>>45457207Memes must live rent free in your head. All cats look long when you hold them up like that, so just because that idea is also the foundation of a meme doesn't mean that the meme was used as inspiration rather than the foundation as transitive property does not apply here. That correlation is not 100% proof, you're just imposing that idea onto it for your own arguement. Until Turner says "Yes, this was inspired by the longcat meme", then you can't say for certain. You have to chalk it up to coincidence until then.
If there was a shiba Pokemon in Gen 9 would you be all "wtf, did they really make a doge meme pokemon? le epic pupper shibee do a bork xd! god i hate turner" You're just making yourself angry by insinuating that everything is a meme or linked to some kind of cringe culture. You fell too far down the rabbit hole; it's time to come back.
