• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        7 hours ago

        Wild. Thanks for the explanation.

        The pope-arms follow the people-orientation in the original comic. I’m imagining the evolution of this meta meme and how twisted it must’ve been. It’s like The Game but darker.

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      10 hours ago

      The guys waving are most recent four popes. I have no idea how it relates to the comic, but other people in this thread seem to see a strong connection.

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          7 hours ago

          I see it now, but… Maybe there’s a specific meme subculture that I just missed somehow. I think if there were a meta here that I was familiar with, I’d see it as funny. But, this is all new to me so it’s just /shrug.

          For the content that got me to understand it, it was the one with the original, but then the lines right next to it.

          What an age we live in.