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An animated meme depicting a human male and a gray donkey in a living room setting. The human, wearing a blue shirt, sits on a brown couch with a neutral, slightly confused expression, while the gray donkey stands beside him with a confident, smug posture. Framed landscape paintings adorn the wall behind them. Dialogue text shows the human arguing, 'You can't just reset the very concept of memes because you didn't understand 67,' and the donkey responding, 'Yes I can We're going back to before when I was the cool one who knew the thing,' humorously mocking the idea of reverting meme culture to a previous era.
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Dialogue

Human
You can't just reset the very concept of memes because you didn't understand 67
Donkey
Yes I can We're going back to before when I was the cool one who knew the thing

Overview

An animated meme depicting a human male and a gray donkey in a living room setting. The human, wearing a blue shirt, sits on a brown couch with a neutral, slightly confused expression, while the gray donkey stands beside him with a confident, smug posture. Framed landscape paintings adorn the wall behind them. Dialogue text shows the human arguing, 'You can't just reset the very concept of memes because you didn't understand 67,' and the donkey responding, 'Yes I can We're going back to before when I was the cool one who knew the thing,' humorously mocking the idea of reverting meme culture to a previous era.

Origin notes

Originates from Reddit's meme community, as indicated by the source 'Reddit:Meme'. The meme is likely created by editing existing animated footage (possibly from a sitcom) and adding custom dialogue text to comment on meme culture evolution and nostalgia.

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