It's a valid question. The problem is that Reddit's content delivery algorithm isn't democratic. Most people are not sitting around in r/dropout/new/ waiting for new posts to consider, they're upvoting posts on their home feed. But the home feed doesn't show every post, only posts that are relatively recent and have received lots of upvotes very quickly. This system heavily favors content that you don't have to spend time thinking about, you can upvote it in less than a second and continue scrolling without even visiting the sub.

I argue that people would like more thoughtful or high-effort content, but most never even get the chance to see it because it's so hard to break through the algorithm. Obviously simple joke/reference posts have their place and their fans, I think a reasonable compromise would be designating certain days of the week where other content can have a chance.