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All the people that don't know the original reference don't have that background info. We just see a guy who doesn't seem amused. I had no idea who the guy was (I still don't know, I just know what you wrote), so count me in that population.
We're in a memes community, not a specific fandom with shared esoteric knowledge. I could be wrong, but I imagine a lot of the people who upvoted/shared this meme probably thought "stone-faced guy didn't laugh." Which was all they needed to know in order to enjoy it.
Not looking to argue, just providing context for how others are looking at this meme. It doesn't seem "aggressive" to those who don't know where the image is from.
So how does my disagreement make me "aggressive" or "abnormal", that's the question.
To be clear my original comment was in response to:
I am not the person who said that. I'm just a bystander who was surprised to learn about the context of the original image.
I know you aren't. It's from the mummy.
https://mummy.fandom.com/wiki/Imhotep?file=Mr_174VoslooAharonIpale.jpg
Thank you, I appreciate the resource!