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The internet took a turn for the worse once memes surfaced
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The Silver
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We need the Patriots to filter out all this junk information
You see, you could have said the same with a meme: "wake up, sheeple!!"
TheRedSnifit
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Gravy Boat
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I agree with you to a point. Memes are the laziest form of humour, and it's quite deflatng to read a thread title and be able to guess to almost 100% accuracy what recyled images and gifs you're going to see for the 50th time this week. Most of them aren't even funny. Like that stupid pinnochio face down in a puddle one. Maybe it was funny at a time, but it stops being funny when you're exposed to it in practically every thread. Same with Dat Boi. Nobody actually finds Dat Boi funny because no one actually knows what it means. They just pretend they do in order to fit in.
Maybe the memes themselves aren't the problem, because once in a while a genuinley funny one comes along. It's they way that they get picked up and repeated until you want to kill yourself if you have to see it one more time that bothers me. Like there's little originality left on the internet discussions. People just repeat the same memes and gifs over and over as if that's some form of actual discussion.
Maybe the memes themselves aren't the problem, because once in a while a genuinley funny one comes along. It's they way that they get picked up and repeated until you want to kill yourself if you have to see it one more time that bothers me. Like there's little originality left on the internet discussions. People just repeat the same memes and gifs over and over as if that's some form of actual discussion.
Subpar Scrub
Banned
While this thread is doing nothing, can anyone tell me
Is this why we're here? Just to meme?
Why huelen10 got banned? I saw multiple Apple threads without them on the front page and checked their profile.
Is this why we're here? Just to meme?
oh fuck whaddup
they killed a gorilla for godssake
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Do you even remember the origin of the memes? I theorized it became around the titi of MGS Rising the memes when from ideas to Memetic images. Like how we from nanomachines
to
NANOMACHINES SON!
And
200% Glad.
to
NANOMACHINES SON!
And
200% Glad.
valkillmore
Member
Memes are one of the best things about the internet period, what is OP on about
Stereogatari
Banned
Memes are the internet forum equivelant of an in-joke between family/friends/partners etc.
It fullfills a human social need in a unique way.
It fullfills a human social need in a unique way.
♪every party needs a pooper that's why they invited you♫
People in the near future will think the gorilla is Harambe.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
That's the thing about memes op, you never know what will walk through that door.
freenudemacusers
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only since 99?
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jim-jam bongs
Member
Dicks out for OP
Lilalaunebaer
Member
For you
1) the past 4 years? You don't know what a meme is if you think they were created 4 years ago.
2) The only thing close to an issue is the staying power of memes in the last few years. Memes are fleeting by nature and are funny/entertaining in the moment. Rage faces stopped being funny years ago, but they're still everywhere. It prevents new memes that could reach a greater audience hitting the mainstream.
2) The only thing close to an issue is the staying power of memes in the last few years. Memes are fleeting by nature and are funny/entertaining in the moment. Rage faces stopped being funny years ago, but they're still everywhere. It prevents new memes that could reach a greater audience hitting the mainstream.
uncelestial
Member
TIL there are people who hate funny pictures.
Oh well, sucks to be them.
NSFW MEME INSIDE!
Oh well, sucks to be them.
NSFW MEME INSIDE!
Imp the Dimp
Member
lmao
Newtype-001
Member
I get it.
The old memes were shit.
The old memes were shit.
Pantaghana
Member
Memes have existed for millennia, the internet just made them more visible.
Examples include the Sator Square, and Abracadabra a word the Romans used as a part of their magic spells all the way back to the 3rd century. Ancient memes have even crossed continents, the architectural motif known as the Three Hares originated in China during the 6th century and traveled all the way to England.
The only problem is the internet enabling goddamn 12 year olds to copy-paste them ad nauseam.
Examples include the Sator Square, and Abracadabra a word the Romans used as a part of their magic spells all the way back to the 3rd century. Ancient memes have even crossed continents, the architectural motif known as the Three Hares originated in China during the 6th century and traveled all the way to England.
The only problem is the internet enabling goddamn 12 year olds to copy-paste them ad nauseam.
ThePeoplesBureau
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People in the distant future will think we evolved from Harambe
Crimson-Death
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excelsiorlef
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uncelestial
Member
troll physics always. actually
Oh man, so good. I've actually learned things from breakdowns of troll physics memes.
Imp the Dimp
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The prevalence of memes skyrocketed a millionfold in the past 4 or 5 years. Memes existing in the past is meaningless because avoiding them was rather easy and threads were usually not flodded with that crap bar 4chan and possibly other sites I didn't frequent.
I remember most of the memes (although we didn't call them memes) of the mid 2000s as well, but subjectively I'd say troll faces were the first step to memes being everywhere. 60% of the posts in this thread make precisely zero sense to me without googling and I do not recall getting punished so quickly for missing out on some rubbish meme in the past.
Newtype-001
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C
Contica
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They were around back then too, just not nearly as frequent.
They bore me, they're overused, and they only serve to inform me who not to listen to.
I wish people could just use language, plain and simple language. No abbreviations just because you're too damn lazy to type for half a second longer.
They bore me, they're overused, and they only serve to inform me who not to listen to.
I wish people could just use language, plain and simple language. No abbreviations just because you're too damn lazy to type for half a second longer.
Always-honest
Banned
The worst thing about memes is the word itself.
SpaceCadetKeon
Banned
The internet just shot itself in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about online culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in real life where you can become successful by being funny. If you spam the same jokes over and over on the internet, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the average person, after hearing about this, is not going to want to consume humor from any site, nor will they view any of the sites on the internet. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but the internet has alienated an entire market with this move.
Shitposters, publicly apologize and cancel all memes for the internet or you can kiss your audience goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about online culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in real life where you can become successful by being funny. If you spam the same jokes over and over on the internet, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the average person, after hearing about this, is not going to want to consume humor from any site, nor will they view any of the sites on the internet. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but the internet has alienated an entire market with this move.
Shitposters, publicly apologize and cancel all memes for the internet or you can kiss your audience goodbye.
what about lack of capitalization and punctuation though
Myspcr_Shadow
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Has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Memes are cool op. I just dislike the "when you ____"
Memes are cool op. I just dislike the "when you ____"
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