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pizzasoda66 Since: Dec, 2015

Mar 4th 2024 at 4:56:22 PM •••

"Since nearly every meme gets discredited to at least some degree over time, In-Universe and Creator-Acknowledged Examples Only."

Shouldn't that make this trope a Trivia one and not YMMV?

GoodNewsEvry1 Since: Feb, 2019

Sep 28th 2019 at 5:53:17 PM •••

Shouldn't we add Dead Meme as an alternate title?

Mewt Since: Mar, 2012

Jun 7th 2012 at 2:07:43 AM •••

Good rule of thumb is if it's shown on Reddit, the meme is already dead.

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StarSword Since: Sep, 2011

Jun 28th 2013 at 6:12:28 PM •••

Cracked seems to think that it's dead when it winds up on network television.

DracoKanji Since: Jan, 2011

Jul 19th 2012 at 11:18:48 AM •••

Holy crap, I wrote the Know Your Meme "Family Guy Effect" article. Hot dog.

AmazingLagann The Storyteller Since: Jan, 2012

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Jan 4th 2012 at 8:04:55 AM •••

I used to make arrow to the knee tropes. But then it became a discredited meme. I mean, even in places it shouldn't belong it pops up. Like... as if people know it's not even funny, but are determined to put it on every You Tube comments section they can.

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yunatwilight Since: Jan, 2001

Mar 27th 2011 at 9:58:10 AM •••

"Yadda yadda yadda" pothole to Seinfeld removed. Not the origin of the phrase or even the codifier — it was already Yiddish common parlance before Jerry Seinfeld was BORN.

asterselene Since: Sep, 2009

Dec 2nd 2010 at 4:11:24 PM •••

If you want to stop people opening edit just to edit it, isn't it better to just change the caption entirely? Or make a hottip, Don't Explain the Joke aside - because most don't even get the joke.

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DragonQuestZ Since: Jan, 2001

Dec 2nd 2010 at 9:37:34 PM •••

No, the editing was from those that did get one joke, but not that they weren't supposed to follow it.

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R.G. Since: Jan, 2001

Jul 8th 2010 at 12:02:37 AM •••

Yep,Candle Jack is on its way to becoming a Discredited Meme, if it isn't already.

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AlirozTheConfused Since: May, 2010

Aug 30th 2010 at 7:01:18 PM •••

But Batman Being Badass is even more of a discredited meme. We need a different picture.

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R.G. Since: Jan, 2001

Aug 30th 2010 at 7:03:50 PM •••

Do we?

DragonQuestZ Since: Jan, 2001

Aug 31st 2010 at 4:32:26 AM •••

No, that's not an argument. The page requires a work declaring the meme discredited.

Plus that's not the joke everyone's sick of. It's Batman being able to beat anyone.

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MrDeath Since: Aug, 2009

Sep 6th 2010 at 12:31:48 PM •••

Says you. "Everyone" isn't sick of it, and hell, I'd use that picture as evidence to that fact. The artist, at least, is much more sick of the Candle Jack thing than Batman being Badass, as would be whoever put it on the page, etc.

So I wouldn't throw those "everyone"s around for something that's clearly contested.

DragonQuestZ Since: Jan, 2001

Sep 6th 2010 at 1:35:28 PM •••

Or, Batman being badass is actually being part of the comics, not a meme, so it can't even count here.

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