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Post by 1983parrothead on Jun 25, 2016 6:06:45 GMT -5
In Japan, there's Hissu Amoto San, Miyoko, Enemy Controller, Ichiro Suzuki, Futae no Kiwami, Ran Ran Ru, the Greetings Are Magic A.C. TVCM, Ippon Manzoku Bar, Shuzo Matsuoka and Touhou Project.
In English regions (mostly USA), there's Pingas, RAGE Comics, Dancing Banana, Falcon Punch and perhaps unstoppable WeeGee, Shoop Da Whoop, Rick Astley, Chuck Norris and MLP: FiM.
Most people look at where they are made in, but to make more sense, I focus on where each meme is trending in popularity. Much like Mach Go Go Go / Speed Racer being more popular in USA than in its home country Japan. In fact, the film kept its English name in both territories.
I created this thread to see your thoughts and opinions readers.
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Post by GamerL on Jun 25, 2016 6:09:37 GMT -5
The only Japanese meme I'm really familiar with is the one with the gay porn star Billy (not sure what the "name" of the meme is), that is some funny shit.
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Post by 1983parrothead on Jun 25, 2016 10:44:59 GMT -5
The only Japanese meme I'm really familiar with is the one with the gay porn star Billy (not sure what the "name" of the meme is), that is some funny shit. You mean this guy? knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/billy-herrington-gachimuchiHere is a Dragon Blast doujin game mod that probably isn't available: |
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Post by magic89 on Jun 25, 2016 12:43:16 GMT -5
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Post by JDarkside on Jun 25, 2016 13:03:10 GMT -5
Every single meme you listed is either dead or is not a meme but an inspiration for them (and those are also dead).
There's not really a point of categorizing memes the way places like Know Your Meme do. Memes are a strange byproduct of popular culture and its many subcultures, and there is something to be gained by understanding where they came from, but you also have to understand the why and not just the how. You look at the media that inspired the weird injokes, not just the initial origin of the joke.
When things get interesting is not when fandoms flood us with their injokes but when people start taking old memes and making them stranger to the point it's actually difficult to understand what the purpose of the meme was in the first place. Loss.jpg, listen here cumslut, the ever changing forms of Pepe the frog, ect. They've become just so accepted on the internet that most people laugh at them without ever realizing what the hell they are.
Japan's even more interesting, because they just LOVE making weird porn that becomes meme fodder. Please look up haigure and enter the pit of madness I am currently stuck in.
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Post by GamerL on Jun 25, 2016 17:39:45 GMT -5
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Post by jorpho on Jun 26, 2016 1:08:56 GMT -5
The only Japanese meme I'm really familiar with is the one with the gay porn star Billy (not sure what the "name" of the meme is), that is some funny shit. Leek Spin? |
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Post by JDarkside on Jun 26, 2016 15:03:27 GMT -5
The only Japanese meme I'm really familiar with is the one with the gay porn star Billy (not sure what the "name" of the meme is), that is some funny shit. Leek Spin? Rukia holding a sketchbook |
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Post by Woody Alien on Jun 26, 2016 16:56:22 GMT -5
I don't understand either the point or the purpose of this thread, only thing that comes to my mind is that time when a random picture of an American baby became a Japanese meme: knowyourmeme.com/memes/aka-san-gedo-beibiI don't even find it that much funny but probably it's because of the cultural divide.  |
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Post by boomer on Jun 27, 2016 7:36:51 GMT -5
It's a kind of transcendent comedy. You can dissect and analyze a meme all you want, but you won't be able to find an explanation why to some it's downright hilarious compared to those who do not get it. There isn't even anything inherently funny about them. A joke is funny, but memes are funny because they ARE jokes. Not because they are funny. Anything can be a meme and reduce a man into a pile of tears and joy, from a terrible comic to genocide. It's not funny at all, it shouldn't make you laugh, but it does anyways, and you don't even really know why.
I watched The Amazing Spider-Man 2 some long time ago with friends and couldn't help but giggle uncontrollably after a song started playing and repeated one particular phrase over and over. Everyone looked at me like I was some kind of mental patient, but they didn't understand. Nobody does.
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