Meme Analysis

It's important to remember that most memes do not fit into only one category, so the above reasoning only points out which is the dominant part of it.

If you'd take the meme BANE!, as mentioned above, it's an adapted meme. But it also needed time for it to grow, and did not appear as soon as the movie was released, hence it's mostly adapted, but also forced.
As for its nature, it is based on reflecting on how awkward the intro scene seems, but it's also somewhat absurd. So it's a Adapted-forced/Reflective-absurd meme. Or just Adapted-Reflective.


One should also note that there can be a difference between a meme's core idea, and how it is used sometimes.

For example Pepe the frog started out as an adapted-communicative meme, but when people started using it in context of gore and racism it became a forced-comparative meme.

Similarly, there's a difference between "cuck" the insult (forced-comparative), and the idea of being cucked (adapted-reflective).

So you see how memes of complex nature can be explained in several different ways.

What do you guys think of my meme analysis? Does it need work? Feedback?

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Tfw you realize that eventually Grad students will be writing their thesis on meme theories

All hope is lost

>>34935436
Human beings thrive on understanding.
And understanding can only be achieved if one picks things apart to examine it

What's wrong with that?

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Can you do a dissection on gondola?

>>34935562

Personally, I don't like how internet culture is normalized.
Pre-2010, no one knew what a meme was. Pre-2008, rules 1&2 prevailed. Now, television is trying to copy the Internet. Normies caught on and now I can't even talk to my friends without them showing me some stupid shit on their phone that's been on the Internet for months already.
Not trying to sound like an elitist, I just miss the good ol days when people didn't take credit for memes they created. Look at all the watermarks these days, it speaks for itself.

There was more anonymity. It was encouraged. Nowadays everyone wants to be a "meme admin"

>>34935719
I don't know much about that guy, sorry.
But it started out with the depictions of amerifats with that weird bear face, didn't it?
That sounds like an adapted meme to me, probably some force in it as well.

And its nature seems to be absurd.

The amerifat depiction however, i think would be more forced-reflective/comparative

Since i haven't payed much attention to it, i'd be happy if you could give me a rundown

>>34935732
I know there's some shit with it, but it's inevitable. Memes are IMO just a more elaborated inside-joke mixed with traveling tales.
Everything must either be documented, or forgotten

As for your nostalgia, i understand it, i do. It is weird seeing something change nature like this, but what can you do?
I guess all you can do is stick to non-normie memes

>I guess all you can do is stick to non-normie memes

I don't understand what you're trying to say.

Meme analysis is okay in a way. I once tried explaining to my friends that "dicks out for harambe" had racist origins but they didn't understand.

I guess your doing necessary work, fucking idiots need this shit to be explained to them

>>34936000
>I don't understand what you're trying to say.
I just meant that if you don't like memes being normalized, you could stick to memes that are still not out in the open

As for "Dicks out for Harambe" being racist, i don't see how.
It's a meme that came from one guy that tweeted "We coming with them dicks out to avenge Harambe". Just an absurd thing to say in response to his death
And it's not like the Harambe meme in the first place is related to racism.

>>34936143

People were upset that harambe was shot and not the little black boy where the fuck were you Mrs. Meme Queen

>>34936170
You're implying that they would've cared more if the kid was white, which i don't think they would.
The meme is about Harambe's death, many people said he could've been tranq'd (no he couldn't) instead, which made some feel like it was a death that could've been avoided.

It's not automatically racist, just because a black person is involved in a negative way

>>34936279

They wouldn't have cared more, I never implied that

I simply said they would rather have the black boy shot than the gorilla, nice extrapolations

>>34936339
Well i haven't seen anyone saying that -because- he's black
All i've seen is people saying that because "he's the one stupid enough to fall in there".
It's still dumb, but just a joke, and personally i haven't seen anyone put racism to it, and just because some you know do, doesn't mean the whole meme is racist, or has racist background

>>34936413

Lol okay professor whatever you say, obviously you're the expert in your field

I'm guessing your homepage is know your memes

>>34936568
No, i'm not saying this because of memes.
I'm saying "it doesn't have to be about race" because i personally haven't seen anything about that. You're the one that seems to be making it about race

Besides, isn't it kind'a dumb to care about the Harambe meme but still complain about normalized memes?
It's the most normalized one of 2016