MEMES

[Glorb]

I speak in this case not only of internet memes, but also cultural and pop-cultural memes. As I've said before, internet memes are, to me at least, extraordinarily unfunny, and a lazy attempt at real humor. Cultural memes have a somewhat more rigorous way of seperating the wheat from the chaff by way of being passed down through the generations (so much so that things like the chicken/road joke are instantly recognizable to almost anyone). Internet memes have no such built-in quality control; this, coupled with anonymity and a demand for attention, leads to lame attempts by internet people at getting their own slice of the humor pie. On a case-by-case basis this is harmless, but left unchecked, could lead to people's standards of humor being lowered substantially.

So, the moral of this rant is probably: Let things become memes on their own and don't try and make them yourself.

And also yeah this is a poll I sort of forgot about that.

[PaperLuigi]

I question the need for this poll. Nevertheless, I like YouTube Poop. Most people lump YTP in with memes.

[ShadowBrain]

I think it's unfair to dismiss all internet memes as stupid. Some are dumber than others, yes, and idiots will abuse them, but that's the case with any form of humor. I think the annoyance stems from the fact that they're just really easy to "make", per se.

[Sqrt2]

I think that memes are OK, as long as I'm not constantly having them thrust in my face/quoted.


Then they get annoying.

[Turtlekid1]

You can't apply a blanket condemnation for memes.  They have varying degrees of comedy to them.  Most memes are stupid, but I do find a few funny.

Also, context is king.  They cease to be funny if, as Sqrt2 pointed out, they're constantly and mercilessly referred to.  But a well-timed meme quote/reference is comic gold.

[Rao]

[ShadowBrain]

Yeah, my friend was telling me about that one the other day. I figured it was like some kind of snowclone, though, not an image thing.

[Glorb]

It's primarily snowclone, not an image-based meme. It's also one of the few examples of a genuinely entertaining meme.

[FlamingBlueMario]

I have mixed feelings about Internet memes. I guess some can be funny (Rao's post was a little funny) while others tend to fall flat on their faces. Can't say that I like them, but can't really say that I hate them either. 

[Ultima Shadow]

Like some memes, loathe the majority of YouTube Poop.

[SolidShroom]

Memes are alright--but can be harmful, not unlike anything else that has ever existed. For one, people enjoy it when they have things in common with other people. This is just nature. Well when significant amounts of our humor is based around memes, then these people already may have something in common before they even say a single word to one another. And with this, perhaps the memes can break the ice and later lead to friendships. Plus, there are plenty of people who use memes cleverly, which often produces funny results.

However, I think that ******bag who started the swirly rainbow background behind the cutout of a head macro should be caned. I mean, way to make an easy as crap layout for morons to use to make unfunny garbage quickly and easily.

[ShadowBrain]

However, I think that ******bag who started the swirly rainbow background behind the cutout of a head macro should be caned. I mean, way to make an easy as crap layout for morons to use to make unfunny garbage quickly and easily.

TEM?

[Glorb]

I'm assuming SolidShroom is uninformed, should've said, "the ******bag who stole TEM's picture and made it into an unfunny image macro".

[PaperLuigi]

Actually, Encyclopedia Dramatica acknowledges that Advice Dog did originate from this site.

Well...sort of. "Others argue it originated on Mario's fansite forum" are the exact words, with "others argue" linking to another article entirely.

[Lizard Dude]

ShadowBrian had to go and ruin the joke.