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Comment on A small art gallery in Japan just happened to have these pictures next to each other. And then it morphed into a popular meme template

PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

So you’re saying that:

some artists created these art pieces
they were randomly hung up next to each other in an art gallery
this became a meme
somebody went and found a screenshot of a 2011 TV show AND a 2018 tumblr post that matched it
that became a meme so popular that everybody forgot about the original and not even knowyourmeme remembers
You, our savior, are here to remind us of the true origin of this meme

Here’s a more plausible explanation:

The art looks rather AI-generated in HD
The photo isn’t from an art gallery but just somebody’s house, see link above where you can literally order these as decoration
You forgot to fact-check before posting

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Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Sir, this is a Shitpost

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- PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  oops, sorry about that. I’ll have a large turd with fries
  
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antler@feddit.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
They're not saying that. Check the community and try to have some fun

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- PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Well if it was a joke i didn’t find it funny but don’t worry I had fun writing my salty snarky comment
  
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BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
This interpretation of the meme doesn’t exactly predate genAI, but it does predate genAI becoming good enough to do this. We did have some weird stuff that google was messing with back then that was vaguely similar, but I don’t think we even called it AI at the time. It mostly made things that looked like LSD hallucinations.

I bought a copy on etsy for someone shortly after pandemic lockdown back in 2020. It’s been awhile, but seem to remember the artist having several more meme interpretations in a similar style.

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- ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  It mostly made things that looked like LSD hallucinations.
  
  The “Will Smith eating spaghetti” video haunts my nightmares. Not going to link it, thinking about it is bad enough.
  
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lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The photo isn’t from an art gallery but just somebody’s house

Maybe you should do a little fact checking: nobody can afford their own house anymore. You’re whole explanation falls apart and OP’s seem much more plausible again
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