Memes Take Over

[UltraHau]

><One can't purposely create a meme. They just spur out of nothing at random like protons or something.

You have obviously never heard of Duke Nukem or Deadpool. Or even M. Bison, for that matter.

You obviously don't know how memes work.You can't just make something and spread it everywhere and say it's a meme. It just happens. A successful meme occurs when someone uploads a video, makes a picture, or whatever and probably shows it to some friends or something or perhaps it stays dormant without any notice for months, even years. Suddenly, the planets align just right and it spreads EVEYWHERE. Nobody knows how it got so popular, but it did. It gets copied, edited, and distributed to every corner of the internet and the person who originally created the media that became the meme is usually forgotten.

This is true (partially - at what stage can a meme be called a meme?), but I don't see what that had to do with what I had previously stated.

It has to do what what you were saying because I just described why one cannot willingly create a meme.

You can certainly try. Take the guy who created "Guile's theme goes with everything". Look at where that is now.

[GAY AS HECK]

You can certainly try. Take the guy who created "Guile's theme goes with everything". Look at where that is now.

He made a series of videos, not a meme. It became a meme when everyone else decided to copy, edit, and distribute his videos everywhere. THAT was not his doing.

[Rarity]

I have to say, I agree with you on that "because it feels good," stuff, but Deadpool isn't a meme.Just a hilarious comic book character.

[UltraHau]

You can certainly try. Take the guy who created "Guile's theme goes with everything". Look at where that is now.

He made a series of videos, not a meme. It became a meme when everyone else decided to copy, edit, and distribute his videos everywhere. THAT was not his doing.

Well, unless you actually try, you're definitely not going to make any memes. And I think he was deliberately attempting to create a meme, which is what I said earlier - you can deliberately try to create a meme, and it can work.

I have to say, I agree with you on that "because it feels good," stuff, but Deadpool isn't a meme.Just a hilarious comic book character.

You might be right about that, but I think M. Bison and Duke Nukem have quite a few lines that have attained meme status now.

[GAY AS HECK]

You can certainly try. Take the guy who created "Guile's theme goes with everything". Look at where that is now.

He made a series of videos, not a meme. It became a meme when everyone else decided to copy, edit, and distribute his videos everywhere. THAT was not his doing.

Well, unless you actually try, you're definitely not going to make any memes. And I think he was deliberately attempting to create a meme, which is what I said earlier - you can deliberately try to create a meme, and it can work.

Of course you can try, but you can't just simply create one when you want to. Sometimes they even happen when you don't try.Just look at the 'Evil Blog Master' meme that just cropped up in the official MLP topic. Nobody planned for that to happen, it just did. It's certainly not huge but it does qualify as a meme. Edited November 7, 2011 by Emkay

[UltraHau]

You can certainly try. Take the guy who created "Guile's theme goes with everything". Look at where that is now.

He made a series of videos, not a meme. It became a meme when everyone else decided to copy, edit, and distribute his videos everywhere. THAT was not his doing.

Well, unless you actually try, you're definitely not going to make any memes. And I think he was deliberately attempting to create a meme, which is what I said earlier - you can deliberately try to create a meme, and it can work.

Of course you can try, but you can't just simply create one when you want to. Sometimes they happen when you don't try.Just look at the 'Evil Blog Master' meme that just cropped up in COT. Nobody planned for that to happen, it just did. It's certainly not huge but it does qualify as a meme.

Which was exactly my point. There is nothing stopping you from trying to create a meme.

[Field Marshal Rakmon]

You might be right about that, but I think M. Bison and Duke Nukem have quite a few lines that have attained meme status now.

I don't know about M. Bison, but I'd like to say every popular Duke Nukem line was stolen from some other, Manly-type movie. Watch They Live, or Army of Darkness, ETC. That's the point of the character.I was going to say something else, but forgot kthxbye

[UltraHau]

You might be right about that, but I think M. Bison and Duke Nukem have quite a few lines that have attained meme status now.

I don't know about M. Bison, but I'd like to say every popular Duke Nukem line was stolen from some other, Manly-type movie. Watch They Live, or Army of Darkness, ETC. That's the point of the character.I was going to say something else, but forgot kthxbye

Actually, I already knew that - that happens often with memes: Their original creator is forgotten, and the person/group that popularized it is remembered as the author.Bison, on the other hand, has completely original lines.

[Rarity]

Blog master is a meme now?

[~Allegretto~]

I don't think it's a meme as much as kind of an inside joke.

[Lara White]

I have no idea what you're talking about with blogs, but the only thing memetic about DNF was the "When pigs fly" bit. I didn't know Deadpool was memetic, either. Funny, yes. Popular, yes. But I don't think he was so easily encapsulated into a few small, well-remembered sound bites that he became memetic.

[Alyska]

Blog master is a meme now?

Maybe. Well, a few people have copied it into recordings etc, which I certainly didn't expect. It's probably not widespread enough to fully qualify, though. (Is there an official measure of meme-itude?)I think the official definition of "meme" is just any behaviour that's passed from one individual to several others, whether it be singing nursery rhymes, dancing the macarena, or putting silly captions on pictures of your cat.

[-Blank-]

I'm slightly extremely disturbed by the MLP presence. I don't hate it, but it does make me inexplicably sick that men watch this.

I agree expect that I am VERY VERY extremely disturbed and I hate it. It's a show made for girls. I could rant about this in more detail but I'd probably get banned so I'll leave it at that.

Well, this is a forum dedicated to a toyline that was marketed to children ages 6-12....

And here's a meme for you, my good sir.

Ya but heres the thing. Bionicle wasn't made with intentions to just be for girls like MLP was. Plus I'm 15 and the cans of the sets(from 2006 on I think) say something to 16 so I'm still in that range. It's not like I play with them anyways. Edited November 8, 2011 by -Knight Rider2000-

[lavaside rahi]

Ya but heres the thing. Bionicle wasn't made with intentions to just be for girls like MLP was. Plus I'm 15 and the cans of the sets(from 2006 on I think) say something to 16 so I'm still in that range. It's not like I play with them anyways.

So MLP was made with girls in mind. ...And...your point? MLP is targeted at girls, as Bionicle is targeted to boys, but I doubt Hasbro cares who's buying their toys so long as someone is buying them.The total hypocrisy here just really amuses me. There are plenty of people out there who would mercilessly mock guys like you or me for liking a toy line aimed at the pre-teen demographic at our ages, regardless if it's targeted for boys or girls. Are they wrong? Absolutely, and you have every right to stand up for your interests and tell them so. But to turn around and say "Yeah, but I'm not like those freaks" kinda rubs me the wrong way.

[- JL -]

Subsitute MLP for girls.Whats wrong with liking girls? Nothing.Same thing - whats wrong with liking MLP? Nothing. Males watching it watch it because they enjoy it, even if their doing it for "I like messing around".I don't see the problem with it, how you are sickened by people liking it is just past me.

[Alyska]

*Sigh* People like that are the reason I never told anyone I like Bionicle...Anyway, my favourite meme would have to be "Good Guy Greg".

[Angel Beat]

Ya but heres the thing. Bionicle wasn't made with intentions to just be for girls like MLP was. Plus I'm 15 and the cans of the sets(from 2006 on I think) say something to 16 so I'm still in that range. It's not like I play with them anyways.

>/)<So what if MLP was made for girls? It's the 21st century for Celestia's sake. It's a time where females are allowed to like masculine stuff and males are allowed to like feminine stuff.Shouldn't be a problem at all.

[Makaru]

How 'bout we all agree that diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, eh?

[The True Zedd of BZPower]

How 'bout we all agree that diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, eh?

Stop bringing logic reasoning into an internet debate.

[son of the shadows]

The ponies have taken over BZpower... D:

[Rarity]

Ya but heres the thing. Bionicle wasn't made with intentions to just be for girls like MLP was. Plus I'm 15 and the cans of the sets(from 2006 on I think) say something to 16 so I'm still in that range. It's not like I play with them anyways.

>/)<So what if MLP was made for girls? It's the 21st century for Celestia's sake. It's a time where females are allowed to like masculine stuff and males are allowed to like feminine stuff.Shouldn't be a problem at all.

Whoa whoa whoa.What? Males actin girly, normal?###### NO!But MLP isn't super girly. If they would watch it, they'd see.

[Wrinkledlion X]

I'd say it definitely is super-girly, but that's okay because it's not terrible.Anyway, I realize I'm late to the party on this, but:

I didn't even know we still had hippies.

Sure, like those people who say red ink can't be used to mark incorrect test answers because "it'll make kids feel bad". Or the ones who demand things like not updating the scoreboard in a blowout because "the losing kids will get embarrassed". It sickens me.

That's awful and all, but I'm pretty sure it's the exact opposite of the "let everyone do what they want" mentality.Also, to Alyska: Alice's and Cinderella's movies are both from the Fifties, and Belle is from the Nineties. By no means are they early Disney heroines. Edited November 9, 2011 by Wrinkledlion X

[Rarity]

How is it super girly?

[Wrinkledlion X]

Just look at your banner: Sparkly butterfly wings on a fashion-designer unicorn named Rarity. That's pretty over-the-top girly. Not that that's a complaint—the in-your-face girliness is the biggest part of the show's charm. MLP sticks out from most programming aimed at young girls because it can tell a story with conflict, well-defined characters, and a sense of humor. It's clear that love went into the creation of this show, whereas most cartoons aimed at that demographic are miserable and soulless.

[UltraHau]

Just look at your banner: Sparkly butterfly wings on a fashion-designer unicorn named Rarity. That's pretty over-the-top girly.Not that that's a complaint—the in-your-face girliness is the biggest part of the show's charm. MLP sticks out from most programming aimed at young girls because it can tell a story with conflict, well-defined characters, and a sense of humor. It's clear that love went into the creation of this show, whereas most cartoons aimed at that demographic are miserable and soulless.

Actually, I agree with most of that. I just don't watch it because it's girly, that's all. Again, I never said it was a bad show, merely a girly one. Yes, it was funny (more than many so-called "cartoons", actually), but it's girly - the only reason I don't watch it. Let's get this straight: I have nothing against pink or ponies. But when those things are associated with girls, and I'm a boy, I'm not going to touch them with a 45-kio pole. Edited November 9, 2011 by UltraHau

[Wrinkledlion X]

My post was saying that it's okay for anyone to watch it if they enjoy it, but there you go, I guess.

[Rarity]

Just look at your banner: Sparkly butterfly wings on a fashion-designer unicorn named Rarity. That's pretty over-the-top girly.Not that that's a complaint—the in-your-face girliness is the biggest part of the show's charm. MLP sticks out from most programming aimed at young girls because it can tell a story with conflict, well-defined characters, and a sense of humor. It's clear that love went into the creation of this show, whereas most cartoons aimed at that demographic are miserable and soulless.

...######.Your right... About my banner. I need to change it.

[Wrinkledlion X]

The juxtaposition of the fairy winged pony and the Morbuzakh tendril is pretty sweet.

[BULiK]

But MLP isn't super girly. If they would watch it, they'd see.

from what various bronies are saying, I'm starting to think it's more of the theme that is "girly", not the stuff in it

[lavaside rahi]

Mmm...it depends on what you define as "girly". If your definition of girly is something along the lines of "lame", then no, I don't think it's girly. If you mean it's pink and glittery, then...well, the toys are, the show not so much. It's colorful, but it's not in-your-face pink and fluffy like the old incarnations of MLP were. If by "girly" you mean more that all the characters are girls, it's very colorful, and everyone is pretty friendly and while there is conflict it's on a level suitable for little kids, then yeah, it's girly.In my opinion, MLP is a pretty feminine show, but that stems from my own idea of what "feminine" means, which differs from person to person.

[BULiK]

Mmm...it depends on what you define as "girly". If you mean it's pink and glittery, then...well, the toys are, the show not so much. It's colorful, but it's not in-your-face pink and fluffy like the old incarnations of MLP were. If by "girly" you mean more that all the characters are girls, it's very colorful, and everyone is pretty friendly and while there is conflict it's on a level suitable for little kids, then yeah, it's girly.In my opinion, MLP is a pretty feminine show, but that stems from my own idea of what "feminine" means, which differs from person to person.

yeah, thats what i meant

[Guest Saya Moonshadow]

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Edited July 4, 2020 by Saya Moonshadow
Moving on from this site.

[kongutohunga]

Is this entire topic about ponies

[Rarity]

Is this entire topic about ponies

No.

[BULiK]

Is this entire topic about ponies

No.

mostly, with small mentions of other memes

[Master Inika]

Is this entire topic about ponies

No.

mostly, with small mentions of other memes

What are these "other memes," of which you speak?

[Skarloth]

Is this entire topic about ponies

mostly, with small mentions of other memes

He's right, you know. -Skar

[Peach 00]

You know, I'm trying to figure out how this topic has survived so long. XDI don't believe a lot of people have succumb to the power of memes, but some of have joined the pony side.

[UltraHau]

You know, I'm trying to figure out how this topic has survived so long. XDI don't believe a lot of people have succumb to the power of memes, but some of have joined the pony side.

In Soviet Russia, meme finds YOU!

[Vezon shall Return]

Wow... I quess this is one of the topics that won't die.Oh what the heck... In Russia one pony can feed entire village. (The real meaning is not what you might think.)