I see this. There was another thread today where people were discussing if stuff like this counts as a “meme” or if it’s off topic for this page. I’ll be making a pinned post for community input tomorrow about a potential new rule. Stay tuned.

I see a bit of both sides being argued in the comments here. We don’t have a clear rule about this atm, so removals have been inconsistent and case-by-case, often based on reports.

Maybe I’ll start and pin a discussion thread about this during the week (when we’ll get the most eyes on it) and see what the wider community wants, and if desired, maybe we can come up with a rule wording that isn’t too restrictive, but removes stuff that genuinely feels “off topic” for a memes page.

This didn’t have such a wholesome outcome for Cricket.

Isn’t this P3?

I think it’s the harsh consonant sounds. I’m not a linguist and am sure there’s some term for it, but it seems like we identify words in English more from the distinct “framing” of the consonants and are more flexible about hearing variations in how the vowel sounds in between are pronounced.

For example, it’s the same reason that whispering (which largely takes out tone/pitch of vowel sounds) is super easy in English, but more difficult in some other languages.

Piefed has been going slow for me for the past week. Not sure why, so I just swapped back here for a few days and will try again soon.

It was just so much simpler then. Aside from the viruses.

Well that’s much better

They’re angry and sent me a DM suggesting I was either paid $7000 and/or am a nazi if I saw anything to do with politics in this meme. You be the judge.

It could be a bit of both, but in general I recognized after a certain point that the only one affected by my stress level is me, not the thing in the news. I’d also credit having a career where you have to get really good at controlling what you let affect you.

Yeah, I still think the criticisms of Bush were valid, but I’m so much more cool-headed as a person now that the difference in my response feels incongruent. Political news doesn’t take an emotional toll on me like it used to, even though I objectively disagree with modern politicians more.

I can read this as either: AI allows anyone to code their own stuff.

Or

AI is hogging all the million dollar ideas.

Seriously. I was at the right age to be much more politically intense back then and absolutely despised Bush.

Now, I almost feel bad about it after witnessing the last 20 years of politics.

It was for brevity and clarity. People are very familiar with hearing “OCD” used casually, but “NPD” would have sounded too specific and clinical compared to “narcissistic” as a character trait.

The joke is leaning more on the OCD/narcissistic characteristics of Patrick Bateman than the murdery part. Like, having a ridiculously tedious self-care routine due to vanity (or self-consciousness, take your pick).

I did some searching and I’m seeing 1937 and 1938, so yeah, that’s probably about right.

It looks real, and the follow-up gets weirder.

A quick search found the following panels here, if anyone is interested:

Go for it! I stole this anyway.

Gotcha, sorry. I’ll hold off on posting reddit screenshots here.