The bulk update request #7892 has been rejected.

change category thousand_yard_stare (86) -> copyright
create implication thousand_yard_stare (86) -> meme (52968)

Reason: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thousand-yard-stare

It's a meme, although I think it can be discussed wether this tag should be applicable only to pictures clearly referecing the original:
post #4736065 post #4743553 post #4697790

Or any pictures with a clear distante stare, but not exactly facing the viewer:
post #4632367 post #4138230 post #3724299

EDIT: The bulk update request #7892 (forum #403270) has been rejected by @Rainbow_Dash.

While that is definitely a meme, I wouldn't say that all posts currently tagged with thousand_yard_stare fall under that.

Most of the posts under this tag are dubious and can be sorted to other tags, meme or not. I also wonder when redraws of a real painting (inspired_by_formal_art) transcend reference status and coalesce into a meme. The term seems to have been coined from the painting's name, and what it describes is an emotionless, blank stare signifying dissociation and likely trauma.

The more I go on about this, the more I think at least the painting should be tagged where it's referenced, Marines_Call_It_That_2,000_Yard_Stare as a copyright tag. That seems very fair and correct. It probably is a meme since it seems to have some virality.

This has made me realize that not only is traumatized a taggable concept but also that it is a tag at all and one with a decent amount of use already. That should see more use with all the dark content we have.

The bulk update request #7892 (forum #403270) has been rejected by @Rainbow_Dash.