The original r/196 subreddit had a rule that if you visited the sub, you were required to post a meme before you left. A lot of people tried to follow the rule, but weren't able to come up with a good post title on such short notice, and started just naming their post after that rule. After some time it became a meme in and of itself to include the word "rule" in your post title somehow
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Dominion@lemm.ee · 29 pts · 2y
Isn't this watchmen?
frosch@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y
Yup
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 12 pts · 2y
Now this is the kind of quality post I subscribe for! None of that played-out "rule" bullshit...
arymandias@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y
Ironically I posted this meme to c/196 10 hours before it was reposted here.
davidalso@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Months after joining I still cannot decipher the rule thing. Can you please tell me?
Chetzemoka@startrek.website · 10 pts · 2y
The original r/196 subreddit had a rule that if you visited the sub, you were required to post a meme before you left. A lot of people tried to follow the rule, but weren't able to come up with a good post title on such short notice, and started just naming their post after that rule. After some time it became a meme in and of itself to include the word "rule" in your post title somehow
davidalso@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I'm so square I didn't even know that 196 went back to Reddit.
Thank you.
Getawombatupya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Is there a rule 34 of this?
edinbruh@feddit.it · 11 pts · 2y
And where were your Alan Moore memes on 5th November?
doctorcrimson@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 2y
missveeronica@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 2y
10 November. Happy Birthday Marines!
TootSweet@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Volthoom?
Edit: Nope. Looks like it's not Volthoom. Not sure where this is from, though.
frosch@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y
It’s from Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan Origin Story
simple@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
It's from Watchmen, you should read it when you get the chance. It's a classic.
ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks · 1 pts · 2y
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
It's Mister Ligma from the Steve Jobs meme
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TokenBoomer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Someone give him a coat.
dipshit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
The nerve!