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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days ago

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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days ago
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    Imagine going through all the trouble of pulling this stunt off, just to find out that the only thing it really did for society is to give it a new meme template.

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      Well, if you’re gonna go through all that trouble, don’t unveil the world’s most useless fucking sign. They deserve to be a meme.

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        Yeah… a message of peace? Super lame.

        Don’t they know promoting hatred and violence is what all the cool kids are into now?

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          And what impact do you think that had? Real impact. Nothing? Is that what you guessed? Because you’re right!

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            What impact do messages of hatred towards your enemies have?

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              What impact have messages of “love vs power” ever had on society?

              I think… none.

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                Again, what impact do messages of hatred towards your enemies have?

                It’s possible flying a banner on a big building won’t have any impact no matter what message you put on it. Do you really think people would change their view on any issue because of a slogan on a flag?

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                  I think people are smarter than you, yes.

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            Right?!

            They should post stupid stuff online for fun instead! That makes a real difference!

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              Well they started a meme. So I guess that’s something.

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        The vapidness of the original message is what makes the memes work.

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          Agreed

      • sbv@sh.itjust.works
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        It was a pretty shit sign.

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        It was made for a proposal

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        I do wonder what kind of sign would be ‘useful’, though.

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          Eat at Joe’s Free coffee between 9 and 11

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            I’d buy that for a dollar!

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          Almost anything.

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            [X] to doubt.

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              Not how that works.

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      Their “stunt” was an ad for their netflix special. They are also sponsored by an energy drink comoany. They had the observation deck cleared and stuff.

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      What is the story behind this new meme format?

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        https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/01/us/empire-state-building-banner

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          For anybody also having a hard time reading that partially folded flag, or finding the text within the 1000 words article, it’s this:

          “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace”

          Agreed with the other comment, that’s the most useless sign ever.

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            Even more useless was celebrating their engagement that way. My wife and I just posted about it on Facebook and went out for burgers or something.

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              Just a couple of attention-whores doing attention-whore things.

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                The whole point of social media is to be an attention whore. You’re on social media right now.

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                  Shh!

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                Yeah, but who doesn’t post to Facebook occasionally?

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                  Me!

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      But they probably had some really hot self-aggrandizing sex in jail afterwards to celebrate their engagement

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