Internet Memes - Opinions

[Lace Neil Singer]

What's everyone's opinion on internet memes? Are you offended by them, do you find them funny, do you think they're cruel and/or disgusting? Does it depend on the meme? What ones do you particularly like or despise? Below is a list of 10 popular memes. The ones that might be not safe for anyone to view at work, should they search for them, will have a NSFW tag next to them. Just give your opinion on them; if you haven't heard of one, then you don't have to search; you may just want to. XD

1. Star Wars kid
2. O RLY
3. Mudkips
4. Goatse *NSFW*
5. Pedobear *NSFW*
6. Moshzilla/Mosh Girl
7. lolcats
8. Rickrolling
9. You Are Doing It Wrong
10. Numa Numa

[Sylvia727]

I find most of them funny. Lolcats, especially, can be very cute to me. Mostly, I think, these things get unfunny when taken to extremes.

[Lachrymose]

I find most of them funny.

YA RLY

[Arcade Man D]

1. Annoying, but fairly harmless.
2. Really annoying.
3. See 2
4. Immature, and stupid
5. See 4.
6. Haven't really encountered it.
7. The grammar gets on my nerves.
8. Love the song, a very amusing meme, actually.
9. Can be quite amusing.
10. Still watch it every once in a while, songs an earworm.

[anriana]

I like them when they're contained, ie I like going to cheeseburger to read lolcats but I don't like seeing them on random forums.

[CancelMyService]

I think Goatse has to be one of the oldest things on the internet, that was around back in the dark ages when I first got online in the mid/late 90s and suddenly people seemed to rediscover it as if it was a new phenomenon.

Lolcats never get old for me, but then I'm a cat person so it would be something right up my alley.

The only meme/internet phenomenon that ever bothered me is the subculture of people who worship all things Asian. Not only do they make it weird for those who enjoy things like video games and anime (since they get fans of both stereotyped as freaks), but they tend to add to the negative stereotypes of Asia/Japan in general. I'd wager stuff like the ubiquitous tentacle-rape porn and loli (it's not pedophilia, it's drawings! :rolleyes: ) finds more of an audience in Western weaboo* culture than in any actual Asian one.






*weaboo being the term I see bandied about for such folks. I've been told it's seen as a slur by them on par with "wigger" for folks who pretend to be black, but for all the headache they cause I don't care if it offends them or not.

[lordlundar]

Ahem, this is meant for the memes and not for anyone here.

BURN IN HELL!

I feel better now.:D

By observing those, the definition if an internet meme is to use it until WELL past the point where they stop being funny and move to annoying.

[the_std]

But memes are a fad, just like clothing styles and popular cuisine. They will therefore always be around, just like supermodels and sushi. Hating them will not make them go away, as long as the sheeples are out to play.

[lordlundar]

I know, I know.

But I can always hope, right?:D

[Lace Neil Singer]

I find some amusing, however I have to say that goatse and the like are disgusting and I don't really want to see them any more. X_x Another meme, which I didn't add, was bonsai kittens. I thought that was funny; especially when all the animal rights people were up in arms about the so called cruelty when said cruelty didn't exist.

[AFPheonix]

LOLcats are still cute to me. They have their clever moments.

What kills me is when people refer to them in real life. That tells me that someone needs to go outside a bit more. Either that or it's an old person who read about a meme that's so old it's shown up in a Reader's Digest and are trying to be hip.

[DesignFox]

I love the lolcats. :D

Some of the stuff on the list I don't recognize, and some of it like the goatse one...eeeeeeeew I remember when that first went around....

I think the "you're doing it wrong" stuff is funny, too.

And I see nothing wrong with applying lolcats to real life (as long as it's only occasional). A friend and I used to joke around with the "fail" cat meme...if someone did something stupid we told them they get a "fail cat." I guess I'm a dork. :p

[AFPheonix]

I guess I just mean internet culture in general bleeding into real life. I dunno, it's just kind of a pet peeve of mine.

That and people who still think running around yelling "I'm Rick James, Bitch!" is still the height of comedy.

[DesignFox]

I guess I just mean internet culture in general bleeding into real life. I dunno, it's just kind of a pet peeve of mine.


I think I know what you mean. Like people who spell out the acroynyms of text speak rather than speaking properly?

There's a radio commercial for a local mall like that and it makes my IQ drop every time it comes on.... :rolleyes:

[AFPheonix]

That's definitely part of it, yes.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I guess I just mean internet culture in general bleeding into real life. I dunno, it's just kind of a pet peeve of mine.

That and people who still think running around yelling "I'm Rick James, Bitch!" is still the height of comedy.

In a way, it is... cept, in a case of laughing at the moron, not with them. XD

[Machero]

Well, these things have been around for a long time. They used to be television shows.

You remember those right? Sitcoms that were actually good. Television drama that didn't have to be very smart to get people to watch.

Remember when the height of reality T.V. was William Shatner and Rescue 911?

Water cooler television has been replaced by these internet meme's simply because television kinda sucks lately.

And passing them on is as easy as firing off and email with a link inside. My inbox is crammed full of these emails. 50% from friend's, and co-worker's. 50% from my grandmother. Most are amusing, most are duuuuuuuuuuuuumb.

I love lolcats. Starwars Kid was funny for about 5 min. Numa Numa was kind of okay until he started trying.

There just is a dizzying array of content out there. Who knows what will be on this list 6 months from now?

[Antipsych]

For some reason, Rickrolling is very funny to me. I've contemplated this, trying to decide why, but I can't come up with a reason. It just is.

[Dreamstalker]

I've got another one: Hatsune Miku (Japanese software mascot).

[Slytovhand]

I'm with Lord, STD and AFP on this... especially Lord's first post....

Now, I like a good joke, and thus spreading said joke is good.

But aimlessly (and thoughtlessly) just randomly repeating (ie - forwarding) something for the sole purpose of having something to forward... no, go burn in hell!

Especially when what's sent or repeated is crap. (eg, those emails about fighter jets picked up on police speed-radars and the like...).

Star Wars kid?? Gotta disagree, Machero... didn't even make the 2 second funny for me...

Someone on here used the right word...'sheeples'.

How about.... coming up with something original???

I don't go searching for memes, but unfortunately, they get forwarded on to me. One I found that I sort of hate (merely cos I had to go find it to make sense of something) is the "Godwin's Law" thing. A) it's taken out of context, and B) it's crap!

All I can only put it down to... for all the technology and education that we have access to, humans are lowering their standards.*


(* in case this gets argued, how about asking what the terms "honour", "courage" and "strength" mean these days...)

[Dreamstalker]

I find the original premise of Godwin's Law way back when Usenet was prevalent to make sense, but very few people know what it is (or even what Usenet is) and it's become a cop-out if anyone disagrees with anything.

Lolcats have their amusing moments, the previous receptionist at my "normal" temp job would spend all day on that site though.