I have not seen the episode or the meme before and I'm confused by your caption. We like 2014 edition better than 2024 edition, right?

13th Age is the real 5e

And dnd 5e is the most aggressively mid RPG ever published

I do not.

Personally, I'll take 2e, BECMI, or maybe 3.x

5e14 and 5e24 are about even for me. 5e24 does add some nice bits and pieces that I wish were available earlier and it did a really good job of improving Monk, but it also has its own questionable decisions

BX/BECMI is the realest edition imo. But I'll sit down for some AD&D any day of the week.