![]() ![]() Using low-resolution, "front camera" images of people and animals as memetic characters became popular around 2017-2018. Sharing something that's pleasant to look at has become a really big part of memeculture, and it's great: I think that this post was prescient and accurate. Is this evolution to be expected, or just a product of circumstance? This appears to be typical of many reactions/frequently used symbols in social networks (haha, wow, angery interpretation depending on literacy of both the reacter and the viewer, winking emojis etc). In a similar way to the use of 'sad' reaccs in general, saying 'F' walks a fine line, in that a (hopefully) correct interpretation of the intent (sincere vs joke) relies on knowledge of both the material being reacted to and the demographic that is reacting. While it was generally used sarcastically in the past, it has developed into the de facto sincere expression of sympathy/sadness/mourning/respect in the memesphere. 'Press F to pay respects' was a product of poor writing in 2014's Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and so was rightfully made fun of at the time. (2018) "Postironic usage of "Press F to pay respects" on social media" ![]() Also I guess it mostly makes sense as the link introduced the mainstream to the idea of memes as able to be pure/wholesome. I guess because it didn't make headlines like trash dove or pepe did. Which raises the question of /s4s/ literally starting the main-stream-ification of memes period.ĮDIT: It was subverted but apparently it was obscure enough that it didn't matter. *1st wave happened with the start of /s4s/ without a doubt, according to google trends the first spike in the search for "meme/memes" happened several months after /s4s/ was made. ![]() ![]() In a sense it was the first 2nd-wave wholesome meme*. The humor was entirely "haha what a cute amusing frog". It never got subverted like pepe or trash dove and never gained any actual meaning beyond its literal representation. By comparison the first (albeit small) jump in searches for "whole some memes" started end of June and spiked starting on July.ĭat boi was a very basic, cutesy meme that had an almost entirely positive body of work centered around it. Random Thought: Dat Boi could be considered a catalyst of the 2nd-wave "wholesome memes" trend*.ĭat boi spiked ~May 10 of last year and ended the rapid drop-off end of June. (2017) "Dat Boi was the first meme of the 2nd Wave of Wholesome Memes" There's also a lot of additional discussions in the /tpmg/ threads linked within each section from when each thread was initially created. I'll offer some commentary in the replies below, as a way to review and revisit the discussions from the past 5 years. He requested some examples of discussions around this idea, so I went and found some from /tpmg/ (our private discussion group attached to the The Philosopher's Meme). The first time we chatted on his stream, I mentioned that wholesome memes are a paradigmatic case of post-irony. If someone is talking or asking about a game they haven't finished, then in that thread you should think about spoiler tags when replying to them.Since last year, and I have met to chat about the layers of irony several times. Please also use context cues to help decide if you should spoiler tag a detail in your comments.Low-effort or repetitive content may be removed.Hate speech, abuse, and exclusionary language will not be tolerated.We have a community FAQ, there's a search bar up the top, or you can try Google searching.If you're new here, please read the rules and take a minute to take a look over our Community Guidelines.The home for everything and anything MGS on reddit.Subreddit FAQ Community Guidelines Combat Unit Battle Log We are Diamond Dogs ![]()
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