• AeroLemming@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I have noticed that a lot of leftist memes are just walls of text. Right-wing memes tend to be concise and to the point, often only containing a few short words. They target very different demographics.

    Edit: this was meant to roast the right for being simple-minded, but I worded it poorly.

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      1 year ago

      I think the science actually supports this. Studies have shown leftists tend to be more self-critical and are concerned for the nuances - the “shades of grey”. So their memes must cover more angles of an argument to be effective. Right-wing are more black and white thinking, and don’t question themselves once they make a decision. So their meme’s are straight to the point and simple (and usually so full of logic holes and lacking in comedy that leftists say: “the right can’t meme”).

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      1 year ago

      I’m gonna get vilified for this, but do you mean one side makes memes with sharp commentary and the other makes memes for dumb people?

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        I think they meant that they dont attribute either brevity to the level of not conveying a point effectively or verbosity to the point of eroding interest as being particularly good means of communication.

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          1 year ago

          I mean, leftist memes are sometimes not very funny if they’re too long-winded, but I meant it as a dig at the right.

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      1 year ago

      probably because the right lack reading comprehension :)

      edit: fix typo

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        That’s literally what I’m saying. People seem to have misinterpreted my tone. I was roasting the right, though the irony of being misunderstood here is not lost on me lol.