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The Obey sticker was a variation of the original Andre the Giant sticker produced by the same person, and was also subject to the same sort of parody and distribution as the original. Also, the Obama poster is outside the scope of what I am talking about.

The main reason that I don’t think of the Che poster as an internet meme, and actually the Obey sticker as well (out of curiosity, why didn’t you use the actual “Andre the Giant has a Posse” image for your example?) is the fact that their use on the internet isn’t in any way different from how they were used prior to their introduction to the internet. They have been extensively parodied in this same way in real life (and possibly moreso in the case of the Obey sticker). I could understand if you were...