stuck it in a jock strap right? Because showing swollen testicles on SaidIt might be against the rules.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Where my bones at?

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That person is a dankster!

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]hlq 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm gonna be honest with you, I would have been perfectly happy never encountering that picture, and will be very happy if I never ever encounter it again. 11/10 pretty dank

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[–]Zombi 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Dank memes typically have more shock value to them. The humor is darker and the jokes cut a bit deeper than normal memes. They also tend to be a bit more abstract, while not full on deepfried they're also not good guy greg.

To further illustrate my point, GGG would be like a glass of o'douls, your meme would be like a regular beer, and deepfried would be like a shot of vodka. I guess the likes of r/ooer would be moonshine or other >130 proof drinks.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]Zombi 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's something alright. Dank? Certainly. Meme? To be determined.

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[–]sawboss[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I'm new to this idea and still trying to figure it out. Did I do it right?

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[–]happysmash27 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Hehe! It's nice to see what actually is a dank meme here, lol!

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]happysmash27 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Perhaps piggybacking on general SaidIt culture could help too, since SaidIt is currently small enough to be about the size of a small sub.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]sawboss[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

https://files.catbox.moe/gkix4b.jpeg

I'm sure you are correct.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]HopeThatHalps 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think "equity in reality" is what ends up happening no matter what.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]sawboss[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It looks to me like a reason to seek medical care.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]sawboss[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

tl;dr my memes are not dank. thank you.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]sawboss[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Someone on Reddit said "At least they gave the green guy two butts" LOL

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Emanuel Macron getting slapped by his Jesuit wife, is a example of a SaidIt dank meme.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

What's with the extra half kid with the green shorts?

There's an unaccounted for victim.

Is this a dank meme? by sawboss in dankmemes

[–]o3c 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Is this a dank meme?

I do not want to gatekeep dank memes here, but these are my thoughts on the "dankness" of a meme:

 

A dank meme can generally be considered to be an inside joke with the internet. This means that a dank meme does not make sense to a person that is not familiar to internet culture.

Also, the "inside joke" factor of a meme can only apply to a specific website / forum / subsaidit, meaning that for people outside the meme will not be relevant.

Because memes are limited to single places, a culture around memes with further inside jokes can evolve.

To give a concrete example for this phenomenon: Over at r/dankmemes there has been the joke that the Duolingo mascot will come to life and punish you in real life instead of only being limited to the push-notifications on mobile, which is evident with the recent posts subjecting the mascot.

 

To come to the point on whether your meme is dank:

No, because it does not feature internet-specific jokes and can be understood by anyone due to this.

But if I am entirely honest, it is also very hard to create memes with an inside jokes when there is not already some prior activity or culture on the site.

Also, the whole idea of s/dankmemes is just a bit piggybacked off of r/dankmemes, which means that users that are not familiar with r/dankmemes will not know what to expect here.

Due to this I encourage everyone to be creative with any images and captions that they can find which are more or less relevant to the recent activity of the sub*, which will sooner or later lead to "dank" memes.

*This does not mean that you can't bring new ideas to the sub.

A new sub appears! by o3c in dankmemes

[–]o3c[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I would say there is a big difference between memes in general and "dank" memes. Today basically any picture with text is labeled as a meme, but that is not what I want here. Rage Comics or advice animals may be considered memes, but they don't offer a lot of possibilities for creativity or different punchlines.

 

An example for a good, or a dank meme would be this.

There is no fixed format (except maybe the image given as reaction), and the punchline is original.

However, advice animals as an example are "beaten to death" in the sense that everyone that knows memes knows what to expect from such a meme, which makes the punchline less effective.

 

TL;DR: original punchlines on more or less recent meme formats

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[–]sawboss 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

What makes a meme "dank", and how will this sub distinguish itself from /s/memes?

meme formats that have been beaten to death already

So basically the opposite of /r/memes?