ALT TEXT by @ellesaurus -- Black and white photo of Charlie Chaplin on a sidewalk looking with interest at a slightly out-of-focus woman in a white scarf and hat near the camera while another woman in a black feathered cap and long coat stands to his side, staring menacingly directly at him.

Captions are over each person
Charlie Chaplin: "Me"
Woman in black cap: "Memes from 2018"
Woman in the white scarf: "The same memes from 1918"

IMAGE DESCRIPTION by @FiXato -- The "Distracted Boyfriend"-meme, but this time it's a (horizontally flipped) video still from the 1922 Charlie Chaplin film "Payday", with Chaplin taking on the role of the distracted boyfriend —or husband in this case— captioned as "me" while his wife (captioned as "memes from 2018") stands behind him looking disgusted at him, as he looks at a passing by woman captioned "the same memes but from 1918".

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This is NOT OC and I'm sorry not to have proper attribution.
@tkmedia Oh cool, thanks for this! Interesting, so they had to flip the image

@BFSEsq "useful plants/modifications/nutrient storage" should go to Brassicaceae, though. Ranunculaceae are not that helpful in this aspect

Ericaceae (flowers, soil acidification, mycorrhiza, useful plants) may be a good addition, too.

Image description for top post by @BFSEsq:
The "Distracted Boyfriend"-meme, but this time it's a (horizontally flipped) video still from the 1922 Charlie Chaplin film "Payday", with Chaplin taking on the role of the distracted boyfriend —or husband in this case— captioned as "me" while his wife (captioned as "memes from 2018") stands behind him looking disgusted at him, as he looks at a passing by woman captioned "the same memes but from 1918".

#CharlieChaplin #Payday #DistractedBoyfriendMeme #DescribedMedia #ImageDescription

@BFSEsq This has a solid lead--uncommon this early in the morning--as the most brilliant thing I'll see today.
@BFSEsq my first thought was: “stable diffusion?!?”. These days you probably wouldn’t know…
@BFSEsq okay this is the meme I can get into.
@BFSEsq It took me so long to even get the joke because it already seemed natural. I don't know what that says about me.
@BFSEsq Except for Pay Day getting released in 1922. (Sorry, someone had to.)

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You can't beat a nice cloche hat.

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why 2018? or is it just 5 years old?

1918 seems significant in 2023

@kirt The OG meme this is riffing on, as well as this image, are both from 2018. Then they just went back 100 years for the joke, but in fact, people have told me that the Chaplin film this was taken from is actually from 1922.
@BFSEsq time is a flat circle