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I don't think OP is totally against reaction memes or GIFs.
But I think in this particular screenshot the quality of the memes is very low and the quantity is too high. Like they're all just very common reaction memes of peoples faces, and they're really not clever or funny at all in the context of the thread. So it's just a bunch of jackwagons all trying to make the same lame, tired joke and upvoting each other.
Reaction GIFs can be good content but they have to be clever and fit the situation. Reddit threads are extremely watered down at this stage and there just aren't enough unique, interesting comments to make it worth wading through all the slop.
I don't think entitlement has anything to do with this though. Anyone who used the internet and Reddit for a long time (and/or uses Lemmy now) knows that the current version of Reddit is flooded with low-effort basic content compared to how it used to be. Just commenting doesn't do anything, because the onslaught of low-effort drivel and badly executed memes totally drowns out everyone else from having any kind of substantive discussion.
Thanks for mediating. OPs follow up comment supports your interpretation. I guess it was a misunderstanding more than anything.