It's a joke based on how we often see reposted memes, in general.
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Posting about a time loop in c/Out of the loop
There's the bones of a joke here somewhere...
Dammit Jim, I’m a shitposter, not a script doctor!
Fuck me that's a good response, didn't even realize I had set that up
It's from an episode of ST: The Next Generation where they're stuck in a time loop. When they realize they're stuck in a loop, they say "So we could have seen this [presentation explaining the time loop] a dozen times already?"
The joke is different variations of that and seeing them a dozen, a hundred times. I think it's just about played itself out, but you may still see a few coming through.
It's hilarious because every time it seems to die down, it seems to come back strong again ... but I think you're right, it's starting to wane but every time I think it's over, someone restarts it all again.
But if it goes any further ... they'll have to move all those posts to its own community at c/StarTrekTimeLoop
A dozen, a hundred? it's impossible to tell.
I'll tell you a secret: 42.
I'm sorry. Whats the question?
Perfect response 💯
There's a startrek enterprise episode where the crew gets stuck in a timeloop
Season 5, episode 18
I think that's the basis of the meme