Re:I'm getting tired of modern meme culture
by allenu on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:34AM
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It’s incredibly frustrating. I find myself paging down as soon as I see a thread turning into memes and jokes, or collapsing whole threads. It made me start to think it would be great if there was a “serious replies only” filter to omit all that stuff.
Re:I'm getting tired of modern meme culture
by chriswarbo on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:25AM
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That's the reason I started reading HN rather than Slashdot :)
Re:I'm getting tired of modern meme culture
by jktogjfnn on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:57AM
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HN is also becoming memefied:
Electron is bad
Nuclear energy is good
Pharma makers of opioids are bad and should be fined out of existence
Drugs are good and should be legalized and available in pharma-grade purity and consistency
Re:I'm getting tired of modern meme culture
by sheepdestroyer on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:30AM
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Not everything is "just your opinion, man".
Every side of an argument can be argued for, so every position ever is equally valid?
It's not because a side of an argument is gaining traction in certain communities, for its own merit as far as I know (I believe in objective truth btw), that this is sufficient for calling that (pejoratively, as your comment feels to me) a "meme".
Re:I'm getting tired of modern meme culture
by baxuz on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:47AM
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HN is slowly becoming the new (old) Reddit in some ways.
What I do get annoyed about, is that even on the more serious subreddits, every comment is just an attempt to meme or make a joke. Try reading /r/worldnews and observe how none of the comments are actually thought out, they're just memes.
Or that even in technical articles, people feel the need to throw 5 meme gifs in there, I just close the article straight away.