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MRW my meme complaining about a sexist trope is removed for being sexist (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Perhaps this is a protest post, lol. If anyone knows how to appeal a removed post let me know.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oof. People can't even post memes about things that frustrate them now? A lot of trans memes are about shit like this, if we removed all those there'd barely be any left.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Yeah. Like, maybe I'm misinterpreting the ruling, but it sure seems like the mod thought the meme was sexist. For the life of me I just cannot understand that perspective. I was trying to explain my feelings towards the trope in a way that I hoped relatable or understandable to the common person. That's what memes are for, lol.

In the original R&M scene Rick is literally the villain. He abuses his power of creation to make a machine seemingly capable of independent thought and feelings, and then condemns it to a menial existence. The humor is derived from empathizing with the poor little guy. That feels like a perfect metaphor for the refrigerator trope to me.

I could have instead posted a purely academic analysis of the trope, but that's not exactly a meme is it?