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Imagine telling the original artist right after they finished it that in 113 years time people would be posting his/her creation in full color and high fidelity on a communications system that instantly made it accessible to anyone in the world. That would completely blow their mind.
Now imagine also telling them the situation in the meme is the same or worse 113 years later and they will cry.
Them: "What's a meme?"
You are not ready for this
A joke reminding people of a shared experience. It gets really good in the internet age.
Eh. Marx was pretty clear that it was a process, and worker rights have improved.
What they'd be upset about is everyone twiddling their thumbs while we kill the climate.
Or put on a sly grin and sue OP for Future -Royalties
“Wow, so with all that innovation things are better?”
“Look I don’t know how to tell you this but we definitely aren’t making the most of our new technology and medicine.”
“Wow, so with all that innovation things are better?”
I mean... things are better, just not nearly as much as they should be.