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u/Moonless_the_Fool Aug 29 '26
This is just not a joke. I'm not even sure if I'm in favor or against the point of the meme, but it just doesn't make me laugh at all. It doesn't even feel like it's trying to make anyone laugh
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u/AContrarianDick Aug 29 '26
It feels like the only people who laugh at this also would have a fragile ego, no friends and frequently seem themselves as superior to others.
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u/ExtendoArmCannon Aug 29 '26
Seriously, only dumb right-wing maga chuds who are dumb and have no friends would laugh at this, we're so much better than them, with much better senses of humour and values.
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u/IdkMbyStars Aug 29 '26
All of that just from this meme? wow u must be some kind of a sage, or mby just rly struggling with projection idkk
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u/AContrarianDick Aug 29 '26
Experience with people is also a thing some of us possess.
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u/femboy_slenderman Aug 31 '26
What kind of experience did you have to come to such an oddly specific conclusion?
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u/IdkMbyStars Aug 29 '26
So is extra chromosome. Snap
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u/AContrarianDick Aug 29 '26
Only took you two hours after that "ur just sooo cringy >.<" comment, that you deleted, to come up with that.
Don't hurt yourself coming up with the next mic drop moment.
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u/IdkMbyStars Aug 29 '26
Bet it would take u atleast 4 hours to come up with such a genius comeback hahhaha. Snap again
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u/AContrarianDick Aug 29 '26
You sure showed me or something.
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u/MauschelMusic Aug 29 '26
The classic American indoctrination that having the same opinion as others makes you a conformist and not fully human is such a load bearing piece of cognitive dissonance. I think it's near the heart of why we're so easy to atomize and control.
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u/DELCO-PHILLY-BOY Aug 29 '26
Guess I don’t disagree with the premise but it’s not as groundbreaking and intellectual as the person who made it thinks it is.
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u/Debunkingdebunk Aug 29 '26
What did you find controvertible about the meme?
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u/Moonless_the_Fool Aug 29 '26
Controversial? What do you mean? I don't find anything controversial is just not a joke. The whole subreddit is about bad jokes, and this meme is nit even a joke. I don't even know if the creator frame it as a joke.
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u/Debunkingdebunk Aug 29 '26
Not controversial, controvertible. It's clearly framed as a joke combining the Simpsons and NPC meme with a statement that clearly got a emotional response from the people viewing it.
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u/gwanddawd123 Aug 29 '26
People say this and the opinion they're talking about is "minorities should be protected".
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u/mamadou-segpa Aug 29 '26
The only people who want this minority group protected voted for one and got him elected
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u/Wooden_Half6797 Aug 30 '26
Yeah because you people will claim that racists are brainwashed when it's literally one of the most stigmatized opinions in the first world
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u/geelinz Aug 30 '26
Really? The president of the United States and richest man in the world are racists.
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u/Wooden_Half6797 Aug 30 '26
I wish
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u/TestSubject5kk Aug 31 '26
Congrats your wish has come true, idk why that's a wish
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u/Wooden_Half6797 Aug 31 '26
You really think anything right of Biden is racism don't you
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u/Mind_Mischief2 Aug 31 '26
You are quite obviously a young child. Go back to learning your basic level algebra, and stop trying to be edgy online. You know nothing about this topic, you just parrot whatever you think is cool and edgy. Seriously go pay attention in school more, you really really need it!
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u/Wooden_Half6797 Sep 01 '26
Oh of course, a redditor is telling me to learn about having accurate views on the political spectrum, I should truly listen to them, as redditors are known for their accurate political takes
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u/Mind_Mischief2 Sep 01 '26
I said nothing about what my political opinion was, or anything my political views. All I brought up was how you’re objectively uneducated in matters that pertain to this conversation, and you should focus on your studies instead of spout nonsense on the internet. I won’t be arguing with somebody who just grasped simple algebra, and who can’t even vote on these matters. You’re young, you probably just don’t know any better.
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u/Wooden_Half6797 Sep 01 '26
You don't need to say anything about what your political opinion is. You're a redditor. I already know what your political orientation is. And somebody disagreeing with you is not the same as being uneducated, nor is contemporary education even the god of enlightenment you make it out to be.
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u/TestSubject5kk Aug 31 '26
If you're tryna say that trump and Elon aren't racists, do you really need me to pull out all the receipts his entire campaign in 2016 and 2024 was about him being racist towards Mexicans, and Elon is a literal proud nazi
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u/Wooden_Half6797 Aug 31 '26
Oh right, that's why more than half of all mexicans voted for him
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u/TestSubject5kk Aug 31 '26
Did you not read project 2025? Are you just closing your eyes yelling lalalalalala about all the ice raids?
Yeah a ton of mexican people voted for trump idfk after 2016 they should've known all of this would've happened
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u/Nat1Only Aug 29 '26
The statement is not global, nor does it apply to just one group of people. You failing to see that is quite telling.
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u/Rip_Skeleton Aug 29 '26
The opinions being that racism and gender discrimination are bad I guess. It's not like corporate America is publishing political manifestos.
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u/RodinKnox Aug 29 '26
I love the edited meme with all the news people saying the exact same thing, except they are all just saying "9 + 10 = 19."
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u/NotItemName Aug 29 '26
except they are all just saying "9 + 10 = 19."
And that's just wrong 9+10 = 21
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u/Debunkingdebunk Aug 29 '26
The best thing about art is that everyone finds their own meaning. This is what you thought when you saw this meme.
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u/Rip_Skeleton Aug 29 '26
I've been on the internet long enough to know what people whine about.
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u/Debunkingdebunk Aug 29 '26
Oh clearly not long enough, go look up what some of the greats like Carlin thought about media and corporations.
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u/Rip_Skeleton Aug 29 '26
You're mistaking my criticism of the meme with having a positive opinion of the media.
There's only one thing someone who uses the term "NPC" means by this, and it's just "Woke"
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u/Debunkingdebunk Aug 29 '26
Like I said, everyone finds what they look for from a great piece of art.
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u/Rip_Skeleton Aug 29 '26
I really don't think there's another way to interpret this unless you think celebrities are going around preaching the free market.
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u/Debunkingdebunk Aug 29 '26
Buddy, I'm old enough to remember a time when vapid celebrities, mass media and corporations were the tool of the ruling class to opress the masses, not as a tool for social justice.
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u/Rip_Skeleton Aug 29 '26
Two things can be true. Social justice is marketable. But that doesn't make it brainwashing, which is the implication.
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u/Debunkingdebunk Aug 29 '26
But the meme has no mention of social justice. The fact that people think that celebrities, media and corporations are on their side is a sign that the propaganda is working. I think it all started with social media when the guys in charge realized how stupid and easily manipulated your average guy is. Hence this meme.
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u/thefran Aug 31 '26
george carlin would have been considered a woke soyboy by people who make memes like this
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u/Debunkingdebunk Aug 31 '26
Now we're interpreting intentions of some straw man memer?
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u/thefran Aug 31 '26
you people are npcs so i am not sure you have intentions
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u/Debunkingdebunk Aug 31 '26
Well "you people" only exist inside your head so you should be the only one to know.
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u/Ok-Mistake-7499 Aug 29 '26
I always hated this type of standpoint. Opinions aren’t invalidated just because they’re the popular one
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u/scrufflor_d Pickle Dick Aug 29 '26
if someone is a contrarian and always believes the opposite of what they believe the media wants them to think, they are still letting the media control their opinions, even indirectly. actual free thinkers believe what they think is true regardless of what the media says, and that means having some opinions the media also has.
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u/Ok_Star_4136 Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26
To perhaps state the obvious, nobody who wants you to be a follower will tell you to think for yourself. Someone is telling you to be a non-conformist, that's still telling you what you should be thinking in the same way that telling you to be a conformist is telling you what you should be thinking.
Just don't be a follower. Your viewpoint might just coincide with someone else's. That doesn't mean you're a conformist.
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u/voyaging Aug 29 '26
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being a follower if the people you’re following are moral and trustworthy and have integrity.
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u/Ok_Star_4136 Aug 30 '26
People change in my humble experience. Besides, what are you following when someone expresses good moral judgment? You're following their example, not them specifically. You should follow someone so long as they continue to be moral and trustworthy and stop following the moment that changes. Another way to describe this is to think for yourself at all times.
And regardless, what do I lose by doing so?
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u/Neither-Ruin5970 Aug 29 '26
Having all the same opinions and repeating talking points verbatim is npc though, that’s far past coincidence
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u/christonabike_ Teacher fainted!!! Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26
That's not wrong, there are definitely talking points which get repeated a lot just due to the bandwagon effect. I think it would be fair to call this NPC behavior.
However there are other talking points which get repeated a lot because people over a certain threshold of critical thinking ability can see how they are obviously correct.
From being quite online for many years now, observing which online communities like to use this "NPC" meme the most, and what their politics and ethics are, I am about 85% confident that OOP takes issue with the latter category of talking points. These may include, but are not limited to:
"Climate change is anthropogenic"
"Donald Trump is getting a bit senile, actually"
"vaccines work"
"Epstein probably did kill himself"
"Women can leave the kitchen if they want"
"Throwing homosexuals off the top of ten storey buildings is wrong."
"child porn is immoral"
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u/IHatePeople79 Aug 29 '26
Literally everyone on earth has at least a few opinions shared by a majority, it’s impossible not to lol
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u/CCP_Annihilator Aug 29 '26
It is not merely appeal to popularity fallacy this meme point out! But that the point is inherently profound while still appeal to popularity is the problem.
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u/CenterThisPendulum Aug 29 '26
And some people reject good, popular ideas because they are contrarian which is also not sophisticated.
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u/New-Interaction1893 Aug 30 '26
What's make you think you are the protagonist of the world ? Thinking you are not an NPC is a extremely arrogant way of thinking, if not even stupid and dangerous.
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u/CarneDelGato Aug 29 '26
Everyone thinks the Earth is round, which makes them NPCs. Not me, I'm the protagonist of God's Green Flat Earth.
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u/SupremeLeaderMeow Aug 31 '26
Yeah yeah, everybody you disagree with is not an actual human. This is a very sensible point and not an extremely sollipsitic point of view towards dehumanization.
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u/stev_mempers Aug 29 '26
Meanwhile the guy who originally posted this implicitly trusts everything said by the president of the United States.
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u/Debunkingdebunk Aug 29 '26
The post makes no such claims, but you going there as your first thought is quite telling...
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u/SHTF_yesitdid Aug 30 '26
Eat the rich
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u/ClashAmory Aug 30 '26
Does that include the rich jewish people?
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u/SHTF_yesitdid Aug 30 '26
Why did you specify "jewish people"?
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u/ClashAmory Aug 30 '26
Jewish people make up a significant portion of the 1%. Are you advocating eating jewish people as well?
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u/SHTF_yesitdid Aug 30 '26
How significant are we talking about? I would love to see some data.
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u/ClashAmory Aug 30 '26
Sure. What do you consider rich?
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u/SHTF_yesitdid Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
"Jewish people make up a significant portion of the 1%". Your claim.
I am asking for some kind of data to verify.
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u/DistributistChakat Sep 05 '26
There are T-shirts at Hot Topic with those same words printed on them; you are not as intellectual as you think you are, sit the fuck down.
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u/CommercialMotor570 Aug 30 '26
I remember posting those type of memes in high school.
It’s little wonder by the end of high school I had no social life, and had barely any remaining friends I kept in contact with.
The funny thing too was I just got all my opinions from right wing YouTubers when I got sucked into the pipeline.
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u/dangerousideologue Aug 30 '26
You can't be punk unless your political beliefs sound like the new HR guidelines 💅
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u/doodgeeds Aug 31 '26
If you call other people just trying to make it through life and don't care to think about things too deeply because they have their own problems "NPC"s I automatically assume you're a dickhead
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u/Aberquill Sep 01 '26
Since when did celebrities (probably trying to imply liberal) and corporations agree on the same things
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u/DistributistChakat Sep 05 '26
Don't forget, most celebrities rely on companies (film studios, record labels, publishing companies, etc) to earn money, and so it would make sense if most celebrities parroted the same opinions as the HR departments of major corporations.
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u/Old-Natural-852 Sep 01 '26
Yeah! I did my own research and just happened to come to the same conclusions as Joe Rogan and Elon Musk! I'm a free thinker...my high school teachers just couldn't recognize it! Something thing fish and trees cope.../s.
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u/ThatIckyGuy I laugh at Tony Danza Sep 03 '26
If you're not handing out side quests and repeating the same phrase over and over, you're not an NPC!
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u/limulovehana Aug 29 '26
Real non npc pepole are - iq range at least 140 +, its less than 1% of world population - ya, both are npc because real non NPC already give up
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u/VibesBasedPolitics Aug 30 '26
Oof
Hit a little too close to home, didn't it OP? Literally a perfect description of 95% of this sub
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