>>1120944No, it's nothing like that. Call-and-response memes (and memes in general) are extremely popular because most people are little more than living breathing pattern recognition algorithms that have no mind of their own. You don't actually need to think or contribute anything new, unique, or thought provoking in order to take part in the meme: you merely need to recognize the pattern and offer the expected response.
Have you ever seen a reddit comment chain where someone starts quoting a song or popular media and everyone else continues the rest of the song/quote? This is the exact same thing, adapted for imageboard format.
