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[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Could you maybe please explain for those of us who only get half (or none) of it?

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

That's the half I picked up on, but based on the other comments, it seems like there's something else that I'm missing.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Well, there's this. Source: The YouTube video in another comment here.

[–] Lumun@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The pipe comic with Garfield was also likely referencing a famous Magritte painting.

The painting is a kind of play on self-reference

Meme-ception for sure

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

It's an internet meme culture thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_(comic)

Particularly, the section "Legacy as an internet meme" is relevant.