I hate about 95% of the memes I see. There are a multitude of reasons just as there are a multitude of individual senses of humor. The most common gripes I have are repetition and laziness.
Laziness rears its ugly head in the way somebody takes an already-created meme and sloppily edits it to change something, usually the text. It’s the visual equivalent of the way movies used to be edited for television, where the re-dub’s effort to replicate the original actor can be described only as “half-assed”.
“Yippee-ki-yi-yay-mother-LOVER.” That kind of thing. The dissonance distracts from the entire presentation.
Then there’s repetition. Comedy is meant to be enjoyed frequently. Movies like “Caddyshack” and TV series are watched again and again, and we still laugh. But a comedic film or sitcom episode has characters, storylines, conflict, drama. Memes have a picture and a caption.
And while I love the “I Love Lucy” episode where she does the Vitameatavegamin commercial, I can’t imagine watching it more than once or twice a year. I see the same memes pop up over and over again in my newsfeed WEEKLY. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. But the damn things never go away.
Let’s take a break and enjoy a classic, rarely seen comic strip.
Okay, I lied. I made that comic strip up. But look how easy it was! I downloaded a Peanuts font from a website that probably only gave my laptop 4-6 viruses, tops. If you think my attempt is bad (which, to be sure, it absolutely is–that’s the point) look at how low the bar is: in these actual crappy Peanuts memes. Apologies to Schulz.
This is a lovely sentiment (and true!!!!) but as a meme it’s just awful. Schulz got years of material out of the stress of school and teachers. Also, my favorite Alliance teachers (hello Mrs. McC! Hello Mrs. N!) would get out their red pens and mark this thing up like crazy. Also, what child wonders aloud what their teacher earns for a living? This thing is like a blooming onion made of dog turd.
Snoopy doesn’t talk. His should be a thought bubble, not a speech bubble. Yeah, that’s anal but come on! Take pride in your workmanship! Also, Schulz was a lot more subtle than this bromide (Know Your Word Power!), which has all the delicacy of a boot to the chin.
Stupid joke. Not in character,
Yeesh…….
This is unspeakably foul. (I took out the unspeakably foul parts, I sincerely hope you aren’t able to figure it out.) Putting profane words into the mouths of innocent characters is lazy, rotten humor.
Good grief indeed.