I think what bucketofpuppies is trying to say is memes aren’t based on real shit. It’s just some AI image of a random-ass kid…shrugging. It doesn’t matter if it’s real or not, because it’s a “person”, shrugging, with text put on top.
No one here has generated a picture of cops shooting people, or people shooting cops, or mothers eating babies…it’s just a shrugging kid. It’s a meme. ¯_(ツ)_/¯