Yeah no memes from 2012 walked so the memes of today could run. Ye Olden times of image macros, top text bottom text, and rage comics were all derivative trash. We all enjoyed them at the time but let’s not pretend they were more “creative”, they were literally the opposite.
Your reliance on templates is weak. You cannot make a meme without a macro image, impact font, and bottom text. Modern memes are humour abstracted to its core essence.