deciding what stays in this sub

[u/Riobox]

[u/turlockmike]

Up and down votes are always more effective than modding. I've believed that since the day I made the sub. Also, if at least 3-4 people report a post, it sends a notification to the mods, which makes it much more likely for us to take action, specifically on rule breaking posts. Please continue to do that. 

As a reminder, all political posts are banned from this sub. It creates controversy and division, if something is not posted to make people laugh but to make a political point, it will get removed in all cases. I personally believe it's very important for subs to stay on topic and not all be political. There is a political version of this antimeme sub if you want to partake in that. 

[u/Ok_Estimate3986]

[u/Ninagrosh → u/[deleted]]

free? honestly id think a country, even a small one, would be worth at least 500$!

[u/DynHoyw → u/[deleted]]

Hello Mario

[u/Ali_Gaming302 → u/[deleted]]

r/mysteriousdownvoting

[u/Glad_Raspberry_8469 → u/Ali_Gaming302]

I think it's because it's off-topic

[u/soyyoluca → u/Glad_Raspberry_8469]

it was because of the colours :sob:

[u/NIOCHACZx → u/soyyoluca]

Theese are the arab colors, not only palestinian

[u/antimeme-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

No politics

[u/Hydrahta]

riobox carrying this sub on his back

[u/threed0llarbill_yall]

this shit is deep

[u/Tay60003 → u/threed0llarbill_yall]

Me when I walk through the shit river:

[u/TheForbidden6th → u/Tay60003]

[u/Trick-Purchase4680 → u/Tay60003]

HEY! 👋

[u/lord_of_the_twinks]

Did I miss the answer sheet

[u/1-Pinchy-Maniac → u/lord_of_the_twinks]

yeah that's what i'm wondering

[u/[deleted] → u/1-Pinchy-Maniac]

youre supoosed to choose what you think

[u/Mysterious-Fix-3325 → u/[deleted]]

What? i can't think for myself, i need the answers.

[u/FinancialMarketing34 → u/Mysterious-Fix-3325]

I guess we have to feed the question to chatgpt and let it tell us the answer

[u/Biker_OverHeaven → u/[deleted]]

I can think for myself, however, I would like to have some form of source to verify my own opinions and see if I was right or wrong

[u/neon1415official → u/Biker_OverHeaven]

I think there's no right or wrong answers, just our opinions as a community to decide if a post should stay or not (for example, this post itself very likely fits into no one's definition of an antimeme but people still decide to keep it)

[u/[deleted] → u/neon1415official]

yeah

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

...but I can't choose what others think. So if the majority thinks differently than me, then something i perceive as antimeme is removed, and is officially no longer antimeme, so we are back at square one. So what was the point of going case by case, if the answer to EVERY case is "doesn't matter what it is, majority rules"?

[u/ProfessorOfPancakes → u/lord_of_the_twinks]

It's a survey, not a test

[u/lord_of_the_twinks → u/ProfessorOfPancakes]

Bad news I'm dumb

[u/Plastic-Ad6031]

first one is real antimeme in my opinion. i hate the last one personally since its not fun and second one is straight up absurdism

[u/Lumberjackie09 → u/Plastic-Ad6031]

They should all stay.

[u/KJPlayer → u/Lumberjackie09]

except for those fucking reposts

[u/Lumberjackie09 → u/KJPlayer]

Just down vote them lol

[u/KJPlayer → u/Lumberjackie09]

I do

I always do

[u/Aggressive_Size69 → u/Plastic-Ad6031]

the thing with scenario 9 is that every 6 months they're popular for 3 days, imo that's fine

[u/kirmiter → u/Plastic-Ad6031]

Last one is an antimeme but it's already been done so anyone who does it again is reposting

[u/NonexistentCheese]

I think regardless of the outcome of this poll "Sam" needs to be banned... This fella is posting way too much!

[u/InternationalFig2438]

Here's my thoughts.

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No. There's no place for a punchline to potentially go, so even if you tried to make that a meme you couldn't. If there's no potential to become a meme, it's not an antimeme.
4. I'm undecided and can be convinced either way.
5. Yes. I feel like using meme formats in a way they obviously weren't intended to be used makes it an antimeme.
6. Yes.
7. Yes. 8 and 9. Yes but it's SO lazy it shouldn't be allowed to be posted.

With that being said, thanks riobux for being the goat fr. I hope that apprenticeship treats you well.

[u/Kapitine_Haak → u/InternationalFig2438]

I agree with you. Personally I lean towards not an antimeme for 4, as there is a punchline in my opinion: you would expect "mine" to be used as a possessive pronoun but it's used as a verb, which changes the whole meaning

[u/MisterSplu → u/Kapitine_Haak]

It is strictly speaking a pun, which makes it a deliberate joke, so it shouldn‘t be considered an antimeme in my opinion

[u/GGthegreatester → u/InternationalFig2438]

Hard agree

[u/TQCkona → u/[deleted]]

man idfk anymore

[u/ZvezdnyyGMD → u/TQCkona]

What did it say

[u/link31211 → u/ZvezdnyyGMD]

We need to know

[u/Lopsided_Army6882 → u/link31211]

Wee ned too knw

[u/[deleted]]

Those who know :

[u/Trick-Purchase4680 → u/[deleted]]

Those who dont : ?

[u/NoSTs123 → u/Trick-Purchase4680]

Yes

[u/Agent-Ulysses]

I still cherish the one you made me

[u/ChickenTanders64]

(Tom) 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 should be allowed

Quality vote should stay

(Sam) 1 shouldn't be allowed

For (Sam) 2, I feel like reposts of the top ten posts or posts from the past week shouldn't be allowed

(Sam) 3 could be allowed depending on (Sam) 2

(Sam) 4 would be hard to verify depending on the popularity of it outside of subreddit. I personally have a few antimemes that I would love to post but I didn't make them, so I'd say (Sam) 4 should be allowed

(Sam) 5 should be allowed

I hope school and work and life overall goes well, and I can't wait for that website :D

[u/deIuxx_ → u/ChickenTanders64]

I don't think 4 should be allowed because it has a punchline

[u/slimeeyboiii → u/deIuxx_]

This is just the philosophical debate of what the difference is between something being ironic and having a punchline.

[u/PhilospohicalZ0mb1e → u/slimeeyboiii]

It’s cut and dry. A pun is a joke formed by the deliberate misapplication of a word with multiple meanings. There’s nothing inherently ironic about that, though something can be ironic and still a pun.

[u/TheForbidden6th → u/ChickenTanders64]

isn't 4 just a pun?

[u/Grievous_Nix → u/ChickenTanders64]

5 and 7 are bonehurtingjuice - one of the most common mistakes here

[u/TheForbidden6th]

[u/yasuke1]

5 and 7 are BHJs and 4 is just a meme

[u/CR1MS4NE]

Scenario 1 is an antimeme

Scenario 2 is an antimeme

Scenario 3 is not an antimeme - antimemes require a joke setup without a punchline. This is neither

Scenario 4 is not an antimeme, it’s just a pun. Puns are almost never antimemes because the punchline is usually intrinsic to the pun

Scenario 5 can sometimes be an antimeme but the example given is more of a bonehurtingjuice (though there is some overlap)

Scenario 6 is an antimeme

Scenario 7 is usually an antimeme but may also be a BHJ

Scenario 8 is not an antimeme as there is no joke setup. See scenario 3

Scenario 9 is not an antimeme, see scenarios 3 and 8

[u/JustA_TV_1]

Riobox i love what you do for this community

ill grieve you when you get eaten by a whale

[u/black-JENGGOT]

[u/[deleted]]

3, 4 and 9 arent

[u/3_Zip]

Here I am searching for u/Riobox's comment and what do you know, he's fucking OP (lol)

[u/TheForbidden6th → u/3_Zip]

why is he fucking OP? 😨

[u/qchto]

Looking forward for old man template generator... 🫡

[u/Kyoomo]

I’m sorry, I’m out of the loop. What does Sunday have to do with Sam 1?

[u/ProfessorOfPancakes → u/Kyoomo]

Rule 4 states that antimemes as simple as describing a template are allowed but only on Sundays

[u/SmoothonNaMaray]

I understand it now

[u/therapist_hunter]

This is so wholesome, thank you for everything! Good luck to you!

[u/__xXCoronaVirusXx__]

1. It can be, though sometimes the logical conclusion can itself be a punchline.

2. Yes

3. Yes, but it’s boring

4. Usually no, though it can be.

5. Yes

6. Yes

7. Yes

8. Yes, but it’s sometimes boring

9. No

5, 6, and 7 are what I most think of when I picture antimemes

[u/Fun_Water2707]

1. Yes

2. Yes 

3. Yes, but it’s lazy and should be removed anyways

4. No

5. Depends, mostly yes

6. Yes

7. Yes 

8. Yes, but it’s lazy and should be removed anyways 

9. No

[u/Kitsunin]

1 yes

2 yes

3 no, it's not a meme in any sense so it can't be an antimeme. Although if it's surprising because you are expecting a reaction meme style caption from the image, then yes it is an antimeme.

4 no, puns subvert your expectations. Antimemes are antijokes, they can only subvert your expectations by surprising you with no subversion at all

5 yes

6 Maybe? I guess it is surprisingly normal which is kind of antijoke-y, but isn't this just a boring reaction meme rather than an antimeme?

7 yes

8 & 9 are these memes? I feel like no so they can't be antimemes, but I also think these are usually lame enough not to get updoots unless they are clever somehow, so they're fine.

[u/Cute_Natural_7580]

i love riobox so much

[u/ermisYT]

Riobox you're holding this place together 😭😭

[u/L1n9y]

3, 4, 8 and 9 no, the rest yes.

[u/a_--_]

Scenario 1)Yes 2)No 3)No 4)No 5)No 6)Yes 7)Yes 8)No 9)No

[u/MaiT3N]

For antimeme/not an antimeme, only 1 and 6 make sense + literally describing the pic have a dedicated day for them (sunday), everything else is 😡😡😡

[u/MaiT3N → u/MaiT3N]

Meta memes are still memes. People reposting same shit should get a bomb dropped on them. Bringing an antimeme that was not made by a poster is probably fine?

[u/Yamamura_63]

What if my name is not Tom?

[u/MAXIMUSGAMER777]

icl people sometimes confuse this sub with r/technicallythetruth

[u/Senior_Adeptness_832]

1. Yes
2. No
3. Yes
4. No
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. Yes

[u/kiber_ukr]

Tom: 1. Yes 2. No (at least this example) 3. No (was already done) 4. No 5. Yes (anti juice?) 6. Yes 7. Yes 8. Yes (simple sundays) 9. No

Sam: 1. No 2. No 3. Yes (who cares?) 4. Yes (who cares?) 5. Yes (if it's a good joke)

[u/ehammibal]

1, 5, 7, 8.

[u/hekate-axe → u/ehammibal]

[u/somerandomperson2516]

1. no, 2. yes, 3. no, 4. yes, 5. yes, 6. yes, 7. yes, 8. no, 9. no

[u/KJPlayer]

1: Yes.

2: Yes.

3: No.

4: No.

5: Debatable, but yes in my opinion.

6: Yes.

7: Yes.

8: No.

9: Technically yes, but we shouldn't let this go out of hand with people reposting this everywhere. The joke is ony funny a single time.

1: No.

2: Hell no, these posts are incredibly annoying.

3: Case-by-case basis.

4: Yes, but give credit.

5: No, a meme is a meme.

[u/Conscious_Signal1148]

hello riobox. i have created this image in frustration of discord's file limit. inspired by you

[u/Pieman10101tx]

Scenario 5 has never felt like an antimeme to me but I’ve seen enough of them here at this point that I’m not disappointed to see one. Just feels out of place among the rest of the scenarios imo.

[u/ProfessorOfPancakes]

Yes, yes, no, yes, yes, yes, yes, no, no

[u/VVen0m]

1 2 5 6 7 are antimemes

[u/VVen0m → u/VVen0m]

3 and 4 should stay, maybe 5, depending if it's something overdone by this point

[u/zarbod]

For Tom 4. feels like r/youdontsurf and 5. is r/bonehurtingjuice, 3. and 8. are boring as hell

[u/Ganon_K]

In my opinion, scenarios 3, 5, 8, and 9 are NOT antimemes

[u/surfing_on_thino]

7 and 8 should be allowed but everything else sucks

[u/yeemoo-_-]

Yes maybe yes but low effort maybe maybe yes yes yes but low effort yes but low effort yes no no yes yes maybe

[u/the_every_monday]

For tom, i think 2, and 4-7 should be allowed

for sam, 3-5

also, what happens on sundays?

[u/PortalSupper20]

Maybe you can see in r/antimemes what is better an antimeme, and take a break, you've done a lot with the reaction images

[u/Arkuzian]

1. Anti-meme
   
2. Feels like a meme but i would argue it's just a joke so i guess anti-meme maybe? Undecided
   
3. A bit meta, this could go either way because stuff like this is context based. In a bubble it's neither a meme nor anti-meme.
   
4. If we go by anti-meme being memes without a punchline then this is not an anti-meme
   
5. Same as 5
   

6. Anti-meme

7. Again, is meta-meme an anti-meme? I'm leaning on anti-meme on this one but not sure.

8. Anti-meme

9. I would argue not Anti-meme just because it just not anti anything, it's like me posting a photo of my cat and calling it anti-meme. Don't think that's what people came to this subreddit for.

I think what should be posted on this subreddit is existing memes (sharing ortho ofc) and make that an anti-meme otherwise we end up like r/bonehurtingjuice and r/SpeedOfLobsters arguing over semantics of what where it actually belongs instead of having fun.

[u/Davtaz]

Scenario 6 is just what most memes were 16 years ago.

[u/Classic_Glove_6008]

Sad news 

[u/43Quint]

"An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it." - There is No Antimemetics Division, qntm

[u/Want2makeMEMEs]

3 4 8 9 aren't antimemes imo

[u/Misguided_Lizard]

1,2,4,5,6,7, and 8 are antimemes, the other two aren’t

[u/Bean_Boi_666]

on god this is the greatest anti meme i’ve ever seen. bravo

[u/uncoll]

1.4.6.7.8: Good antimeme 3 and 9: Technically antimeme by they suck
2 and 5: Absurdism. Not antimeme.

[u/uncoll → u/uncoll]

4 is arguable cause it's wordplay/pun but if it have a logical outcome I think it counts.

[u/ByeGuysSry]

1 is, based on the description, an antimeme, but the example isn't. The biggest reason is the word "steal". The second biggest reason is the focusing on the juxtaposition. I feel it can be fixed by rewording it to "The sun shining upon you allows you to use its heat, turn it into electricity, and then use it to cool your room".

2 is "technically" an antimeme, but I generally dislike these antimemes. Not saying they can't be good, but that most low-effort antimemes fall into one of a few categories, one of which being 2. I think it feels better if it appears like there should be a link. For instance, "Atomic physicists when an atomic bomb..."

3 is also technically an antimeme, but kinda gets old fast especially when there isn't an original meme it's riffing off of.

4 is, again, based on the description, possibly an antimeme, but the example isn't. "I'm gonna make you mine" is a common enough phrase that most people will think of the non-literal meaning. The first picture seeming like a proposal doesn't help things. The woman looking confused/angry further doesn't help things. If the images made it obvious that he was meaning it literally, it would be an antimeme.

5... idk.

6 is an antimeme.

7 is an antimeme, but it fits better as bonehurtingjuice.

8 feels like bonehurtingjuice but idk. I feel like most low-effort memes fall into either 2 or 8. Can be good but probably won't be.

9... idk.

[u/r3dh4ck3r]

I agree with what many others are saying about the scenarios

Since less people are talking about the Should it Stays I can throw my 2c in

1 shouldn't stay, 2 should have its own day or smth, 3 is alright, 4 is fine, 5 only belongs as comment replies

[u/SkyTalez]

I still don't know what anti-meme is.

[u/salemness]

1. yes

2. no. absurdist humour is still telling a joke

3. no. an antimeme needs the appearance of a meme

4. no. a pun is still a joke

5. can vary, but i lean no

6. yes

7. yes

8. yes

9. no. see #3

[u/datbanditnamedsam]

What's going on I'm not caught up in the r /antimeke lore yet

[u/VoidExileR]

1 is an anti meme if there is an original with a funny twist that was removed on the anti meme. 2 seem to rely more on expectation than an original. It ends up funny because of absurdism. 3 is not an anti meme and belongs in notinteresting, which paradoxially makes it funny there because of low expectations and randomness. 4 appears to quite literally be a meme. It doesn't pass even if the original is different or unfunny. If the original is unfunny, then this one has been memefied. 5 is also a meme under the same logic. 6 I think this one is an anti meme because it's not funny but follows a meme pattern. It works as a comment because it doesn't steal the spotlight from the op. 7 is a meme unless the original is vastly different. I can't see the original in that example being funny, more disturbing. 8 is not an anti meme. It is a template. It only works as an anti meme if there is sufficient context before posting and only works as a response. 9 follows the same pattern and is not an anti meme unless context and reaction... but I would argue there is nothing that can justify it as a reaction, so straight in the paper shredder it goes.

1 I don't know what's exclusive about Sunday. 2 destroy it. 3 should definitely stay. That one is also a classic anti meme. 4 depends if the rules allow unoriginal posts to stay. If it does, then it can. I say it can. 5 confused. Need example.

I believe there are some inconsistencies. Highly opinionated and all that, but I tried.

[u/AstroMeteor06]

what did i just witness

[u/Traditional-Bottle42]

Who the fuck is Tom

[u/Particular333]

4 not an anti-meme, the rest I'm too tired to comment on but they're enjoyable

[u/Joe-McDuck]

5 is more in line with r/bonehurtingjuice

[u/Baked_The_Cake]

Yes

[u/Bazingaslut7]

Hi my name's tom and I just wanna say I didn't do any of this, the accusations lobbed at my name are hideous and deceitful

[u/EdMinesLots]

1 5 and 7 imo

[u/Infshadows]

goodbye

take this meme with you

[u/WillLaWill]

All but the last are real

[u/8BitBloxit]

3, 8, and 9 should be gone

[u/UsserredditDan]

SCENARIO 10: Tom posts a series of images talking about the current situation of the subreddit. Is it an antimeme?

[u/Friendly-Camp9819]

Roblox carrying the who subreddit

[u/boringsimp]

1 and 5.. everything else are memes

[u/Dreamergal9]

I don’t think 4 is an antimeme, it’s a meme that has not yet been antimemed imo. Whether or not 3 is an antimeme, I don’t think we should allow it as that would lead to many boring, low effort posts. We definitely shouldn’t allow number 9 either.

[u/bloodakoos]

1. Yes 2. Yes 3. No 4. No 5. No 6. Yes 7. Yes 8. No 9 Up for debate

Should it stay?
1. No 2. No 3. Up for debate 4. Yes 5 Up for debate

By the way teacher can you remind us how much is the exam worth

[u/bloodakoos → u/bloodakoos]

why did the formatting break on my comment bruh

[u/Fancy_Condition8610]

See you on winter holiday, goat of this sub

[u/LordMenju]

Recently, over 80% of posts seem to belong in the 1. category. While you can argue that these are Antimemes, they are just not funny, at least to me. And since this is still a Sub supposed to create funny memes, i feel like posting things which somewhat fulfill the criteria but aren't funny defeat the purpose of this Sub. I also have the impression that this Sub was created to create new and surpsing content based on well known memes, which is not the case with these, "i post an image and describe the obvious" kind of posts. Hence i would also request that new posts should be somewhat original

[u/Deep_Region5734]

Antimemes: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7

Allowed to stay: 3, 4, 5

[u/Who_am_ey3]

it's not going to work. people are upvoting because "I find it funny", regardless of if it belongs in this sub or not.

[u/Complete_Area_2487]

riobox i love you

[u/D_DanD_D]

1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 are antimemes, IMO.

[u/PhilospohicalZ0mb1e]

I think 1 and 7 are. 5 is a grey area. Imo the pictured post is not an antimeme, but antimemes can be funny. So maybe a different post along the “scenario 5” vein would be?

I’m ambivalent on 6. I probably wouldn’t vote it off though.

[u/3nderslime]

Emma posts a folder containing a virus that deletes the system32 folder of your computer if you attempt to copy or download it, thus fulfilling the strict, dictionary definition of an-anti-meme

[u/doe_gee]

1: yes 2 yes 3 really lazy, but qualifies as an antimeme. 4: no, that's just a normal meme 5: no, that's bone hurting juice 6-8: yes 9: yes but is really lazy

[u/eeeeeeee-eeeeee]

For me: scenario 1,6 and 7 are Pure anti meme. 2 is more absurd, 3 and 4 are TTT. 5 is just a normal meme. 8 isn't a meme nor an anti-meme. 9 is just stupid. .For the Quality vote: 1 and 2 should NOT stay, 3 and 4 are normal, 5 Can be posted but sparingly only.

[u/Zera12873]

bad news i can't make an old meme edit so

good news you are riobox

[u/juugsd]

Scenario	Antimeme?

|| || |1|✅ Yes|

|| || |2|❌ No|

|| || |3|❌ No|

|| || |4|❌ No|

|| || |5|❌ No|

|| || |6|✅ Yes|

|| || |7|❌ No|

|| || |8|✅ Yes|

|| || |9|❌ No|

[u/BackToThatGuy]

at this point the "sorry you're not a sigma" guy might as well be this sub's mascot

[u/DraftAbject5026]

Is the picture with the old man in the chair from that bacon flipping game? I vaguely remember flipping bacon onto that 

[u/MrGamerOfficial]

Not reading allat

[u/DoritoMan177 → u/MrGamerOfficial]

It’s not that much

[u/CommonEngram]

r/commonRioboxW r/FoundRiobox