I was recently on 9gag when I saw yet another joseph decreaux meme (http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/4457850_460s.jpg)i personally think this meme is never funny. So i ask you escapist, which meme would you get rid of?
Which meme would you get rid of?
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Absolutely buggering none of them. I have yet to see a meme that I get sick of or just dislike, I never understood all the people getting pissy about "arrow in the knee." I don't find all of them funny, I just go "meh" and move on. Simples.
There's your problem.WhySoElitist said:
9GAG isn't terrible, but it has an awful community with the most boring and juvenile jokes you can imagine.
OT: Probably that thumb happy one. Don't know the name, but I hate it.
The one that ruined the term coined by Richard Dawkins. That would mean... Basically all of the INTERNET MEMES. That's what they're called.
All of them. Please keep them in shit communities like reddit, 9gag and memebase. Hell, I'm beginning to get tired of Jimmies.
I'm not saying they don't demonstrate memetic theory, they most certainly do. The problem is that now, rather than meme being associated with the memetic theory, it's associated with cats saying retarded shit.Kodlak said:
It just annoys me that the word has lost all actual meaning. If I as much as mention memes, people either insult me for enjoying Internet memes (which I don't, for the most part), or they start going on about how awesome 9GAG is. It's just a sad affair.
Haters gonna hate.
What it once meant: people with a hateful and negative predisposition are going to insult, mock and be generally behave negatively towards a group of people, especially minorities, no matter how innocent said group is and no matter how much they rationally argue for their side.
What it means now: valid criticism gonna get passive aggressive response.
What it once meant: people with a hateful and negative predisposition are going to insult, mock and be generally behave negatively towards a group of people, especially minorities, no matter how innocent said group is and no matter how much they rationally argue for their side.
What it means now: valid criticism gonna get passive aggressive response.
haters gonna hate, now its potatoes gonna potate, it doesnt even make sence anymore XD still funny though
Either all or none. I don't see the point in getting rid of one, the internet has a f***ing ENDLESS supply of source material. Someone could put a picture with what I just said, like a crate of watermelons, and caption it "The internet has a f***ing ENDLESS supply" "of watermelons" and just exchange the last words and that would qualify. It's futile to think that you can stop at one and have any impact.
That said, arrow to the knee. Because I noticed it myself, then made a joke about it to my friends who'd played Skyrim, but no, they all knew what I was getting at because apparently it was all over Reddit. So it'd be that, out of spite.
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That said, arrow to the knee. Because I noticed it myself, then made a joke about it to my friends who'd played Skyrim, but no, they all knew what I was getting at because apparently it was all over Reddit. So it'd be that, out of spite.
Captcha: happy blessings...
Trolling as a joke. Not trolling as in actually trolling, because that can actually be funny; but when you get in an actual argument about real things (in real life), and the person losing says "u mad bro?", it just feels like the ultimate cop-out in debate. There's just so much overuse in that meme.
As for memes in general, I'm just tired of them. I got into them about a year or two ago, and then I stopped about 6 months ago. They just weren't doing anything humorous or new for me. Unfortunately, as soon as I abandoned memes, everybody else in my school found them through iFunny and Damn!LOL and immediately felt better about themselves for being "hooked" on "internet culture". This isn't bad in itself much, but the fact of the matter is that if you expose something to the masses, its going to get broader and dumber.
And so was the case when all of these memes that were made a year ago got reposted on Facebook and Pinterest and people started using memes in the wrong context, and misquoting them in real life. Meme pages for universities and other areas (such as cities, states) began popping up on Facebook producing the lowest common denominator in comedy.
For example, let's say that there is a page called "Texas memes". An example of a meme here would be a map of Texas, with a trollface copy pasted onto it (most likely in MS Paint), reading "lol u hot bro". That would be the joke, because Texas is pretty hot.
I should end my rant here, because this is starting to get pathetic.
BOTTOM LINE: Memes should really just all die. 4chan is ahead of us here, the only meme that they have left is the "you rustled my jimmies", which still has some humor in it (for some reason). Memes are so misused and unfunny now that they need to just die while there's still some nostalgia about them (making them the internet's equivalent of Sonic games).
As for memes in general, I'm just tired of them. I got into them about a year or two ago, and then I stopped about 6 months ago. They just weren't doing anything humorous or new for me. Unfortunately, as soon as I abandoned memes, everybody else in my school found them through iFunny and Damn!LOL and immediately felt better about themselves for being "hooked" on "internet culture". This isn't bad in itself much, but the fact of the matter is that if you expose something to the masses, its going to get broader and dumber.
And so was the case when all of these memes that were made a year ago got reposted on Facebook and Pinterest and people started using memes in the wrong context, and misquoting them in real life. Meme pages for universities and other areas (such as cities, states) began popping up on Facebook producing the lowest common denominator in comedy.
For example, let's say that there is a page called "Texas memes". An example of a meme here would be a map of Texas, with a trollface copy pasted onto it (most likely in MS Paint), reading "lol u hot bro". That would be the joke, because Texas is pretty hot.
I should end my rant here, because this is starting to get pathetic.
BOTTOM LINE: Memes should really just all die. 4chan is ahead of us here, the only meme that they have left is the "you rustled my jimmies", which still has some humor in it (for some reason). Memes are so misused and unfunny now that they need to just die while there's still some nostalgia about them (making them the internet's equivalent of Sonic games).
