I'll admit that I point out reposts. I don't complain about them, exactly, but I do call attention to them.

"Fuck off, Ramses!" you might say. "Nobody gives a shit!"

That's fair, and I'd like to thank you for responding to me while I'm still writing this. The thing of it is, though, that oftentimes reposts come along with an inherent assumption of ownership. Someone who posts an amusing image with an evocative title is automatically thought of as being the person who put in the work to create that submission, even if they had nothing to do with it.

"Seriously, Ramses," you might continue. "Why are you still talking? Fuck off!"

I will, I promise, in just a moment. First, though, I'd like you to consider this analogy: You go to a concert for a fledgling local band. As their opening number, they play something immediately recognizable, and they do it really well. In fact, the more you listen, the more you start to wonder if maybe they're just dancing along to a recording.

"Thank you!" the lead singer shouts at the end. "We're The Original Posters, and that was our song!"

"Hey, now, wait a minute!" someone yells. (You realize with horror that the words came from your mouth.) "That song was a huge hit a few years ago! How can you claim to have written it? Hell, you just danced along to a recording!" You feel a punch hit you from behind. "Fuck off, idiot!" a voice yells. "Nobody gives a shit! I haven't heard it before, and that's all that matters! Who cares if they stole it?"

Now, look... I realize that not everyone can be a content creator. Most folks have neither the time nor the desire. Even so, I'd like to think that we can all respect original content, and that we can do our collective best to keep it from being misappropriated and reclaimed by any Johnny-Come-Lately with an Internet connection.

TL;DR: You wrote this.