No. I don’t care for them either. They’re lazy attempts at humor. Some are mildly amusing, but mostly they’re shit. What’s disturbing is that they’ve become a form of communication, and the grammar and syntax of kids are showing that. Memes are making them dumb.
People were snipping out pieces of newspaper and sending them to eachother in the post as jokes, as soon as newspapers became a thing. People used to have silly paintings commissioned to send to eachother too.
It means, why don’t you make something you enjoy, instead of complaining about something you don’t enjoy?
People complained about books and newspapers when they were the new thing. I think we can all agree they didn’t make the world a worse place. Besides, the “hot thought” of a single psychologist does not make science. There are climate change deniers among climate scientists as well. (eg. Richard Lindzen)
Assuming everyone on here is a teen says a lot about you as well.
I’m sure you like some elements of a culture or system of behavior passed from one individual to another by imitation or other nongenetic means. Such as education or entertainment.
There are some i don’t think are funny, there are some that are just stupid, and there are some that I just don’t understand.
So, I’m not a fan of any of those, but to hate ALL memes seems like it’s based on an unjust bias in your brain.
Like if someone went to YouTube for the first time and watched a couple of those immature “bro, it’s just a prank!” channels and decided that they hated all internet video creators.
I'm of the opinion that everything that gets passed off as a meme isn't necessarily a meme. Sometimes they're just funny pictures. (Actual humor content may vary)
Memes should have something to do with a commonly understood phrase or thought in the culture and highlight those.
Of course, with enough push those funny pictures can become memes but ideally they would start as a meme and then have comedy added to them.
I don’t like it when I encounter them in the source material, like the council scene in Fellowship “One does not simply ______”. It creates a sort of dissonance that takes me out of what I’m watching. They’re sort of like malware for the brain from that perspective.
What do you consider to be memes? Just images/image macros? Gifs? Videos? Copy pastas? Do you dislike all of these, or just some?
Generically, I’d say memes are essentially just widespread “internet culture” inside jokes. Disliking humor or inside jokes is definitely not the norm.
I like them fine for the purpose of humor. Like cat memes and such. But when people use them as a means to respond to a discussion instead of actually stating their opinion- like the kids in Hexbear, it’s childish and cringy.
No, I completely get where you’re coming from. As a blind person, they are just terrible. Because instead of saying what people want to say, they just post this damn picture that I can’t read and completely kills any conversation. I block all communities that I can for memes just because it’s pointless for me to have them show up.
Those are actually just one type of meme (called image macros, maybe?).
Rick Rolling is a meme, wazzup was a meme, Jingle Bella, Batman Smells" is a meme…there are lots of other things that are memes. Though I do have to admit that a lot of memes are visually-based.
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