• Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.social
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    1 day ago

    So can I ask: is it acceptable to edit this screenshot to not include the ableist part (just crop out the whole Avengers part honestly, it’s not funny anyway) and take out the handles of the posters, and repost? Or is that poor form?

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      14 hours ago

      Maybe post it wherever you’re going to post it with the first line as the title? Wouldn’t want anyone to seek out the original tweet and bring traffic to this guy’s ableism, best to pretend it doesn’t exist.

      Edit: or do that thing that meme reposters do and just put the text over a white background with the original tweet (see below for an example)

      Example

      (pretend the crayon is a tweet)

      A picture of a crayon sitting below a witty caption :::

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Memes are a form of cultural transmission. They’re like a type of public art, meant to be freely shared, edited, and otherwise played around with by whoever. It’s how memes morph and evolve over time.

      All this to say, you can probably go ahead and make the meme yours if you wish.

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      huh. are we going fast and sloppy or are we being artisans? because i would agree that it’s acceptable to remove the ableism, but we’d want to keep the date, right? do we black box it or do we cut out the middle?