re: Will the left ever learn to meme? Why can’t they?

Ultimately a funny meme, much like a funny stereotype, must have some degree of underlying truth in order to be effective. A great many aspects of their ideology are rooted in theory and idealism rather than reality.

NPC is barely a week old and he’s calling for the right to create new content

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and yet the same stuff gets posted here over and over again

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I havent seen anything repeated.

This confirms that brevity is the soul of wit. Goddamn, that's cringy

I agree with what I think your point is. The right has “NPC” like responses as well. The thing is, NPC was created by the right to make fun of the left. The absolute worst way to counter that is to call us NPCs in turn. It’s frankly hilarious

The problem is that their views on everything are predicated on these ideas that are ridiculously complex that they can't retort with a dagger.

Hell, one kid during Crowder's change my mind episodes said he couldn't explain rape culture because it was too complex and you needed to read 100s of books to understand it despite the fact that he knew it was real.

You can't give sharp, witty jabs when your ideology is based on nonsensical gibberish that requires constant explanations and caveats.

Also, when you're afraid to offend various groups, you typically make shitty jokes. When your mission is to offend the easily offended, it's way easier to land a punch.

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As a former lefty back in college (moved from liberal to "classical liberal"/libertarian when I discovered economics + social justice got really wild), I'

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What was the turning point?

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This confirms that brevity is the soul of wit. Goddamn, that's cringy

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I didn't even read that shite and can agree with you!

The only left meme that made me laugh

That’s actually a pretty solid meme.

It’s not that the right isn’t guilty of hypocrisy at times. I think there are just less and less drastic instances, coupled with the left’s sanctimony about themselves.