Rich Redditors Give Gold Awards vs Average Users Only Upvote Good Memes
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Overview
This is a two-panel comparative humor meme. The top panel depicts Frank Reynolds from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia holding two Reddit Gold award icons, with text above reading 'Rich redditors when they see a good meme:' and text below reading 'So anyway I started giving Gold Award', referencing the behavior of Reddit users who spend money to give paid Gold awards to high-quality content. The bottom panel shows a popular viral image of an older man in a red turtleneck shrugging with his hands open, with text above reading 'Me when I see a good meme:' and text below reading 'guess I'll upvote', joking that average users who cannot afford paid awards only have free upvotes to give as appreciation for good memes on the platform.
Origin notes
This meme is sourced from the RSS feed of Reddit's r/Meme subreddit, posted under the original title 'We too upvote'. It is a derivative work that edits two widely used pre-existing meme templates: the 'So anyway I started blasting' Frank Reynolds template modified to reference Reddit Gold awards, and the 'guess I'll die' shrugging old man template modified to reference Reddit upvotes. It is targeted at Reddit users to draw relatable humor about different levels of engagement with content on the platform.