#memefest

[koskela-knights]

DO IT FOR THEM

#It's rly a Memefest these days huh #conceal the pain #pulling out an ancient old meme format becos it still slaps and is relevant as ever #memes #do it for them #koskela brothers #my posts #ilmo koskela #jaakko koskela #the fishing part of the ad is so cute #alan wake 2 #alan wake 2 spoilers

[protocolseben]

wait what if Seb is going for the Triple Crown just to juke on Fernando. Fernando despairing in Aston that his Triple Crown dream is going to be stolen by his Rival before anyone else. Rivals across series. Rivals for life

#sebastian vettel #fernando alonso #idle thoughts #CONSIDER #filing this under #vettonso #I want to meme for someone on discord whose dream was to see Seb in CGR LMAOOOO #Nando and Seb in CGR would be such a memefest. who will win the Indy500?! neither. Palou wins instead

[twinfoxtails]

((The only thing which matters for me in Game Awards is Hades 2, the sequel to the best Dating Sim game

LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER

DATE EVERYONE IN THE UNDERWORLD

I hope Zag and Thanatos got married))

#OOC #OFF TO SEDUCE THE ENTIRITY OF THE UNDERWORLD WITH NECTAR AGAIN #The Sony Awards are one giant memefest anyway so I don't really care about the winners #But I actually want to pick up Sonic Frontiers because of it now lASJGHJLAS #I think my brother -might- have played it #I have to check with him

[cauldronofmorning]

Omg Bob is (or at least trying to) playing The Room straight? I’ve gotta see if he’ll pull it off.

#I honestly assumed it would be a memefest

[skaruresonic]

About Sonic 3, I feel the only reason the fandom (and what I assume is non-fandom becayse most of their exposure to Maria as a character amounts to "she dies lmao") wants to see her death on-screen so much is because it'll be a "funni maymay" like "this kid-friendly movie has a freaking child get shot on-screen, funniest shit I've ever seen".

Like, remember the very first trailer for the first movie? Did you know that a good number of recent comments under it are actually sad that the movie didn't turn out as bad as it could have been and wasn't a "giant memefest" that people could "enjoy" in an ironic sense? It's just the lowest hanging fruit for those who just want to meme on the movie.

Tangent, but I'm actually interested to see how much this crowd overlaps with the crowd which swears up and down that Mr. Principles is Quintessential Sonic, and if you don't agree, something must be wrong with you on a moral and psychological level. Folks who cry the moral high ground the hardest tend to make for the biggest hypocrites lol.

Dead Maria jokes are nothing new. Fandom's cracked them since time immemorial. The thing is, though, I would think that 23 years since SA2's release, people would be past that and maybe try to follow in ST's stead of giving her life more importance than her death. Because there is absolutely merit to the idea that she only died to give the men around her something to angst about... But the solution to that isn't to voyeuristically focus on her demise to the point of making it a meme?

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Like, remember the very first trailer for the first movie? Did you know that a good number of recent comments under it are actually sad that the movie didn't turn out as bad as it could have been and wasn't a "giant memefest" that people could "enjoy" in an ironic sense?

(and what I assume is non-fandom because most of their exposure to Maria as a character amounts to "she dies lmao")

Well, considering nonfans seldom respect Sonic as a franchise because of muh inconsistency, I'm inclined to not give their opinion any merit. They can come back when they've played the games. Not holding my breath for that one lol.

I'm just baffled that fans are also clamoring to see Maria get shot onscreen because it's like, et tu, Brutus? You should be past this kind of childishness by now. Much like how Shadow's backstory cannot retroactively become any Deeper by cramming in more pointless angst, seeing her die for the hundredth time will make her death seem more overplayed than poignant. At this point, asking to see her die is just a voyeuristic desire to see suffering for suffering's sake.

Also, if you think about it, neither X nor ShTH showed her explicitly getting shot. They just heavily implied it, to varying degrees of tastefulness (including the sound of the gunshot was... not ShTH's best decision, to put it extremely lightly, but at the very least the game didn't show the bullet going into her body).

I really don't mean to be the "don't have fun" guy. However, seeing everything about Maria online get boiled down to her death, her memory being dangled like a carrot to get a Pavlovian reaction out of Shadow, or her being dismissed entirely as a "generic" character really bugs me as a fan of the character. I'll be the first to admit her handling has flaws and maybe isn't the most fleshed-out portrayal around, but I also feel fandom exacerbates these problems by further objectifying her in this manner. Again, nobody's out here cracking Tikal stampede jokes every time her name crops up.

The whole point of Maria's character is that she's a normal girl, and it is a tragedy that her life was senselessly cut short. She isn't some great scientist like her cousin and grandfather, nor does she need to be. She represents humanity's capacity for goodness in spite of the horrors it inflicts.

Can you imagine the strength of character it must take not to hate the people who hunted you down and shot you, and instead retain your hopes for mankind's happiness? Where do you think Shadow gets it from? Gerald didn't give him a soul identical to hers for no reason.

but nah let's pop a cap in her ass so Shadow can do a cri

#asks

[floppidywoppidys]

Ok so some post-eurovision thoughts

Juries I’ve been of the opinion that juries are a necessary evil. Yes, sometimes the influence the order of contestants or makes it so that the televoters choice doesn’t win - but it’s to keep “quality” in the competition and not only make it into a memefest. I love Eurovision so much because there’s just such a great mixture of everything, sillyness, ballads, generic pop, folksongs - everything really. And I was scared, without the jury this wouldn’t be the case. But this Eurovision, and when looking back at previous results, I realized this isn’t the truth. I’ve never felt more strongly that the juries should just be cut. It surely must not feel great for Loreen hearing the crowd shouting “cha cha cha” and also being crowned the winner, KNOWING, she isn’t the televoters choice.

#eurovision #esc #esc 2023 #eurovision 2023

[propernekoarts]

I did vow not to make more RWBY art, but I couldn’t resist joining the long dog memefest

#art #fanart #salem #rwby #longdog #lemme #do #it #for #you #kermit #meme

[t3tr0m1n0]

internet brainrot by tdstr is part really cool interesting hardcore techno and part memefest. and as someone who, i feel, has really engaged with meme-heavy musical compositions that still take themselves seriously, i kind of prefer the memeless side of music. i think the point of dariacore is to heavily use obnoxiously memetic samples on top of the general intense hardcore sound. i seriously like the high tempo, varied melodies, heavy bass & intense percussion- all the hardcore side of it. i like hardcore edm that uses lots of samples. and i like music that is just memetic samples into music (see neil cicierega's mouth albums). but with this album i kind of think that the hardcore edm side would stand better on its own or with less of the meme Culture bogging it down. it's when it starts leaning into irony stylings or reveling in some subculture/fandom's iconography that i think it loses me. another station was a really great track but then when damn right came on and i heard familiar sample after familiar sample bring me into something with no hablo americano as its leading sample i got pulled out. and damn right is a pretty good track, i like it a lot! it's just the swing of the focus kind of prevents me from getting into the right mindset to enjoy self-serious hardcore edm or bite-sized high-effort melodic shitpost-inspired music. in short, this album lives up to its title, and it's almost disappointing for that. it's like i went to someone's house and in order to make me feel comfortable they had their computer open to tumblr with my account logged in. like oh i wasn't aware that's how you decided to do things around here

#this is maybe not my most coherent review. trust me it's not the fault of this album #i feel like i'm seriously well qualified to review dariacore considering i take music seriously and i have such experience with #the sort of musical memespace that's come out of siivagunner + soundclown #i'm going to have to look into more albums in this genre. by the way i had no idea this is what dariacore was #i'd heard the name tossed around a fair amount before without knowing what it sounded like #music reviewssic #i haven't reviewed it but i've listened to because maybe as well as other releases by renard/lapfox tracks #and i was reminded of it by this album. with the sample-heavy hardcore edm that seems sooorta like #speedcore? not breakcore. i'm saying ''hardcore edm'' a lot because i don't know what subgenre to refer to #bet if i listened to enough camellia i'd get an idea #the difference being that. i think in the time of because maybe internet subcultures did not go as deep as they do now #or if they did go as deep as they do now they didn't also have the scope of today's #there are siiva-derived communities that are kind of ''deep'' into internet subcultures that still have a following #rivaling that of more average internet communities circa 2010. that's how it feels at least #when i listen to because maybe &c i'm like ah i recognize these samples because they're pop culture #not fully pop culture but definitely pop culture to ''the internet''- sonic 2/retro games & mcr & maximum the hormone #when i listen to internet brainrot. well now. the title speaks for itself like i said #also sprach #i think im just made uncomfortable for being met so squarely at my own level of internet familiarity by something as impersonal as an album #like this album isn't just in an adjacent level of internet depths resided in it's kind of slotted into the exact same section that i'm in #...again. i need to listen to more dariacore #c u thru the q #my final word is that i prefer an album that i don't have to adjust the volume on between songs. god this got loud

[0introvertedmadness0]

COJSH$)_+*++(IEIFJFHS

Side:origin -Lyrical Lily- is literally a memefest lolol

#Side:origin -Lyrical Lily- #lyrical lily #d4dj #d4dj groovy mix #miyu sakurada #haruna kasuga #miiko takeshita #kurumi shiratori

[denimbex1986]

'July is witnessing an influx of big budget releases. From Bollywood’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani to Hollywood’s Mission Impossible: The Dead Reckoning Part One, Barbie and Oppenheimer, cinephiles are spoilt for choice.

You’ve probably heard of the massive box office clash between Barbie and Oppenheimer, but have you heard of Barbenheimer?

It’s a rapidly growing pop culture internet phenomenon where instead of pitting the two films against each other in online debates, people have turned it into a double feature, discussing the best order to watch the two films on the same day.

So far, there is a clear order, as dictated by internet culture led by several discussion threads — first watch Oppenheimer, a serious and intense story, and then Barbie, a light-hearted film to neutralise the heaviness of the former. But the debate around the ‘correctness’ rages on!

If only the world could agree on things this easily every day!

Barbie tells the story of the world famous eponymous doll who is expelled from Barbie Land and enters the real world with Ken on a journey of self-discovery. The fantasy comedy film is expected to be light, funny, frivolous and all-things-pink.

On the other hand, Oppenheimer is a biographical drama that chronicles the story behind the world’s first atom bomb and its creator Robert J Oppenheimer who invented it during World War 2.

Completely contrasting themes, right?

That’s what led to a memefest on social media with users comparing the two films, different in their genres and tonality. Over months, this has emerged into one united online phenomenon — Barbenheimer, where people are no longer pitting these vastly different films against each other and instead preparing themselves to watch both films on the same day in the best order possible.

What could be a Barbie Vs Oppenheimer fan war has instead brought fans of both worlds together, who will now end up watching a film other than the genre they prefer. In the end, it is a victory for cinema.

This meme culture has driven thousands of people to book their tickets in advance to not miss out on the Barbenheimer craze. It’s a moment in history where two distinctly different films with an equally strong starcast have received an equal amount of love from fans.

After years of watching franchises take over theatres, the Barbenheimer meme culture comes as a breath of fresh air for movie lovers. It gives them an opportunity to take a break from the Marvel-fication of cinema with fans feeling pressured to keep up with every series or movie release in order to stay updated with their favourite cinematic universe. It’s a constant and tiring pursuit of content that aims to serve itself more than its fans.

Oppenheimer is the first script Christopher Nolan wrote in first person to tell the story from Robert J Oppenheimer’s perspective. Despite its serious and dark tone, people are excited to see Nolan back in action with a stellar star cast of Cillian Murphy (who plays the titular role), Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek and Kenneth Branagh.

The marketing campaign for Oppenheimer has been fairly simple — regular press interviews with Cillian Murphy and a few with Robert Downey Jr. The biggest splash was perhaps a picture of John Krasinski with the film’s cast that started trending on social media.

However, Barbie’s theme and marketing strategy is in sharp contrast with Oppenheimer.

As compared to Oppenheimer’s minimalistic campaign, Barbie went all out. Microsoft and Xbox collaborated for a pink Dreamhouse style gaming console, Hot Wheels launched a pink Corvette Stingray and AirBnB created a life-size pink mansion to celebrate the movie. For promotional tours, Margot Robbie wore several outfits inspired by old and new Barbie dolls.

Mattel clearly went all out to reclaim the colour pink and crown Barbie as its sole queen.

They took something as simple and frivolous as a kids’ doll and turned it into a point of curiosity. Hence, despite having a ton of promotional material, we still don’t know what Barbie is actually about.

All we know is that it stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferell, Kate McKinnon and is directed by Greta Gerwig — the same person who directed Little Women. That’s enough to tell us Barbie won’t be a run-of-the-mill romantic comedy. It’ll probably address something deeper, given Gerwig’s talent.

Memes usually follow a film, driving curiosity AFTER its release. In the case of Barbenheimer, it’s driving people to theatres in hordes, a beautiful sight to behold after ages and a reminder of the power of internet culture in controlling the film economy.

I don’t know about you, but I’m definitely a Barbenheimer girl!'

#Barbie #Oppenheimer #Barbenheimer #Cillian Murphy #Margot Robbie #Greta Gerwig #Little Women #Ryan Gosling #Will Ferrell #Kate McKinnon #Robert Downey Jr. #Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 #Matt Damon #Casey Affleck #Emily Blunt #Florence Pugh #Rami Malek #Kenneth Branagh #John Krasinski

[duskwingmoth]

I can't help but be baffled by the notion that the Homestuck fandom dislikes Act 6.

You know

the half of the story where the story actually happens

The half of the story that stopped being exclusively a shitpost parody of the young adult hero's journey with excessively convoluted lore

The half of the story where characters and what they feel and think matters beyond "whoa a thing happened"

The half that lends Homestuck almost all of its thematic depth????

Act 1-5 is the call, Act 6 is the response. Acts 1-5 would be worthless nihilistic ironic doomer tripe without Act 6. Four of my absolute favorite characters are introduced in Act 6 (one of which the fandom also apparently despises)

Idk fam. You're not engaging with Homestuck on the terms it deserves, I think. All you wanted was an edgy memefest and I don't know how to tell you that you can get that exact experience from your social media timeline already. So either re-examine Homestuck with some sincerity and respect, or delete your bookmarks.

#homestuck #i was pretty disengaged through the entirety of act 6's publication so all the drama kinda passed me by #and i got to read the whole thing with no hiatuses in between mere months before the epilogues dropped and i'm like #wow! this was so much more meaningful and thought-provoking a text than I ever expected reading the first half back in 2012!

[koskela-knights]

Memefest

#jumped on the bandwagon of memes #my posts #memes #alan wake 2 #alan wake 2 spoilers #saga anderson #alex casey #bright falls #thomas zane #tim breaker #ahti #ahti the janitor #koskela brothers #jaakko koskela #ilmo koskela #alan wake #mr scratch #charlie and charlene koskela #my memes

[vermanaward]

im not gonna lie it’s kinda reassuring when i open a TOP race stream to see exactly the same shenanigans i see in pf groups

like yeah. it’s a memefest. big name streamers are also a memefest. the people actually in a posiiton to take w1 probably aren’t memeing as hard but they’re also 1. not streaming and 2. a cut above everyone else to begin with. plus its not like you can see they’re not memeing, so

#misadventures in git gud

[lukaina]

Still on self-imposed exile until I catch up with The Owl House and Killing Eve and thus missing the Dracula memefest :[

Life outside gets a bit overwhelming from time to time (plumbing! taxes! chasing clients!), but this last Saturday I attended the Ghost show and forgot about it all for two hours of banger after banger, flawless light effects and pyrotechnics. I jumped, threw the horns, danced and sang until I lost my voice. My shoulders are still sore, and I’ve slept like the dead, but damn if this is not the best feeling when I need it the most.

[mcskr]

'Looters': U.S Internet Rages Over $61B Aid To Ukraine; Memefest Erupts ...

#youtube

[streaminn]

MGRR, it's a game, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance. Y'know, the memefest of a game, Senator Steven Armstrong (yes that's the main villains' name). it's a fantastic game, I suggest you go look at the dumbass memes from it cause it seems like something Streamer Enid would mention offhand

oooh, i can definitely see enid playing it and wondering if she should cosplay the characters

#streamer enid au