I got there via Know Your Meme, where Nikocado Avocado is a "Top Entry This Week."
I was at Know Your Meme for something completely unrelated, the meme "Chad" — because that New Yorker humor piece (blogged in the previous post) used the name Chad, repeatedly, but possibly not within the well-known meme. There was the idea that "Dating a Chad (a man named Chad or a man with Chad energy)" should require you to overcome a filibuster in your chat group. There were 5 more iterations of the name Chad in that piece.
Do the famous New Yorker fact-checkers check to ensure that nothing in an article is a meme or, if it is, that it's used intentionally and correctly? Or are they shaking their fist at the internet and yelling "It's your fault!"
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"He said, 'It's your fault for encouraging these videos."
Never heard of the dude until today but for anybody who watches the videos- no, it's not.
In the last decades interest in hunger artists has declined considerably. Whereas in earlier days there was good money to be earned putting on major productions of this sort under one's own management, nowadays that is totally impossible. Those were different times. Back then the hunger artist captured the attention of the entire city. From day to day while the fasting lasted, participation increased. Everyone wanted to see the hunger artist at least daily. During the final days there were people with subscription tickets who sat all day in front of the small barred cage. And there were even viewing hours at night, their impact heightened by torchlight. On fine days the cage was dragged out into the open air, and then the hunger artist was put on display particularly for the children. While for grown-ups the hunger artist was often merely a joke, something they participated in because it was fashionable, the children looked on amazed, their mouths open, holding each other's hands for safety, as he sat there on scattered straw spurning a chair in a black tights, looking pale, with his ribs sticking out prominently, sometimes nodding politely, answering questions with a forced smile, even sticking his arm out through the bars to let people feel how emaciated he was, but then completely sinking back into himself, so that he paid no attention to anything, not even to what was so important to him, the striking of the clock, which was the single furnishing in the cage, merely looking out in front of him with his eyes almost shut and now and then sipping from a tiny glass of water to moisten his lips. . . .
We live in a time starved for meaning.
So this video had over 10 million views as of this morning.
I am getting more clear by each day that the current younger generations no longer watch regular TV, and only an occasional streaming service for an occasional marathon viewing of some hot series. That's fine. But aside from that, this generation apparently spends hours/days/weeks watching or creating You Tube or TikTok videos. Liking, unliking. Spending money on things they see endorsed by other young people on YouTube or TikTok. And why not? Who wouldn't want to follow the advice of some of these folks?
Well...a sane world, for one. I wonder what percentage of these viewers and creators of YouTube & TikTok videos knows who their congressperson or Senator is? Let alone how and why the US is a country, or how our economy works. These are the future leaders. These people are to be handed over the kingdom.
Robert Heinlein spoke about 'bad luck'. If you know the quote, you know we're in for a boatload of bad luck.
It amused me that "Chad" (according to Know Your Meme), despite his douchery, is successful sexually. I sense a certain amount of jealousy in this criticism.
It also amused me because I was best friends with a guy who would probably be tagged a "chad," even though he was a cool guy. He had a hot blonde girlfriend in high school, and tried to counsel me on my non-existent success with the ladies.
Now that I've been happily married for a number of years, and have close relationships with a number of women, I've come to realize that a lot of the stereotypes society conditioned out of me in the '60s and '70s were absolutely spot-on. Not for all women, but a large percentage of them.
Be sure to always order extra cheese, Nik; let's get this thing done.
Avocado is on an eating strike.
I hope he has a major boost in his numbers the day before he inevitably dies. It's likely his wished for version of a last meal.
It's Ben and Jerry's fault I'm diabetic.
It's the Yoga pants industry's fault I demean women.
It's Trump's fault I hit that guy in a MAGA hat.
All stupid, the buck stops there.
But killing yourself for U-Tube numbers?
/chants/
Let's Go Chad-o.
"He said, 'It's your fault for encouraging these videos."
And if it is the fault of those watching, suppose they all stop. Further suppose, upon seeing the number of viewers decline, the guy making the videos kills himself over it.
Whose fault would *that* be?
Didn't Achilles say something about seeking martial glory because no one lives foverever anyway and it's better to leave the legacy of a glorious name than live out your days in dullness and obscurity. I'm not much into martial glory, but, if you want to be famous and die young in that pursuit, there are worse ways than overeating. It's certainly better than all those accetics who fade into air, thin air in pursuit of a virtuous, self sacrificing life. Gluttony is its own reward, and, if you pick up some views, so much the better.
That chub has made a bunch of punch of porn on pornhub. He’s a bottom.
He used to be skinny too.
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