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The Four Horsemen of Old Song Comments

This meme titled 'The four horsemen' jokes about the four universal recurring comment types that always appear in the comment section of any old popular song on music streaming platforms like YouTube. It uses a meme template of Drake Bell (as Drake Parker from *Drake & Josh*) gesturing to list the four common comments: 'They don't make songs like this anymore', 'This was my ____'s favorite song', 'Who's listening in 20XX?', and a personal sad, romantic or nostalgic story about the song. The meme frames these four always-present repetitive comments as the 'four horsemen' of old song comment sections, poking fun at how predictable and repetitive these comment sections are.
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"THEY DON'T MAKE SONGS LIKE THIS ANYMORE"
"THIS WAS MY ____'S FAVORITE SONG"
"WHO'S LISTENING IN 20XX?"
"*SAD, ROMANTIC OR NOSTALGIC STORY*"

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OLD SONG: EXISTS
COMMENTS:

Overview

This meme titled 'The four horsemen' jokes about the four universal recurring comment types that always appear in the comment section of any old popular song on music streaming platforms like YouTube. It uses a meme template of Drake Bell (as Drake Parker from Drake & Josh) gesturing to list the four common comments: 'They don't make songs like this anymore', 'This was my ____'s favorite song', 'Who's listening in 20XX?', and a personal sad, romantic or nostalgic story about the song. The meme frames these four always-present repetitive comments as the 'four horsemen' of old song comment sections, poking fun at how predictable and repetitive these comment sections are.

Origin notes

This is an original meme posted to Reddit, with the original title 'The four horsemen' as provided. It uses an existing still image from the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh, a common template for multi-point list memes. The meme comments on a widely observed trend of repetitive comment sections for older music on platforms like YouTube, and has been reposted across multiple social media platforms since its origin.

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