Fridge Logic wrote:
The problem is not with me, it is with the content we are aggregating. We claim to be a place of research, but the truth of the matter is that we only “research” that which is thrown at our doorstep by Reddit and news sites and hardly touch the surface of true internet culture. That is the difference between then and now. It was more creative, and less polluted by corporate interests.
And what if we do? Does that not make them relevant to internet culture? The times change, and the creators of what was funny gave up their top spot. Perhaps the current creations are more shit, perhaps they are not, but we can be certain that they wouldn't spread if they were utter shit and unfunny. People simply have different interests than you Fridge, fucking deal with it.
And please, just please, list me all the new memes we haven't documented. Hell, let's do the old ones we're missing as well while at it. We have the options on the site to point out the stuff we're missing, and both mods and staff even maintain a list of what is missing. For people who believe the site is massively lacking at "actual memes", I see the content we are missing referenced damn little. You're like those people who don't vote and still have the guts to complain about the outcome.
There was a time where internet culture was something you didn't tell your friends about or made public, it was one of those social taboos. But times changed. There was also a time when gay mariage was a social and political taboo, but look how far we've gotten there. As I said in my earlier post, change is scary to you.
Back then, one had to use an actual image editing program to create a picture he thought was funny and worthy of sharing.
And how is the old content more "creative" on the area of software they required. Looking back at some of the older more popular stuff, taking things like O RLY, All Ur Base, LolCats, Gary Oak. Not too many years ago videos about a Stormtrooper airhumping and a Kid with a Lightsaber were the shit. How is that any different from the random shit produced now? Some of those things don't even require "creativity". Lolcats are just fucking image macros, Rage Faces (when they were still funny and popular) are dumb drawings with zero effort. If you believe those things were "super original and creative", look again, because they still require the same amount of effort, which is none. People are lazy, and want to make quick jokes and content, this never changed.
If any, I'd say that artist gained a higher spot in internet culture, drawing content relevant to internet phenomena. Those weren't as active "back then", and drawings probably take a bit more effort than simple image macros. If any, they have made todays memes "more creative", as art related memes are getting more attention.
Now, one simply goes to make what he calls a “meme” but what is actually an image macro template that’s been used a thousand times before on Imgur that he thinks is funny and worthy of massive amounts of link karma. Memes are not the same, they have been warped by the masses and have worsened as a result.
Describe "meme". Because at the end isn't that what they're about? Content being shared by a lot of people online? Perhaps they aren't as funny to you, but that doesn't mean that's a general opinion everyone MUST follow. I don't like them either all the time, but I accepted that humor is a matter of taste.
Memes are not the same, they have been warped by the masses and have worsened as a result.
Describe: "Elitism" and "Hipster". The more popular something gets, the more you hate it.
The internet used to be a place of creativity, and used to be a new frontier of communication and sharing of ideas; in certain places, it still is. But we are not there. We are simply at the place where it is easier to document the paltry jokes that are thrown at us. Genuine culture flourishes in places where there is no payoff, and memes flourish there.
>But we are not there.
Please list me all the things we're missing. Go on, do it. Plenty of Tumblr stuff was documented, but we can't spend 24/7 on documenting Tumblr. For someone damn certain we're missing out on all the good stuff, you must have some knowledge on what we don't have.
Or rather, the users that make and edit entries, I haven’t done that in months and I won’t pretend that I do.
Than you are one of the reasons of your own complaints. Shitting on stuff you have no interest in fixing. Being one of those people who complain about the outcome of elections while they haven't even voted.
So in summation, this has been a terrible year, and all we have to show for it is a bunch of 30 second videos that any dipshit with a horse mask and a free afternoon can make.
David After Dentist, The Fall of Edgar, Star Wars Kid, Numa Numa, Dancing Stormtrooper. Some of the more "older" vids any dipshit can make. Quantity only changed, quality is still the same.
And I'm fairly certain that outside of the Harlem Shake (which requires damn little effort, no arguing there), most of the derivative videos created based on popular vids takes a bit more than one afternoon.
But hey, what’s the word of a cynical asshole like me against a guy with even the most meager power?
What is an opinion to another opinion? Unless I actually start power abusing people who disagree with me I don't see how that's supposed to bring a point.
Do not waste your time with a response, I will not be coming back to this matter.
And give you the honor of running away with the final saying? I do not think so.
