[Image description : 4 Panel comic. Panel 1: A Dora the explorer ripoff wearing a fedora and with the fedora logo on her t-shirt is smiling at the viewer. The caption “Fedora the explorer” is over her head. Panel 2: She speaks to a vaguely anthropomorphic chameleon: “Hello Opensuse !” He replies : “Hi Fedora!” Panel 3: OpenSuse Says: “Someone has been using your code while not freely providing theirs despite the GPL licence!” Panel 4: Fedora “Hmmm… Who could it be?” A fox wearing a red hat emerges from a bush in the background. End ]

  • Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de
    1591·
    9 months ago

    I really like that post!

    It seems like OP put a lot of work and creativity into the meme, while intelligently criticizing a problem and not just using “Windows bad hurr hurr” as the base.

    I wanna see more of those kind!

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
      322·
      8 months ago

      Agree, tho this is a cartoon, which I guess these days might be a subset of meme, but wasn’t always. Anyways, kudos OP.

      • loaExMachina@sh.itjust.worksOP
        31·
        8 months ago

        Thanks! Now, to defend the memeticity of my creation:

        A cartoon can be a meme if it contains memetic elements that get reused across several memes by different creators (cf: the rage comics).

        This comic contains text. Languages and alphabets are memes. Therefore, it counts as a meme.

        Checkmate.

        (Also, since “meme” comes from the greek word “mimeme” (to imitate), including an imitation of Dora the Explorer is also memetic; even moreso since it’s been done many times)

        (Also, given the way it spreads through sharing, copying and modifying, Linux can also be considered a meme. Since the sharing part is mostly through the internet, it fits an even narrower definition of “internet meme”, therefore a cartoon about Linux can definitely be considered a meme)

        • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
          6·
          8 months ago

          Sure, artist gets to choose… I guess this is an example of cartoon being a subset of meme then, on the internet even :)

        • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
          1·
          8 months ago

          Not to be mistaken with lady Integra the Explorer, a once kinda famous movie star that regards herself as beautiful. Is also a zombie now, and (still) blue.

      • Smokeydope@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Have you taken a look at c/politicalmemes ?If a humorless poorly constructed wall of doomerism text lamenting the flaws of modern capitalist society counts as a meme, just about anything does these days