this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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[–] IninewCrow@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reposting is like Einstein's ideas and perspectives of time .... it's all relative.

When you see a meme for the first time, it's not a repost, it's something entirely new to you ... but to someone who saw the content a long time ago, they may have seen it a hundred times.

As soon as you see it, others will come after you to see it for the first time ... to them it is new ... to you, you just saw it a second time, a third time, a hundred times, it is now a repost

Just like time in the universe ... time moves at a certain rate here but between you and me, we both see it at slightly very tiny differences we would never notice ... but jump to a different planet, nearer or further from a star, a neutron star or a black hole and time is a completely different thing for everyone

Reposting is the internet equivalent of relativity

[–] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For me its how quickly people reply to a comment. It used to take hours and now there's a reply in seconds

[–] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It's amazing dude. I actually engaged in fast paced arguments. I lost a lot cus I ain't that smart but it was fun for both parties

[–] SnowBunting@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I know right? Isn't that exciting.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

The more dumb changes reddit makes, the more people end up here. I love it. I've also really been enjoying a bunch of the memes too lol

[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Technically almost everything on here has Ben a repost (from Reddit anyway)

But that's how all internet sites go, all the content is stolen from somewhere else lmao

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Isn't that what a meme is, though? Like, you might change the caption, but a meme is only a meme after it's been shared more than once.

[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Steal like an artist! Isn’t all art stolen in some way or another?

That said, I hate reposts…but I’m not gonna neg or police anyone for it. I do wish we had a decent system for taming it though. Reddit reposts were out of control.

[–] ElectricTickles@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

There haven’t been enough Wesley Snipes movies

He did so few movies

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know what’s worse than reposts?

People whining about reposts.

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It’s actually a positive post, I don’t mind reposts. If we’re getting more reposts, the community’s growing, right?

[–] z3n0x@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You may meme like Mays but you post like shit

Ahh the idiots down voting who have no clue what this is from

[–] JJhonson@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

One of the best baseball movies of all time!

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd almost take a repost of an actual meme over another comic strip, twitter screenshot, or plain old picture... This community is already dumpster fire.

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shit! a community complaint post already ??

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not a complaint at all, I try not to repost, but I don’t mind reposts and love jokes and memes.

In fact, in honor of loving reposts, I think you just inspired my next repost post…

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I don't mind a good repost at all. I do mind that this community is a garbage dump of junk posts.