Pretty much the same sort of conclusion I'd reached myself.
To meme effectively, you need a sense of humor. And a certain type of iconoclastic sneaky creativity.
The "Left" so-called are the opposite of that.
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Pretty much the same sort of conclusion I'd reached myself.
To meme effectively, you need a sense of humor. And a certain type of iconoclastic sneaky creativity.
The "Left" so-called are the opposite of that.
What's the sitch?
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Either they are not actually funny or they just flew over my head. Seems like standard MO of taking "meme images" and slapping unrelated text hoping it becomes funny by association. The Pie chart one makes no sense at all since it would have to do with a population unless this is a reference to the "two wolf spirit"joke and they have multiple spirits/personalities within themselves each with a different gay.
Bear Ribs
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This. The references like "I'm gay out in the sun" and such refer to the meanings of the individual colors in the flag. It's... I guess it's supposed to be a meme but there's not really anything there.
bintananth
behind a desk
"Here's the fag an let's be gay today." is probably the meanest thing I've said to a homosexual guy.
He was asking me for a cigarette and was trying to flirt with me. I was trying to be as offensive as possible.
Simonbob
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At least it's funny!
bintananth
behind a desk
I have my moments.
And add,that God do not promised anything about fire,and Sodom was destroyed by fire.
What's the sitch?
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Always viewed the promise to not kill 99.999% of people via flooding as a kinda meh promise, its like so you can kill a smaller amount or use any of many alternate means, thanks I guess.
Though I am sure he is absolutely angry at the usurpation of one of his symbols though. There will eventually be a reckoning for this, and other things.
Though I am sure he is absolutely angry at the usurpation of one of his symbols though. There will eventually be a reckoning for this, and other things.
Circle of Willis
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This is probably the best example of why the left can't meme I've seen in recent weeks.
Tl;dr leftist makes a meme with some actual bite to it. Realizes that having the evil Gamergater chud's wife cheating on him with Tyrone reinforces a negative black stereotype, immediately revises comic (thereby taking the sting out of it) and issues this pathetic groveling apology. While s/he/xir/whatever didn't say so out loud, I suspect realizing that this meme also 'reinforced' the stereotype of modern women being cheating sluts who can't stay loyal to a man played a factor as well - quite the doubleplus ungood twofer there eh, racism and misogyny in one, or so the author would have to worry about from all of xir's friends.
Imagine living in such a state of constant existential dread and paranoia that at any moment, you could do or say something 'offensive' or 'insufficiently inclusive' and have to don sackcloth & issue a weepy apology or get canceled for it, even if 'it' was just posting memes on the Internet. Little wonder this asshole's generation is the one with crippling anxiety, and that wokeness is an absolute humor-terminating mind-virus.
Tl;dr leftist makes a meme with some actual bite to it. Realizes that having the evil Gamergater chud's wife cheating on him with Tyrone reinforces a negative black stereotype, immediately revises comic (thereby taking the sting out of it) and issues this pathetic groveling apology. While s/he/xir/whatever didn't say so out loud, I suspect realizing that this meme also 'reinforced' the stereotype of modern women being cheating sluts who can't stay loyal to a man played a factor as well - quite the doubleplus ungood twofer there eh, racism and misogyny in one, or so the author would have to worry about from all of xir's friends.
Imagine living in such a state of constant existential dread and paranoia that at any moment, you could do or say something 'offensive' or 'insufficiently inclusive' and have to don sackcloth & issue a weepy apology or get canceled for it, even if 'it' was just posting memes on the Internet. Little wonder this asshole's generation is the one with crippling anxiety, and that wokeness is an absolute humor-terminating mind-virus.
Blasterbot
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actually that is a hilarious joke with that point of view. guy got so wrapped up in the interweb that his wife cheats on him and he can only spout a barely articulate talking point about it. admittedly him being a caricature of a right-winger is par for the course since the left can't understand how the right thinks but there is an actual joke buried in the original content. it getting moderated out as offensive is an extra bit of hilarity to show why the left can't do comedy anymore.
LordsFire
Internet Wizard
On top of that, it neglects the fact that gamers tend to be libertarians or leftists, trending more towards the former than the latter these days.
There certainly are conservative gamers as well, such as myself, but the 'completely lost in the world of games' types tend not to be conservatives.
most gamers just want to be left alone.
and would be a political if they were allowed to be.
What's the sitch?
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Meme woulda worked if they had a flower or flower pot with the khmer rouge hat or uniform on glaring menacingly while pointing at people. Trump is always on these peoples minds though. That whole unrelated images with text thing they like to do.
The promise was for the benefit of Noah's children - that the next time it rained, they would not be afraid it would be The Big One over again.
But just mentioning God is likely to send some the modern Left into an incoherent rage.