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You sound serious.

> have access to billions of ... memes

But this is where I think maybe I'm getting trolled.

I think the younger generations may actually be able to pull off sarcasm on the internet.

* I don't think trolling or Poe's Satire is really proper on HN.

* Regardless, as stated above, the parent comment is believable despite its absurdity, which is the upsetting part either way.

Sorry to upset you, I was being overdramatic. My goal was to convey how powerless I feel when scrolling through infinite amounts of creative, funny, or intelligent content that I can't recreate at all in reality. However, I am slowly learning how to use the Internet as healthy inspiration rather than as a way to escape my own insecurities and shortcomings.

you got me

I think the definition "an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means" can be taken, instead of "an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations".

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