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[–] xkbx@startrek.website 42 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago

Fresh yet familiar. This one is solid gold.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Lady yelling at cat is probably my favorite meme ever. I just cannot get enough of it lol

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago

It is also my favorite meme ever. I've got these prints hanging in my dining room:

[–] reptar@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Ooh! I have something I made for you! I remember thinking this was very very funny:

E: ok, not made for you. Something I made, that I want to show you.

[–] dreamkeeper@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It's one of my favorites too but I found out the reality behind it and it's way darker and more depressing than I realized

[–] ElDuderino@lemmus.org 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

What is the reality behind it? I don't watch reality tv.

[–] dreamkeeper@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

There's some info here but not all the details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_yelling_at_a_cat

Basically the woman in the meme was in a season of Real Housewives. She was yelling at someone who was gossiping about her husband being a violent abusive prick. The woman was trying to hide his abuse because she was scared her husband might kill her or their kids if the abuse became public. So she's basically in full flight or fight mode and terrified for her life in the meme picture because this other asshole is outing the abuse in front of everyone.

Her POS husband ended up committing suicide so at least she's safe now though. But it hit me pretty hard to find all of this out because I went through a similar situation with my mom when I was a kid.

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think she doesn't mind the meme.

[–] dreamkeeper@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah and I'm glad she doesn't. However for me it felt different because I always assumed it was some exagerrated reality TV thing and instead it was a life or death scenario that hit close to home.

[–] ElDuderino@lemmus.org 6 points 5 days ago

God damn that is dark. Thank you!

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] ElDuderino@lemmus.org 2 points 5 days ago

Maybe i missed something in the link, but I meant what the poster above means by calling the source depressing.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 11 points 6 days ago

This deal is getting worse all the time!

We would be honored if your meme would join us.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Wtf is up with her mouth/tongue? Looks like a dog mid-yawn with its tongue lolling out

[–] Janx@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

She's melting. Do you know how expensive it is to air-condition those Cloud City buildings!?

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

apparently that's a popular kink nowadays

[–] purrtastic@lemmy.nz 1 points 6 days ago
[–] Godric@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Proof you need to know the rules before you break them

[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Purr I do not alter it furrier.

Hmm, maybe thats too much

[–] gothmog@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago
[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago

More in line with the movie quote would be:

That wasn't part of the meme!

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean, you could alter it further so that it involves Lando…

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I would count a de-alteration as a negative alteration, for the purpose of quantifying how much something has been altered

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago
[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Alter them so much that no one gets them, end memes for good 😊 👍

[–] menas@lemmy.wtf 2 points 6 days ago

this picture is the same picture