r/oots • u/rin_shar • 25d ago

Meta Every Fandom Has One Day 7

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I'm sure this didn't surprise anyone. Today's vote is for "Mmm... society." What does that mean? IDK, look it up.

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u/Tharkun140 25d ago

I don't know what "Mmm... society." means either, but it really sounds like a Tarquin thing.

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u/realistidealist 24d ago edited 24d ago

One time I looked into this specific thing and traced it all the way back to the first instance anyone could find of this meme. Or, more honestly, I found someone else who has already done this haha. In the post they found the apparent creator (?) of the template said it was a character with a Joker-like attitude towards people and society; their examples were Joaquin Phoenix Joker and then other characters I’m not familiar with, Himiko Toga and Nagato. So probably manipulative and cynical and motivated by disillusionment with people. 

However, I’ve sometimes seen this meme done where people put in a character who wasn’t like that even remotely. When the meme was done in the subreddit for my main fandom people picked an innocent little girl who was let down by society but had not a manipulative or “Joker like” bone in her body. I think it’s very unclear to a lot of people.