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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think I saw this meme for the first time in 2017

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What's funny is that, in 2017, the ETH high was something like $12. (It got up to $1300 in 2018)

Now, it's sitting at $2000 and it's a "crash".

The lesson here is to buy the dip and then check back in 5-10 years.

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

that is the rule with all crypto. just pick one of the 40 thousand made, but it, wait a decade then sell it.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

gotta hodl your memes

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

A thousand upvotes? Is this reddit?

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 22 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't even know the counter could go to 4 digits.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It doesn't happen often, but when it does it's the equivalent of going viral around here lol

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[–] match@pawb.social 19 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

What's the exchange rate of Reddit karma to Lemmy nothings?

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

1,763.64:1

From 97 million active users from reddit vs 55k users from Lemmy.

[–] match@pawb.social 8 points 15 hours ago
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Reddit karma uses a logarithmic function to determine the karma on a post. The first upvotes give 1 karma each, but the higher the number gets the less karma you get from additional upvotes.

This isn't even some theory based on observations, the reddit algorithm used to be completely open source so you can see how it works on github (or at least how it used to work 7 years ago).

Front page reddit posts with 50k points most likely have over a million upvotes in reality

[–] Kumasousa@lemmy.zip 4 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Well, at least you won't find bots farming karma

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

1k upvotes here is like the equivalent of 50k on Reddit (probably I'm operating on dated info, who knows how much they screwed with the upvoting system by now lmao)

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[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is what happens when you don't use crypto as god intended: purchasing medication from India and subscriptions to indexers.

Purchase Bitcoin right before purchase. Watch the spare change left over go up and down and imagine all the millions you could be winning or losing.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

This is what happens when you don't use crypto as god intended: purchasing medication from India and subscriptions to indexers.

I'm not saying this is what I bought Monero for.

But this is what I bought Monero for.

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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I think crypto is good for transactions, not storing money.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Like, crypto in general sucks, but digital anonymous money transfer is almost impossible without it.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 23 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

The underlying tech is actually very cool and neat, unfortunately it got co-opted by cryptobros and bastardized :(

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 8 points 23 hours ago

You took the words right out of my mouth! I think the blockchain is a very neat technology, but cryptobros completely ruined that.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 19 hours ago (6 children)

So energy intensive though. There has to be a less wasteful way to do proof of work

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[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

*checks ETH price*

Am I missing something? I've been staking since the switch. I'm doing just fine.

[–] brrt@lemm.ee 3 points 22 hours ago

You just doing fine so far!

Na in all seriousness what orange Muppet does to the world markets atm is horrible while I wish it to crash on his head I wish everyone of normal people they get rich with whatever.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Omfg lol too good

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What is an "Ethereum"? Some sort of subscription?

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

A cryptocurrency that recently lost a lot of its value

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I can't wait for people to realize they're all in a pyramid scheme together. I'm sick of hearing bros saying crypto should be part of my portfolio.

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[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It never had any value, like all other crypto currencies. But it was used to fake value and dupe people out of their money.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (14 children)

Value isn't necessarily something tangible. It's what other people think it's worth. The USD doesn't have any more value than the belief people put in it. Do you also think it has no value?

I'm not defending crypto speculation, but it's ignorant to say it doesn't have value if you can buy things with it. Basically all modern money is based on faith, including crypto. Even when it's based on gold or silver, that's aren't actually useful for most people so it's still made up value worth however much people value that.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

Basically all modern money is based on faith, including crypto.

Ok, sure, however, fiat currencies are based on the faith that there's at least one entire nation that you can use your currency in, and is motivated to ensure their currency is worth something, and has some semblance of stability. Crypto is based on the faith that there's other dumbasses out there that will agree with you that these particular bits hold value for some reason.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Crypto is based on the faith that there's other dumbasses out there that will agree with you

And that's the most beautiful thing about crypto that got lost in all the speculation, shitcoin, scams, and nft bullshit. A currency of the people for the people, but of course, when the pigs came into power they were the same as the old farmers.

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[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yo, don't be bad-mouthing our soon-to-be currency. Scams and money laundering were never this easy.

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

It's a pretty old cryptocoin: initally released back in 2015, and a significant change deployed in 2022. It was then when they changed from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, which basically means that they don't use mining anymore to keep the network running. They use like 1% of energy compared to PoW coins.

Also they have some smart contract capabilities which I suppose Ethereum people think are important. But I've never seen any practical use for that stuff.

Still, I think Eth is one of the cryptos that actually tries to be useful and efficient in some way and not just a stupid pump and dump scheme. Turns out, nobody gives a fuck about that, perhaps?

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (5 children)

Also they have some smart contract capabilities which I suppose Ethereum people think are important. But I’ve never seen any practical use for that stuff.

Anything you need complicated multi-party interactions for that you want guarantees on. Real estate escrow comes to mind first. Depository accounts with yield. An immutable archive of records. Multi-signature corporate treasuries. Whatever. It's programmable money. It's not even necessarily monetary, because smart contracts can just deal with arbitrary data.

Never impressive to see a technical audience shit all over Ethereum for internet points. By far the least scammy crypto people have actually dedicated years into building something real on.

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[–] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Ethereum is a petroleum based lube used in gay porn. When multiple dudes double dock during an orgy, that's called a block chain. The ethereum on their foreskins creates an immutable ledger.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's a decentralized network running a virtual machine with its own token to pay for usage.

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