What does it mean for something other than food to be "deep fried"?

A meme was described to be "deep fried". I think it might have meant that its message was maybe an exaggeration of facts?

https://www.reddit.com/r/antinatalism/comments/cxs224/deep_fried_antinatalism_meme/


Solution 1:

It appears to be an expression used to refer to pictures which have been modified by filters. The final effect is like the image had been “fried”.

From knowyourmeme.com:

Deep Fried Memes are a style of meme wherein an image is run through dozens of filters to the point where the image appears grainy, washed-out, and strangely colored. Often, they’re applied in memes popular on Black Twitter such as Real Nigga Hours and Spell ICUP Nigga.

Example:

enter image description here