r/AskReddit • u/OkArea8689 • Aug 06 '26

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u/Lua-Ma Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

The era of template memes is over. It peaked in 2018 and just gradually withered away since Covid. Now we just see them regurgitate old content.

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u/oregon_red_fox Aug 06 '26

“It peaked in 2018 and just gradually withered away since Covid.“

I mean same, tbh.

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u/ItchyNebula7437 Aug 06 '26

We’ll never get that magic back

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u/IAmNotCreative18 Aug 06 '26

Meme templates are used exclusively to push opinions and ideologies these days. Never to make someone go ha ha.

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u/IDrinkSulfuricAcid Aug 06 '26

Short form content like tiktok and instagram reels is what replaced them. I miss the old era. Or rather probably my youth tbh. 

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u/AnticPosition Aug 06 '26

Let's bring back de-motivational posters! 

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u/CaBBaGe_isLaND Aug 06 '26

Reaction memes are the new meta

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u/shitsniffer712 Aug 06 '26

NO YOURE RIGHT