Terrible Memes?

[FalloutJack]

Potentially, all of them.

I'm not saying they all are, but you get to the point where your care cup runneth over and one grows tired of even the ones they like.

For arguments sake, though, I'll put in "Anything that originated from 4chan.". Mkay?

That would actually be the vast majority. Probably around 80% of those used today in one way or another came from 4chan.

Here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.382360-Im-a-Hufflepuff], does this help? I think this is a terrible idea for a meme.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

Actually that was in reference to your image not showing up. Your link is badly formatted and just says "Image" (might want to fix that). So i didn't actually get to see your image, although I'm sure its delightful.

Ok, I changed the source. Picture should show up now.

Picking out a poor judgement made by one member of a community and applying it the whole of a community is a classic attack that is actually quite often made on gamers. Yes its inappropriate. No it isn't indicative of an entire community. Surely you can see why labeling MLP fans "Genocide trivializers" would annoy some people?

Sure, which is why I didn't say "genocide trivalizers", I said that the pictures cross the line.

 

[ToastiestZombie]

Actually that was in reference to your image not showing up. Your link is badly formatted and just says "Image" (might want to fix that). So i didn't actually get to see your image, although I'm sure its delightful.

Ok, I changed the source. Picture should show up now.

Picking out a poor judgement made by one member of a community and applying it the whole of a community is a classic attack that is actually quite often made on gamers. Yes its inappropriate. No it isn't indicative of an entire community. Surely you can see why labeling MLP fans "Genocide trivializers" would annoy some people?

Sure, which is why I didn't say "genocide trivalizers" I said that the pictures cross the line.

What line was there to be crossed? This is the internet, far worse things come from every fandom out there. I can guarantee you that somewhere out there is rule 34 of Spongebob. Just because EternalNothingess makes threads overanalyzing the show, it doesn't mean we ALL are that way to the show. Like I said, generalizations are bad mkay. But may I ask you this, do you hate Mass Effect fans because of the MASSIVE amount of threads that came out about the ending to ME3? When Half Life 3 comes out will you hate Half Life fans because of the MASSIVE amount of threads that will inevitably be made on Half Life 3? Do you hate cosplay because that's mentioned quite a lot on this site? I'm guessing no, because they are not ponies. Personally, I think that most of the hate coming from people like you is because of the fact that it's "My Little Pony" instead of a show exclusively for boys that men like.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

What line was there to be crossed?

A personal line for me.

This is the internet, far worse things come from every fandom out there. I can guarantee you that somewhere out there is rule 34 of Spongebob.

Doesn't make the pictures I found any better.

Just because EternalNothingess makes threads overanalyzing the show, it doesn't mean we ALL are that way to the show.

I never mentioned EternalNothingness or overanalyzing threads about the show. Go back and read my original post.

Like I said, generalizations are bad mkay. But may I ask you this, do you hate Mass Effect fans because of the MASSIVE amount of threads that came out about the ending to ME3? When Half Life 3 comes out will you hate Half Life fans because of the MASSIVE amount of threads that will inevitably be made on Half Life 3?

Nope, this is a video game website and I never came across Mass Effect or Half Life fans spamming other threads that had nothing to do with those games. They also didn't try to force me to like their game after I said no.

Do you hate cosplay because that's mentioned quite a lot on this site?

Nope, they didn't try to hijack threads I read, nor did they try to convince me to cosplay after I refused.

I'm guessing no, because they are not ponies.

Nope, because they didn't spam thread I read, and they didn't try to force/convince me to join them after I refused.

Personally, I think that most of the hate coming from people like you is because of the fact that it's "My Little Pony" instead of a show exclusively for boys that men like.

If that's what you think, then you haven't read anything I typed. I said me reason was primarily because they spam threads, and try to proselytize others into liking the show. The Nazi theme pictures were just the straw that broke the camels back.

 

[ToastiestZombie]

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You seem to say we shove ponies down your throat, and derail threads with ponies. But you haven't shown ANY evidence, except for saying that they have. And that EN statement was about generalizations, which you are doing. Not every brony shoves ponies down other people's throats, and not every hater shoves their hate down people's throats. Also, let me give you a story about a hater:

Basically, I told a few of my close friends that I was a brony. They were perfectly fine with it. Except for one, and that was the one who I only really liked out of sympathy. What did he do? Every time we spoke from then on he mentioned how I liked ponies in a negative light, I never mentioned ponies at all. Yet because he hated the show and thought that bronies shove ponies down his throat he started to shove how he hated the show down my throat. He soon learnt that doing that does not a good friend make, so I kind of just ignored him. It's not the fact that he hated the show that I ditched him as a friend, it's the fact that EVERY time we spoke he mentioned me being a brony. Now I know why barely anybody liked him, because he makes everything worse when there's no need to. I've seen him with my other friends saying about how they are "newfags" because they don't go on 4chan all the time like him. Now pretty much all of the people in my friend group hates him. That's an example of why I really don't like people like you and him. Can you give an example of why you don't like ponies?

... that isn't just saying "They shove it down my throats and force me to like the show", because I've never seen that happen. Perhaps you could enlighten me, or would you rather just keep making silly claims?

 

[Vampire cat]

I feel that at a time when something becomes a Meme, the joke is already well told. It becomes a Meme when it's so widespread it's almost universal in internet culture. From this point on it's already overstaying it's welcome, and often it does so for weeks and months on end!

Very very few of these Memes are funny... Some make you smile or giggle the first time. The funniest crack a smile the second and the third time. After that it becomes a drag, and messes up oh so many a conversation...

Bwah, idk... I'm just a hateful old fool =p.

 

[Brandon Logan]

I don't like memes period.

 

[WoahDan]

Almost all of them, its rare for a meme to still be funny after the first couple of times you hear it.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

You seem to say we shove ponies down your throat, and derail threads with ponies.

No, I said that people were doing that and that it has died down since then.

But you haven't shown ANY evidence, except for saying that they have.

I don't make a habit out of saving said threads, but I do recall a Yahtzee or Jim video having the facebook comment section hijacked by "[blank] is best pony" comments. Go look if your interested.

And that EN statement was about generalizations, which you are doing. Not every brony shoves ponies down other people's throats, and not every hater shoves their hate down people's throats. Also, let me give you a story about a hater:

Basically, I told a few of my close friends that I was a brony. They were perfectly fine with it. Except for one, and that was the one who I only really liked out of sympathy. What did he do? Every time we spoke from then on he mentioned how I liked ponies in a negative light, I never mentioned ponies at all. Yet because he hated the show and thought that bronies shove ponies down his throat he started to shove how he hated the show down my throat. He soon learnt that doing that does not a good friend make, so I kind of just ignored him. It's not the fact that he hated the show that I ditched him as a friend, it's the fact that EVERY time we spoke he mentioned me being a brony. Now I know why barely anybody liked him, because he makes everything worse when there's no need to. I've seen him with my other friends saying about how they are "newfags" because they don't go on 4chan all the time like him. Now pretty much all of the people in my friend group hates him. That's an example of why I really don't like people like you and him. Can you give an example of why you don't like ponies?

Great story except I'm nothing like him. I don't go around and bring up how much you like ponies every time I see your username.

My dislike for the show has nothing to do with my dislike for the memes. The previous actions of the fan base is why I don't like the memes. If the fanbase was never there, I wouldn't like the show but I would have never gone to hate the memes like I do now.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

You see what i mean Helmholtz Watson? Now you're talking at length about Ponies and you've managed to tick someone else off. **sigh** Are you happy now?

Well I enjoy debates, so it isn't that bad. Also when I feel that a debate is getting too heated, I always remember one thing, to "be the goat"............

;D

 

[Queen Michael]

If we're talking Internet meme, everything after "All your base are belong to us." Axcept for the Goddamn Batman.

 

[Westaway]

Potentially, all of them.

I'm not saying they all are, but you get to the point where your care cup runneth over and one grows tired of even the ones they like.

For arguments sake, though, I'll put in "Anything that originated from 4chan.". Mkay?

That would actually be the vast majority. Probably around 80% of those used today in one way or another came from 4chan.

Here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.382360-Im-a-Hufflepuff], does this help? I think this is a terrible idea for a meme.

Fair enough, that post is cringe worthy, though I'm not sure if that qualifies as a meme...
I think the problems with memes is that no one understands how to use, or create (pro tip: you don't) and that's why they have gotten so annoying.

 

[ToastiestZombie]

You seem to say we shove ponies down your throat, and derail threads with ponies.

No, I said that people were doing that and that it has died down since then.

But you haven't shown ANY evidence, except for saying that they have.

I don't make a habit out of saving said threads, but I do recall a Yahtzee or Jim video having the facebook comment section hijacked by "[blank] is best pony" comments. Go look if your interested.

And that EN statement was about generalizations, which you are doing. Not every brony shoves ponies down other people's throats, and not every hater shoves their hate down people's throats. Also, let me give you a story about a hater:

Basically, I told a few of my close friends that I was a brony. They were perfectly fine with it. Except for one, and that was the one who I only really liked out of sympathy. What did he do? Every time we spoke from then on he mentioned how I liked ponies in a negative light, I never mentioned ponies at all. Yet because he hated the show and thought that bronies shove ponies down his throat he started to shove how he hated the show down my throat. He soon learnt that doing that does not a good friend make, so I kind of just ignored him. It's not the fact that he hated the show that I ditched him as a friend, it's the fact that EVERY time we spoke he mentioned me being a brony. Now I know why barely anybody liked him, because he makes everything worse when there's no need to. I've seen him with my other friends saying about how they are "newfags" because they don't go on 4chan all the time like him. Now pretty much all of the people in my friend group hates him. That's an example of why I really don't like people like you and him. Can you give an example of why you don't like ponies?

Great story except I'm nothing like him. I don't go around and bring up how much you like ponies every time I see your username.

My dislike for the show has nothing to do with my dislike for the memes. The previous actions of the fan base is why I don't like the memes. If the fanbase was never there, I wouldn't like the show but I would have never gone to hate the memes like I do now.

NO U!!!!

But seriously, I always hate the "I don't like them because of previous actions" argument. I don't hate all Christians because of the countless religious wars that they started. But I do hate Christians who think being gay is a sin, and are basically fundamentalists, but I don't hate all of them because of them. That's just an example, I'm not turning this into a religious argument. But really, if you hate a fanbase for what they've done in the past (and not the immediate past, from what you're talking about it seems like the spam that happened near when it first started) it's kind of silly really. Since they're not doing that now, I haven't seen a serious thread being derailed by bronies in ages. What I have seen are pony threads derailed by haters. An example:

On a thread titled "Your ideas for an MLP:FiM episode" the second bloody post was "Maybe they all die brutally and the show is cancelled", and it sparked a flame war and many warnings being handed out. That guy didn't need to post that, he could of just moved along. But he did, and that's why I hate a lot of "haters" of MLP, because a lot of them are hypocritical.

 

[Random Argument Man]

I like memes. Memes make me happy.

Although, I don't like the Bad advice roommate meme...Mostly because I don't get the "roommate" part.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

**Claims to hate Ponies, Starts pages of discussion about them.**

The first stage is denial. I give it... about a month before you start your first fan fiction XD

-_- I didn't start a discussion about anything, I responded to the OP and a person became defensive about my post.

I would get annoyed about your fanfict comment and how that sounds like what bronies have said in the past as a way to proselytize me, but I'm going to just "be the goat".

 

[ToastiestZombie]

**Claims to hate Ponies, Starts pages of discussion about them.**

The first stage is denial. I give it... about a month before you start your first fan fiction XD

-_- I didn't start a discussion about anything, I responded to the OP and a person became defensive about my post.

I would get annoyed about your fanfict comment and how that sounds like what bronies have said in the past as a way to proselytize me, but I'm going to just "be the goat".

I admit, I do like having arguments about ponies. But "be the goat"? Goats are for pussies, sheep are where it's at!

 

[Hawkeye21]

THE GAME. Thank Buddah this crap is over.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

But seriously, I always hate the "I don't like them because of previous actions" argument. I don't hate all Christians because of the countless religious wars that they started. But I do hate Christians who think being gay is a sin, and are basically fundamentalists, but I don't hate all of them because of them. That's just an example, I'm not turning this into a religious argument. But really, if you hate a fanbase for what they've done in the past (and not the immediate past, from what you're talking about it seems like the spam that happened near when it first started) it's kind of silly really.

I disagree, my reaction to MLP memes is perfectly valid given the spam I had to put up with. That said, nothing is lost if I don't like MLP memes.

Since they're not doing that now, I haven't seen a serious thread being derailed by bronies in ages. What I have seen are pony threads derailed by haters. An example:

On a thread titled "Your ideas for an MLP:FiM episode" the second bloody post was "Maybe they all die brutally and the show is cancelled", and it sparked a flame war and many warnings being handed out. That guy didn't need to post that, he could of just moved along. But he did, and that's why I hate a lot of "haters" of MLP, because a lot of them are hypocritical.

Since you brought up religion in the beginning of this post, let me respond to your derailment comment with a paraphrased exert from Saladin, "I am not that user. I am Helmholtz Watson, Helmholtz Watson" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGU3naF6kPM&t=15s].

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Nah man, you can't go wrong with goat gyros. >

 

[AgedGrunt]

"It's a trap!"

But I will go to the source itself, and it's freaking thirty-five year (and counting) run: Star Wars. If the definition of a meme is about a unit of cultural transmission, this saga dominates all others.

A little experiment for everyone: as you go about, make a mental note when you see something that references or mimes Star Wars. I have done this. Depending on where you go, even offline, it could be a daily experience. It simply will not die, ever. Everyone that dresses as a storm trooper or Darth Vader makes it on the Internet. It's in fact so popular that in some parts of the web it is a part of Internet comedy itself, used as mass appeal to geek culture.

I feel like Peter Griffin: http://youtu.be/eRsemHatx-o

 

[Delsana]

Every Meme in existence.