HOW MEME CULTURE MADE US ALL CRUELER
Memes are a minefield. With high profile meme tales coming to light recently, such as Wentworth Miller and the unseen depression behind a meme he starred in, it might be time to start thinking more about the people behind the lols… One of the latest doing the rounds is a picture of a woman who took her shoes off and fell asleep sprawled out in a chair in the middle of a shopping centre.
Cue internet. It didn’t take long before that meme-y part of the interweb got hold of the photo and put their amateur editing skills to good (?) use. Let the battle of the online comedian commence.
And so it goes: AHA! I think this is funny, so if I show it to other people before anyone else does then THEY will think I’M funny and I will be original and hilarious (and righteously indignant when the fat jewish nicks it) and get made king/queen of the internet. I do get it. People do some strange things. I’m not above a chuckle at seeing a dude wearing make-shift flip flops made from carrier bags (sigh, Dalston) – but I’d probably just sneak a pic of the feet, not a full shot of the guy to be posted to Reddit or wherever these things go to be meme-ified.