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minus-squareIndiBrony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 days agoIt started off with something like "People say: X Object in meme says: y!" Someone made a meme saying "Nobody: Object in meme says: y" And it was amusing Then EVERYONE did it and now you might as well not even have the top part anymore. Example of original style:
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoBut what does Nobody: mean? How does it relate to the second part of the meme? Why is it funny??? I’m still confused.
minus-squareMediumGraylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-23 days agoIt is terribly worded, so it’s unnecessarily confusing and unclear, but it means ‘nobody says (or does) anything’, thus indicating that the second action is unprompted.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThank you. I’m getting some slightly different answers here though so I wonder if everyone even agrees on what this means.
minus-squaresomethingp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoI agree with medium gray’s interpretation
minus-squareruk_n_rul@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoNobody followed by blank means that nobody else is saying, doing, or thinking of whatever the last subject is doing
minus-squareHammocks4All@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoAs far as I understand it’s supposed to mean the whatever thing is uncalled for.
It started off with something like
"People say: X
Object in meme says: y!"
Someone made a meme saying
"Nobody:
Object in meme says: y"
And it was amusing
Then EVERYONE did it and now you might as well not even have the top part anymore.
Example of original style:
But what does Nobody: mean? How does it relate to the second part of the meme? Why is it funny??? I’m still confused.
It is terribly worded, so it’s unnecessarily confusing and unclear, but it means ‘nobody says (or does) anything’, thus indicating that the second action is unprompted.
Thank you. I’m getting some slightly different answers here though so I wonder if everyone even agrees on what this means.
I agree with medium gray’s interpretation
Nobody followed by blank means that nobody else is saying, doing, or thinking of whatever the last subject is doing
As far as I understand it’s supposed to mean the whatever thing is uncalled for.