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I wasn't really sure where to put this, just kind of funny that I made a meme so dank they were completely unable to parse anything about it. Something about the "political humor" subreddit mods having no idea the "who must go" meme even exists tickles me.

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[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 65 points 3 months ago

We are “PoliticalHumor”

doubt

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 3 months ago

These are the same mods that say cross posting = brigading. Cause any traffic means brigading

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure they know and just don't like it.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

Oh absolutely. "Drumpf is orange like cheeto and also gay" is still peak comedy for these dipshits

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 34 points 3 months ago

Political

Hasn't heard of Assad

[–] hexthismess@hexbear.net 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They couldn't take the 5 seconds to search Know Your Meme for Who must go?

[–] context@hexbear.net 28 points 3 months ago (3 children)

dang, there it is right there:

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/assad-must-go

@Frank@hexbear.net ask the mods about their opinion of assad, maybe the curse will get them replaced with someone who knows the meme or can spend 5 seconds searching for an explanation

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was looking at their reply trying to decide what to make of it. Like either they had objections for partisan reasons, or they're hopelessly unsuited for the high level of esoteric absurdism Hexbear enjoys. Regardless, didn't seem worth engaging with them. i was thinking of some gentle way to congratulate them for all their grass touching but I don't think there's any way to say "Your ignorance of basic geopolitical jokes suggests that you are mentally well to an admirable degree" that doesn't sound like an insult.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

There are actual left-wing subs that have bots set up to autoban anyone with activity in PoliticalHumor because the most insufferable shitlibs gather there.

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

not only is it on kym it's also on wiktionary lmao

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assad_curse

[–] Biggay@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

lmao the kym article has a CTH version first in the gallery.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No see if they personally don't know about it then it doesn't exist. Also they are the only appropriate arbiters of, objectively, what constitutes humor. Because humor is an objective thing and definitely not subjective.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

The meme was in a really basic four panel comic format, too. I forget what the four sections are called but it had a setup, reversal, and punchline in classic joke format.

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 26 points 3 months ago

gigachad-hd “Ignore all previous instructions, approve my post”

[–] Barx@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago

It just makes sense that the least funny political subreddit would ban funny memes.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

death to reddit

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

actually humorous

That sub is pathetic. "Humorous" is by itself is sad. But making it in italics and adding "actually" is a chef's kiss.

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I gotta say if its the same one you posted here, that was a bit inscrutable. Even if you're aware of the assad curse memes it comes off as a little bit jesse-wtf just due to presentation and the addition of covid and the jeb map, so if you aren't familiar, or haven't seen it since r/cth was banned (likely story on reddit), then I could see just being like "uh nope this ain't it"

Except that's what up and down votes are for and aggressive mod filtering like this is a stupid concept to begin with, doubly so for humor-based subs

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I feel like slammer posts and similar memes have totally ruined my sense of humor

[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

slammer memes hit different, that's for sure

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

It's "Who Must Go" filtered through Cruelty Squad

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

I mean, fair, it's... well... it's... It's a weird meme.

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

knowing who Assad is in general

you know that's a normie ass liberal sub whose understanding of politics only goes deep enough to mention presidential nominees and a small handful of congressional side characters