What if the "Unfortunate Design Choice" trope is just referring to a normal design choice that has an unfortunate coincidence?
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A lot of people care entirely too much about what other people do with their steak. I would not personally put ketchup on a steak, nor would I ask for my steak to be well-done, but I have no issue with people who do. The way I see it, they can do whatever they want with a cut of meat that they've paid for, and it's only a waste if they don't eat it.
Ketchup is gross
edit: like even the smell makes me gag I do not know how people eat it.
edit: like even the smell makes me gag I do not know how people eat it.
Life is fun
~~it is not~~
It seems to me that a lot of meme creators care entirely too much about gaining some kind of recognition for their work. If you're interested in widespread recognition, then you should probably get out of the shitposting business.
That said, the rise of meme watermarking has led to one of my favorite niche subgenres of meme: the meme where half a dozen different people have slapped their proprietary watermarks on it, creating an incomprehensible mess of logos and usernames in the bottom right corner.
Smogoff is like GTA. Both have gone woke.
Most people hate high school because most times there are few to no practical examples or explanations about why one would use the things they're learning.
Of course, that doesn't make that knowledge useless or not valid. For example, most gym bros use physics and biology in their daily lives, whether they notice it, or not.
Matter of fact, there are times when interacting with complete knuckle-dragging imbeciles that I can't help but wonder if they did go to school.
Of course, that doesn't make that knowledge useless or not valid. For example, most gym bros use physics and biology in their daily lives, whether they notice it, or not.
Matter of fact, there are times when interacting with complete knuckle-dragging imbeciles that I can't help but wonder if they did go to school.
I think that part of it is also that it's really hard to get students to care about things that don't currently impact their lives, even if their lives will be affected at some point in the future. Anecdotally, I've seen a lot of high school students blow off personal finance classes, even though things like taxes are the go-to examples of things that students should be learning instead of what's currently taught. You just aren't going to get them to care about that stuff until it starts to actually become a part of life.
Smogoff is better than Firebot.
If Firebot is so good, then why isn't there a Firebot 2? Checkmate, atheists!
where do you think the chat moderators come from?
Firebot moderation, or rather the lack thereof.
crazy to think that there are users on this website who are younger than smogoff eh
how old is smogoff?
about 3 and a half years old
i first came up with the name a little over 4 years ago
Depends. The concept of a meme has expanded largely over time.
Like it's not just easily photoshopped images now, some "memes" are just highly-edited videos that are humorous and based on internet culture. Some people have made entire careers out of videos like that for instance.
I think if the meme takes a lot of skill and time to make, it's fair to watermark it tbh
I think of memes as necessarily being somewhat low-effort and easily digestible. They're basic units of culture. I don't have an alternative term for the kind of higher-effort shitposting that you're alluding to, but I stop thinking of such creations as "memes" past a certain point. I do agree that it's fair to be more protective of creations that show more effort and a distinctive style, though.
There should be an arbitrarily high limit for how many posts you can like in a 24 hour period; high enough that only people like shadowpea can reach it.