Stella Gibson (played by Gillian Anderson in the tv show The Fall) :
A woman, I forget who, once asked a male friend why men felt threatened by women. He replied that they were afraid that women might laugh at them. When she asked a group of women why women felt threatened by men, they said, “We’re afraid they might kill us.”
According to some guy, I forgot who, when a writer uses third degree anonymous hearsay in his story for a series, the truthfulness and memeworthiness triples, the narrative and drama make up for lack of substance. “I think it is all made up bullshit for entertainment, but the ragebait makes me post this”.
I had an ex girlfriend attempt to stab me in my sleep. I sure as hell am afraid women will kill me.
I struggled to sleep the last few years of my marriage because I was afraid my ex-wife would do something to me while I slept.
Aren’t memes supposed to at least make an attempt at humor?
Not necessarily:
A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.
I’m on Lemmy, not Wikipedia.
But a meme is literally that. Just that humor is what makes ideas spread quickly and intuitively.
I’m not a fucking dictionary; I’m a human that wants to laugh.
Then… scroll?
Omg would you please fuck off
Well, not really. This is kinda like saying “Aren’t video games supposed to be fun?”
Some video games, by the purpose of their design, are not fun. For example, Drakengard (the original one) is a video game that Yoko Taro created because he lamented that so many video games of the time would make violence and killing the thing that generates fun for the player. So the gameplay of violence being very not fun, while possibly a mistake, is thematically appropriate to what he wanted to convey.
Memes likewise don’t have to be funny, because they can also be simply relatable. Sometimes they can convey a feeling or idea that is neither funny or relatable, but one where you say ,“understandable.” Additionally, memes can be used to portray ironic content, summarize videos or represent memorable moments from a particular culture.
Now whether a “not funny meme” is appropriate on Lemmy is entirely up to the particular community rules.
There is a place for unfunny memes, it’s called Lemmy Shitpost.
This is kinda like saying “Aren’t video games supposed to be fun?”
I completely agree. Video games should try to be fun, and memes should try to be funny.
Papers Please?
This might be true, but I miss the part where we laugh. I don’t want to laugh at this.
Memes aren’t always meant to be funny.
You’re not laughing at this post? Maybe you want to kill it? Misogyny much?
Women are afraid of being killed and you’re laughing. You’re laughing.
