I am not going to lie, that clip made me a bit uncomfortable. I am not too sure if I am very intrigued or frightened. This paradox is what I am coming to realize is a key characteristic of memes, as addressed in the assigned reading article earlier this week in class. The awkward feeling aroused by looking at one of my childhood toys voiced over by a man making a stereotypical and even offensive female tone dropping words of profanity left and right is just uncomfortable enough to stir some laughter. The world of memes has opened up a whole new realm for a source of creativity that results in a globally shared network of humor. Maybe these millennials are on to something. . .
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Lead Blog Response #8
I am not going to lie, that clip made me a bit uncomfortable. I am not too sure if I am very intrigued or frightened. This paradox is what I am coming to realize is a key characteristic of memes, as addressed in the assigned reading article earlier this week in class. The awkward feeling aroused by looking at one of my childhood toys voiced over by a man making a stereotypical and even offensive female tone dropping words of profanity left and right is just uncomfortable enough to stir some laughter. The world of memes has opened up a whole new realm for a source of creativity that results in a globally shared network of humor. Maybe these millennials are on to something. . .
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I agree that memes make us feel very uncomfortable sometimes, like the barbie series made you feel, but that is also how they make us laugh. Memes make no sense and are sometimes so outlandish that is just makes us laugh, which somewhat can relate to the incongruity theory.
ReplyDeleteIs it representative of "cringe" humor that we have discussed in the past? Why does it make you laugh as opposed to just making you totally uncomfortable?
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