The "No memes" rule

When the rule was originally instituted memes referred mostly to image macros (pictures with a caption at the top and bottom, often with the same photo but a different text), and that was the sphere it was intended to apply to. Since then, the meaning of "meme" has shifted somewhat to encompass repeated jokes of all kinds. While it wasn't intended to be applied to any humour post, it can be.Some portion of the userbase seems to feel more strongly about certain, not particularly quality, humour posts that are nonetheless upvoted by the majority. If there is this asymmetry between quality and vote-count, there is a good reason not to let upvotes decide in all cases. That is why the rule exists. Most people seem to think that allowing some forms of humour stops the subreddit getting stale.Here is an example of a highly reported humour post: https://www.reddit.com/70i5bo/ Here is an example of a never reported humour post: https://www.reddit.com/71iidj/ In the past, we made a subreddit for humour posts, but it was unused. In practice, these posts do not have enough frequency to justify their own subreddit.If you want to completely disallow humour posts, or completely allow them, we still recommend you vote in the questions regarding IF we moderate them, so you can still have your say.THIS QUESTION SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDES THE UZBEK JOKE AND OTHER IN-JOKES. We will ask about them later.