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minus-squareQualifiedKitten@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 months agoCould you maybe please explain for those of us who only get half (or none) of it?
minus-squareQualifiedKitten@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months agoThat’s the half I picked up on, but based on the other comments, it seems like there’s something else that I’m missing.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoWell, there’s this. Source: The YouTube video in another comment here.
minus-squareLumunlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 months agoThe pipe comic with Garfield was also likely referencing a famous Magritte painting. The painting is a kind of play on self-reference Meme-ception for sure
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoIt’s an internet meme culture thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_(comic) Particularly, the section “Legacy as an internet meme” is relevant.
Could you maybe please explain for those of us who only get half (or none) of it?
Loss
That’s the half I picked up on, but based on the other comments, it seems like there’s something else that I’m missing.
Well, there’s this. Source: The YouTube video in another comment here.
The pipe comic with Garfield was also likely referencing a famous Magritte painting.
The painting is a kind of play on self-reference
Meme-ception for sure
It’s an internet meme culture thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_(comic)
Particularly, the section “Legacy as an internet meme” is relevant.