WholeSomeMemes

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whole·some meme hōl-səm\mēm
A meme that promotes health or well-being of body, mind, and/or soul.

A meme that is pure of heart, devoid of corruption or malice, modest, stable, virtuous, and all-around sweet and compassionate.

A meme that conveys support, positivity, compassion, understanding, love, affection, and genuine friendship by re-contextualizing classic meme formats, and using them to display warmth and empathy.

A meme with no snark or sarcasm that displays genuine human emotion and subverts a generally negative meme to be more positive.

Definition of a meme/memetics A way of describing cultural information being shared.

An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by non genetic means, especially imitation.

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Must be a wholesome meme All posts must be wholesome memes: uplifting, life-affirming, or nice-ing up a rude meme. Photos or screenshots without superimposed text, as well as social media posts, are not memes.
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This includes "Let's get this to the front page!" type posts, "You have been visited by", "people who sort by new", "stop scrolling", Low effort memes include: Skyrim "Wholesome 100", "You're Breathtaking", Thanos "That does put a smile on my face", [happiness noises], Fallout [Everybody liked that], and "Because that's what heroes do". This isn't an exhaustive list, but I think you get the idea!

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Thanks, Grandma! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Something like what you went through would be highly traumatizing, and one of my parents experienced something similar themselves -- the police weren't going to care until a crime was committed (which would be....maybe too late?), and the guy trying to date her wouldn't stop attempting to murder her bf until said bf climbed out of his totaled car with a gun. I've dealt with threats like that a couple times, myself, as well, and I wouldn't intend to make light of it. I'm really not wanting the rest of this to sound like I'm brushing off what you mean.

The offer of service comes off as a turn of phrase to me because it's more often than not, in my personal experience, said in jest. "Your boss won't stop calling you on your day off? Sibling being really annoying in the background? Do you want me to go over to their house and break their legs? I'll break their legs for you."

8 times out of 10, the speaker is using deliberately hyperbolic humor to empathize with someone's frustrations. Which is the thoughtful part. Part of me does wish, jokingly, that I could skin them alive and be done with it, thank you for noticing and agreeing that things are bullshit right now.

Which means to me, personally, having a serious problem with it would, unfortunately, tend to come off like my grandpa going on a rant every time someone said "Kill two birds with one stone" because in his opinion it was "abusive to birds." Technically it is, but it's a turn of phrase. One whose words do not make me more likely to...go out and throw rocks at a pigeon.

It would be very fair to question whether it's the kind of joke one should really be making and whether doing so is linked to an increased propensity for violence. I would wager it is linked, but not by very much? I'm interested in this now, I need a research grant of some sort.. Language is important.

But nevertheless, there is nuance in the intent and the jokingly empathetic meaning seems to be the norm or most of the last two generations would routinely waste the FBI's time.