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Iamdepressed
03/20/23 4:37:49 AM
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I see a random image with a cat and it says, "meow because I'm a cat" and some people find it to be hilarious. I just don't get it. It's nothing compared to the witty comic images I used to see in newspapers; there's no deep thought process behind.

Like this image for example: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/6/AAfYCkAAETDE.jpg

why is it funny? Is it because the cat is frowning? Am I just really stupid?
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Supersex420
03/20/23 4:39:00 AM
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How seriously will you take me if I respond to you directly?

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Iamdepressed
03/20/23 4:41:53 AM
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Supersex420 posted...
How seriously will you take me if I respond to you directly?
If you're being serious then pretty seriously.
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Mistere_Man
03/20/23 4:42:45 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ddp1pf_MB8

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Gobstoppers12
03/20/23 5:24:49 AM
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It's not the kind of thing that can be explained. It has to be absorbed slowly over time, such that it alters your brain chemistry and makes you think they've been funny all along.

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Ricemills
03/20/23 5:26:30 AM
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It's the DNA of the soul.

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MedeaLysistrata
03/20/23 5:51:51 AM
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At the end of the day they're jokes, most people aren't funny. Other thanstuff like basic inequalities generally being funny, or subversion of expectations, or whatever else a joke might include, this is my take on why I like memes anyway:

We use language to communicate, but sometimes language breaks down and we can't say what we are thinking. This creates a conflict and conflict is the essence of narrative, which is a very temporal thing. Much like how we add -s or -ing to words, to add a specific semantic feature to words (so because of this we can have plural words and stuff), you can add things to a narrative that modify the meaning of the narrative. So if you have protagonist, you might have something like protagonist-ing that brings you from the start to the middle, but not the end, because love interest-ing is what brings you to the end. So you can see how if you want to complete the narrative, you need 2protag1love, to make it like a chemical formula.

Iamdepressed posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/6/AAfYCkAAETDE.jpg

I don't see why you need to ask why this is funny

https://www.askideas.com/15-very-funny-passed-out-meme-pictures-and-images/

imagine if one person made and posted all 15 of these images in a meme thread, and then you posted yours in response.

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MedeaLysistrata
03/20/23 6:02:29 AM
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and yet, people put a shit ton of effort into charging mah laser

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Kaiganeer
03/20/23 6:02:53 AM
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they're the only truly transformative form of art
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Sphyx
03/20/23 6:55:59 AM
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"I guess you just don't 'get' it."


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MedeaLysistrata
03/20/23 6:57:09 AM
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Sphyx posted...
"I guess you just don't 'get' it."
x factor issue

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Nukazie
03/20/23 7:06:45 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4bRWXL1150

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TheoryzC
03/20/23 7:09:29 AM
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Jokes

Some get it, some don't

Some land, some dont

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Raikuro
03/20/23 7:17:47 AM
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Memes aren't necessarily supposed to be funny. Just a casual way to get a point across.
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MedeaLysistrata
03/20/23 7:19:48 AM
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yeah, at the end of the day it's just copying behaviours

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VampireCoyote
03/20/23 7:30:15 AM
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how can humor

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Robot2600
03/20/23 8:34:21 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/5/4/AABHfBAAETD-.jpg

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Iamdepressed
03/20/23 4:09:09 PM
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Can someone show me an actual funny meme that requires some thought process?
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Supersex420
03/20/23 4:11:42 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/2/5/AAbtk3AAETIN.jpg

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ApherosyLove
03/20/23 4:17:17 PM
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Iamdepressed posted...
Can someone show me an actual funny meme that requires some thought process?

Define: your sense of humour
Define: "actual"
Define: thought process


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GATTJT
03/20/23 4:19:24 PM
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Iamdepressed posted...
Can someone show me an actual funny meme that requires some thought process?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/8/AAYBCtAAETIa.jpg

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NoxObscuras
03/20/23 4:30:43 PM
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Memes can be literally anything that people find funny. And of course, not everyone will find the same things funny. But that's the beauty of memes, you can find something out there that tickles your funny bone.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/3/AAQgjdAAD_Z1.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/4/3/AAQgjdAAETIf.jpg

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Supersex420
03/20/23 4:32:15 PM
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This particular meme makes no sense to me. Like what even is this topic? Why are you Sunhawking?

I can probably open any video game save file and see something more interesting than the posts you are getting here.

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TaylorHeinicke
03/20/23 4:37:58 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8mL0_4GeV0

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Supersex420
03/20/23 4:38:59 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

TC doesn't consider the topic being it's own planet to be a funny meme either

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Mike_Stanton
03/20/23 4:42:48 PM
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Supersex420 posted...
TC doesn't consider the topic being it's own planet to be a funny meme either
But the topic is a planet and the TC is a room outside.

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ApherosyLove
03/20/23 5:01:53 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/7/9/AAZuMeAAETJD.jpg

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Valjackal
03/20/23 5:31:07 PM
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Iamdepressed posted...
Can someone show me an actual funny meme that requires some thought process?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/1/2/AADkClAAETJk.jpg

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NoxObscuras
03/20/23 5:37:36 PM
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Valjackal posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/1/2/AADkClAAETJk.jpg
The person who cut that pie, woke up and chose violence. Like the person who cut this brownie slice

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/1/6/AAQgjdAAETJo.jpg

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Tom_Joad
03/20/23 6:03:25 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


Shoop da woop!!!

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It started with the Dr. Octogonopus series... and morphed into Cell from Dragon Ball Z shooting the same laz0r from his mouth (in a GIF animated picture).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjRjqOL5IBA

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Tom_Joad
03/20/23 6:07:16 PM
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Now for the OG internet meme...

All your base are belong to us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg

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ViewtifulJoe
03/20/23 6:23:57 PM
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Tom_Joad posted...
It started with the Dr. Octogonopus series... and morphed into Cell from Dragon Ball Z shooting the same laz0r from his mouth (in a GIF animated picture).
I was under the impression the Cell face and the laser edits on pictures predated The Laser Collection.
Or at least when the laser collection came out and we all watched it, one guy I knew was acting like it was nothing new.

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Supersex420
03/20/23 6:35:08 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/8/AAbtk3AAETKS.jpg

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ANort175
03/20/23 6:38:48 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/6/1/AAYdjcAAETKV.jpg

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Tom_Joad
03/20/23 6:50:12 PM
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ViewtifulJoe posted...
I was under the impression the Cell face and the laser edits on pictures predated The Laser Collection.
Or at least when the laser collection came out and we all watched it, one guy I knew was acting like it was nothing new.

I know the voice for "Imma firin' mah laz0r!!!" is the one from the Dr. Octonogopus videos. So if it's not the origin, it's got to have been mixed into the development early on.

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Zanzenburger
03/20/23 7:01:22 PM
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Iamdepressed posted...
Can someone show me an actual funny meme that requires some thought process?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/8/7/AAHdjXAAETKv.jpg

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andel
03/20/23 7:04:25 PM
#43:


some are funny and some are just shit, like any other joke or form of comedy. different people get different things out of different memes

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ViewtifulJoe
03/20/23 7:06:51 PM
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Tom_Joad posted...
I know the voice for "Imma firin' mah laz0r!!!" is the one from the Dr. Octonogopus videos. So if it's not the origin, it's got to have been mixed into the development early on.
I don't know how long it was a thing prior but I'm decently sure the voice line was what made it spread faster. More fun to say than shoop da whoop. For some reason I vividly remember that my first time seeing it was in a Dr Rabbit YTP in 2007/8 so I was probably pretty late to discovering it.

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NoxObscuras
03/20/23 7:12:53 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/9/8/AAQgjdAAETK6.jpg

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Devilanse333
03/20/23 7:16:44 PM
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Memes can be fun. Its when memes take the place of original thought that they stop being funny. Alot of people just post whatever meme was stuck in their brain at that moment in response to a question or topic.

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PrettyBoyFloyd
03/20/23 7:20:28 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/0/3/AABKDxAAETK_.jpg

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Mike_Stanton
03/20/23 8:02:08 PM
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Zanzenburger posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/8/7/AAHdjXAAETKv.jpg
Do the oars count as part of the ship?

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Valjackal
03/20/23 8:02:47 PM
#49:


Mike_Stanton posted...
Do the oars count as part of the ship?

Sounds like something a bot would ask...

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Tom_Joad
03/20/23 8:24:07 PM
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Zanzenburger posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/8/7/AAHdjXAAETKv.jpg

Meh. The ship of Theseus is still Theseus's ship, even if every piece of it has been replaced.

So as long as Theseus still owns it, you click on all the bits of the ship.

It's not a hard thing to contemplate.

It's like the sound of one hand clapping, which is:

https://youtu.be/qwoq3QBaQAY

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