• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    6
    edit-2
    11 hours ago

    A boilerplate is basically a template with some adjustments to fit the situation.

    It’s also a term for packed snow.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      811 hours ago

      I’m familiar with the term, just trying to figure out an interpretation that isn’t just restating the definition of meme.

      • @Lauchs
        link
        59 hours ago

        I think they mean in a boilerplate joke sense.

        Making a meme is like making a joke where the punchline is basically worked out for you, you just need to figure out ingredients.

        I’m not great with meme templates but take the Drake ugh/yay one. You just need something we dislike and a related thing we like. The punch line is Drake’s expression etc.

        There’s more to a good meme but…

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          143 minutes ago

          Yeah, I get that. It’s just, there isn’t really a revelation here. That’s just what memes are: units of cultural expression based on broadly recognizable forms. “A hammer is a weight on a stick you hit things with” isn’t really a showerthought, it’s just stating the definition of a hammer.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        311 hours ago

        I agree it’s just another way to say the same thing.

        Unless OP means memes are like packed snow.