Or maybe people aren’t all stupid, and just make vaguely related dune memes that still are a bit humorous? It’s not like there are movie adaptations of god emperor of dune.

Also, even disregarding God Emperor, the joke still works, the fremen literally worship sandworms

lotr nerds are the worst

It’s annoying when it’s used as an excuse for mindless consumption, rather than a call to abolish capitalism