• 5C5C5C@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    If we are now considering philosophical intellectual exercises to be memes then this description is accurate.

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      4 months ago

      Well obviously it is a philosophical dilemma, but the dozens of ironic variations created for memes gave it a different purpose as meme template.

      Otherwise it would be a lot less well known i would guess, under normal circumstances you encounter this perhaps once or twice during your education unless you actively take an interest in such musings. Due to the memes I probably come across the drawing once per week if not more