Make sure to ask your parents' permission before you start arguing with me on this meme

Very wise... Within the limited confines of imgflip, we seem to forget that a successful meme is one that gets reposted and shared to the maximum possible extent.

And it's one reason why people who complain about reposts shouldn't be coming to a meme site in the first place.

Meme (noun):

an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.

I do see your point, but if someone takes your idea and gets it to the front page, you don't get any of the points or credit for the idea; not that that's the entire reason for making memes, but it's part of it, I think :3

Well, in reality you'd likely get some points with a few votes on your original submission, and if people knew you had made it first, you'd get some "credit" (whatever that concept means when you're taking pictures that aren't yours and, as often as not, putting old jokes on them as captions). Not that people know who we are anyway with anonymous usernames.

But I'm curious. Why do you think that getting points or credit for the idea is part of the reason for making memes?

So people recognize your creativity :) For the same reason a comedian doesn't like another comedian using, without permission, the joke they worked hard on to develop. The main purpose of making memes is to make people laugh. The points and "fame" are a bonus.

When a professional comedian stands up, there's the expectation that he/she came up with the material personally. When I see a meme, I have no such expectation.

there's sharing and reposting...and then there's THIS https://imgflip.com/i/1se01g :p

Oh lol! Thanks for letting me know.

Look closer, the linked meme is not a repost.

The title is changed, and the user added punctuation (but without matching the font color properly). So it is in fact a different meme.

I'm also assuming the intent behind posting the meme is different (it seems like a troll post), which changes things too. The user is not really "stealing" my joke, but rather making his own joke by appearing to "steal" mine.

Made by 125 Guy...123 Guy's alt account or someone making fun or him?

*making fun of him

I noticed the disclaimer!! If it hadn't been for that, anyone might mistakenly think it was just stolen :p

Haha

That's a good submission right there!

Thanks!

Good meme Socrates :)

Thanks. I don't think most users are 11 and I don't think there are as many alt accounts as what people think, but I thought the idea was funny. :-)

I was kidding too :)

i.imgflip.com/1q1hro.gif (click to show)
i.imgflip.com/1rhnv0.gif (click to show)

Thanks. i.imgflip.com/1m2c5m.gif (click to show) :-)

Excuse me, I am twelve!

:-)

:)

:-D

Lol

:)

i.imgflip.com/1sbzij.gif (click to show) :-)

There's no arguing on imgflip XD HAHA

:-)

Lol you're on top of things bro! :)

:-)

Lol

Lol :-)

;)

Count me in Natalie ;)

Let's start another Crusade!

lol

:-)

:-)

Someone posted this as a meme a while back - I can't remember who.

well I'm sure they don't mind, but if you remember to give a link

Even if they did mind, it wouldn't matter. They don't have a say in it. Once you post a meme, you're asking people to spread it and share it around.

I did find the link to it though: imgflip.com/i/vdgu3

Everyone goes through this that's lucky enough to survive long enough.

;)

Well played e-sushi ;)

:-)

That's good to hear.

I'm not 11
I'm 13

Nope in dog years. (i have deleted 2 comments so far because of my spelling mistakes)

Good One!

i'm not 11 years old

Funny thing is... He doesnt have food. Hahahahaha

Could this be socrates's true identity revealed?

Actually, I swear that half the people on imgflip (or at least the leaderboard,) are over thirty years old, married, and have kids. You'd be surprised at how many such people show up.

Yeah. Some of them use selfies of themselves and their kids in comments. I've even seen people who appear to be 50-60!

Here's a little bit on the 34-43 year old demographic you're likely to find haunting places like this: https://socialmediaweek.org/blog/2015/04/oregon-trail-generation/

Thanks!

My mom looked at my email and found out that I had a meme on tits. I deleted that though.

:)

Cool.

I'm not 11, I'm 12. And I WANT alternate accounts, but only so I can upvote good stuff more than once and even then I only have one email address.

Fir yor infrmaton i am 6 ten an cant spl >:-)

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